“You were made to feel so bad about having a baby out of wedlock. I've carried the guilt inside for 50 years, without telling anybody. When I met the Pope yesterday I finally felt liberated, I no longer had to feel guilty. I hope and I believe that Pope Francis will stand beside me in…

UN accused of going beyond ‘its competencies’

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Politicians should learn from the churches and other faith communities in tackling inequality and building peace the Lord Mayor of Belfast has said. Speaking to The Irish Catholic Sinn Féin’s Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said the “most radical places I visit in the city of Belfast aren’t the offices of political parties but the places where…

Pope Francis meets Philomena Lee, right, and actor Steve Coogan, second from right, during his general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican February 5. Lee, whose long search for the son she was forced to give up as a teenager in Ireland inspired the Oscar-nominated film bearing her name, says that after meeting…

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Baptist pastor and has son are among the latest victims

The pupils in Kilmoyley National School inArdfert, Co. Kerry celebrated Catholic Schools Week by honouring St Brigid last week, and their St Brigid’s crosses were blessed by Fr Tadhg Fitzgerald at both Masses in The Sacred Heart Church, Kilmoyley last weekend.