Money deposited behind statue

Rights group makes submission to Rapporteur

Lack of numbers voids ballot

Former Pope offers frank interview

Pictured at the Ordination of new Deacons of the Pontifical Irish College, Rome on Easter Tuesday, April 22 in the Basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome are (l-r): Fr Tom Norris (Spiritual Director), Monsignor Ciarán O’Carroll, Rector, Rev. Conor McCarthy (new Deacon, Diocese of Down and Connor), Bishop John Buckley (ordaining Bishop), Rev. Marius…

Caution urged on Pope’s reported words

Pope Francis is encountering a growing resistance to his reforms of the universal Church from among members of the curia, a cardinal has warned. The warning has come from Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga who heads up the Pontiff’s council of eight prelates charged with overseeing reforms ordered by the Pontiff, and were reportedly made…

“I believe with all my heart and all my strength and mind that I will be resurrected. Salvation will soon come to me as well.” Imprisoned Christian Asia Bibi, reacts to news that her blasphemy appeal has been postponed indefinitely by a court in Pakistan   "Of course, we forgive them for all they have…

Palestinian unity government in place for papal visit

A medical facility in Kenya is claiming a first in its renaming as the St John Paul Maternity Hospital. Immediately after the Sunday canonisation of the Polish Pontiff the planned change of name for the facility at Isiolo came into effect, creating what is believed to be the first to bear his canonised title. Operating…