Students from Patrickswell National School at the launch of ‘A Year with St John’s Bible’ at Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick. Described as 'the American Book of Kells' this seven-volume work took a team of artists and scholars in Minnesota 15 years to complete, and is now the first complete handwritten Bible since the invention…

Positive first meeting takes place in Cairo

Tynan & Middletown Parish marks 200 years

"We are resolved to be martyrs in this land, blood martyrs, like some of our faithful. Despite the woes and the quite tragic situation that we have been experiencing for nearly three years now, we want to stay and help our faithful to stay." Patriarch Grégoire III Laham, speaking of his clerics with Pope Francis…

Day aims to raise awareness of work in child protection in the Church

Pope Francis joined Church and government leaders from around the world in crediting Nelson Mandela for a steadfast commitment to promoting human rights and upholding the dignity of all people. In a message to South Africa President Jacob Zuma, Pope Francis said he offered a prayer to assure that Mr Mandela’s efforts to forge a…

The Uncle Paddy Christmas appeal is underway, and for the 66th year is appealing to readers of The Irish Catholic newspaper to support the drive on behalf of families and pensioners in need across Ireland this year. "Because of the economic situation at the moment and the loss of bonus week for social welfare recipients,…

Mater Dei Institute in Dublin was the setting for the annual ‘A Common Word’ conference last weekend. Between December 6 and 7 scholars from across the world and drawn from the three Abrahamic faiths, gathered for presentations and discussions from those faith perspectives, on both the Common Word document and the future of Muslim-Christian dialogue.…

The festive season in Rome has begun, writes Matteo Ciofi

A summary of the latest tranche of the reviews of safeguarding practice across the Church