Campaigning priest Msgr Raymond Murray has welcomed as “another step towards truth and justice” the revelations made by the BBC’s Panorama programme around a secret British army unit in Northern Ireland responsible for the deaths of innocent civilians. Dealing with the activities of the Military Reaction Force (MRF), Panorama interviewed seven former members who revealed…

A documentary film examining the global impact of Medjugorje is to be screened in a number of Irish cinemas from November 29. A documentary film examining the global impact of Medjugorje is to be screened in a number of Irish cinemas from November 29. In an agreement struck between Irish tour operator Marian Pilgrimages and…

New exhortation is a powerful manifesto for mission

The board of the Mater announced in September that it would comply with the Government’s abortion legislation

“I’m a person of faith” – Antrim GAA star Anto Finnegan

Ireland needs a “cultural shift” to change attitudes towards alcohol abuse

A leading prelate in Syria has called on “foreign forces” to end their support for Islamist fighters in Syria who have banded together with the aim of creating an Islamic state there. Gregorios III Laham, Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek Melkite Church issued his call last weekend following the announcement that seven Islamistrebel groups…

“The values that Columbanus preached and shared have stood the test of time”

The Irish Columban missionary, Fr Shay Cullen has praised the resilience of Filipinos in the wake of super-typhoon Haiyan, but has stressed that much more need to be done to help people to recover from the disaster. Following a trip with other members of his Preda Foundation to bring relief supplies into the disaster area,…

Presentation Sisters mark declaration of their founder as venerable