Twitter hashtag brings solidarity

World Missions Ireland (The Work of the Pontifical Mission Societies) has appointed Fr Maurice Hogan as its new National Director.    Fr Hogan is a member of the Missionary Society of St Columban (Columban Fathers). Ordained in 1965, he has served as a missionary in Japan and more recently in Hong Kong before returning to…

Group ‘does not represent Islam’

It has been revealed that Fr Francis Browne SJ, best known for photographing the last images of the Titanic in 1912, was a decorated hero following World War I.    A new book has outlined how the Cork-born priest served on the western front, ministering to shell-shocked soldiers and the seriously wounded for more than…

Condemned woman had sheltered in US embassy

Jewish community left in shock

Families struggle with funeral costs

Clerics gather for Cork conference

Dingle parish history celebrated

The slow pace of political agreement in Iraq threatens all