Bishop’s imprimatur ‘a positive step’

“We need a proper debate in this country about the needs of families whose babies are terminally ill”

The people of South Sudan seek life beyond conflict

Canon Patrick Marron PE and Fr Jim Moore PP from Donacavey parish, Fintona, Co. Tyrone, with parishioners Sean Slevin, Sean and Patsy Cullen and Anne Monteith as they load a van with useful items, including towels, curtains, bed clothes, etc to be delivered to St Mary's Parish, Limerick to help those who lost so much…

Greek Catholic priests in Crimea have evacuated their families to Ukraine amid threats to the Church locally and the abductions of three priests as tensions increase over the future direction of the region. Directed by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic hierarchy, clerics moved wives and children into Ukraine ahead of last weekend’s Crimean referendum on Russian…

Bishop Denis Brennan of Ferns poses for a selfie by Mayor George Lawlor after the St Patrick’s Day Mass in Wexford town.

Malakal ‘razed’ by fresh clashes

Church accused of “financial greed” and “sanctimonious hypocrisy”

Pope Francis’ Evangelii Gaudium has become a bestseller in South Korea since the announcement of a papal visit to the nation set for later this year. Seeking to better understand the Pontiff, AsiaNews has reported that Catholics and non-Catholics alike have snapped up copies of his first Apostolic Exhortation, pushing sales via religious bookshops in…

Archdiocese of Birmingham launches JPII Award