Several audits are expected to be published on Tuesday, December 10

A Vatican-run paediatric hospital in Rome is gearing up to provide a health mission to Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. In an arrangement with the Pontifical Council Cor Unum and Caritas Internationalis, the Bambino Gesu Hospital will begin a three-month project to help, initially, some 4,000 children in need of care and medicines at the…

The grants will also bring relief to the thousands of board members of Catholic primary schools who give of their time voluntarily in managing primary schools

The conflict in Syria was at the heart of discussions between Pope Francis and Russiaís President Vladimir Putin, it has been reported. Following the November 25 private audience, the Vatican issued a statement in which it detailed various issues which had engaged the leaders, from bilateral relations and human rights. However, special attention was paid…

Pope Francis delighted a group in protestors in Rome last weekend when he approached them during an official visit to San Cirilloís church in the south of the city. Having learned the Pope would be present at the church, a small group attempting to raise awareness of evictions and homelessness staged a demonstration as the…

“It’s certain that he will be coming, but not when. We have to wait and see. Latin Patrarch of Jerusalem Archbishop Fouad Twal gives hints of a papal visit to Jerusalem in 2014.   “Pay attention to the ‘virus of individualism’ which only serves to make poor people always poorer.” Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, president of…

A cleric’s homily has shaken the political powers, writes Paul Keenan

A vibrant and growing parish in the Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora has secured a permanent parish church on the site of a former hotel. Following eight years of utilising a local sports hall for weekly Masses, the Good Shepherd parish in the east of Galway City hosted Bishop Martin Drennan last Sunday for…

This time of year, FOX News and other conservative critics begin bemoaning what they call “The War on Christmas.” I should like to raise a different alarm. Whatever one thinks about the ‘War on Christmas’ there is most definitely a ‘War in Advent’. Calvinists are largely to blame for this phenomenon. The early Calvinists, aka…

Abuse survivor Marie Collins has welcomed Pope Francis’ call for bishops to continue helping victims of clerical abuse. She also expressed disappointment with recent criticism of the Murphy Report from the Association of Catholic Priests and warned that some priests who feel hurt may be tempted to try and rewrite history when it comes to…