Small, rural schools “under a shadow of doubt about their very existence”.

Commission will be linked with the CDF

Narendra Modi sweeps to power

Sainthood cause ‘proceeding well’

Green Party candidate Eamon Ryan has backed a campaign to end State funding of Catholic schools. Mr Ryan, who is running in the European elections in Dublin, is supporting a so-called secular statement distributed by atheist campaigners. The document also calls for an end to charitable status for religious bodies and removal of religious references…

Upcoming elections “offer opportunity to influence policy.”

“We compliment, support and enrich one another.”

If individuals and nations are serious about protecting human rights and promoting peace, they must do much more to curb the global arms trade and assist immigrants, Pope Francis told seven new ambassadors to the Vatican. There are "stories that make us weep and feel ashamed: human beings — our brothers and sisters, children of…

“Love Is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive” will be the theme for the Sept. 22-27, 2015, meeting in Philadelphia

God is always by our side, never giving us more than we can handle, Pope Francis said. The countless women and men who stand tall through enormous difficulties, pain and especially persecution, are armed with the divine gift of fortitude that gives them the strength and hope to go on, he said. "It will do…