Derry Youth Community looking for volunteers aged 18-25 years

Augustinian regional leaders gathered in Dublin last week

Trócaire condemns aerial bombardment

Charlotte Smith from Scoil UÍ Chearbhaill Dhálaigh, Leixlip, Co. Kildare pictured with a Trócaire Communion Card she received on her First Holy Communion. Trócaire has launched a new range of meaningful gifts for Communion and Confirmation this year, intended to support young people in the developing world.

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley of Boston, the keynote speaker at the 10th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, issued a call for immigration reform. Cardinal O'Malley recalled his early years of ordained ministry as a Capuchin Franciscan priest at the Spanish Catholic Center in Washington, not far from the hotel where the breakfast was…

Christians who are too serious and gloomy have the Holy Spirit missing from their lives, Pope Francis has said. Be meek and open to the Spirit and don't fight the joy and unexpected newness he brings, the pope said May 13 during his early morning Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae. People who think they can…

A Harvard University student group's plan to conduct a satanic ritual "black mass" May 12 on campus brought a public outcry, leading to its formal cancellation and an apparently impromptu off-campus version of the event, as well as a well-attended alternative Catholic holy hour. The planned event had drawn wide criticism from religious leaders as…

Priest resigned from Mater Hospital over abortion stance

Archbishop calls for end to violence

Pope addresses Council for the Economy