Lt Col. Mary Carroll and Sgt Major Fintan Lambe present Sr Colette of Galway’s Poor Clare Sisters with a hand- carved crucifix from Bethlehem as an expression of thanks from the 54th Infantry Group UNDOF for the sisters’ promise of prayers when they left last year for a peace keeping mission in the Golan Heights.

Walkers from Belfast, Derry and Dublin arrive at Knock Shrine for the annual Cursillo Peace Pilgrimage, which has taken place for over 30 years. This year 260 pilgrims walked to the shrine as a pilgrimage for ‘Peace in Our Hearts, in our Homes and in Our Country and the World’. Photo: Sinéad Mallee

Capuchin students from New Zealand, Poland, Ukraine and Slovakia visiting the Irish Capuchin Province as part of a collaborative formation programme. From left: Bro. Peter, Bro. Jacek (Formator), Bro. Roman, Bro. Nick, Bro. Paul, Bro. Michael and Bro. Kieran Shorten (Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, Co Donegal)

EXCLUSIVE The Government is unaware of the cause of death of more than one in three asylum seekers who die in State care, The Irish Catholic can reveal. The failure has been described as “despicable” by a leading campaigner for asylum seekers. New statistics obtained by this newspaper under the Freedom of Information Act show…

One of the Pope’s closest advisers on the family has insisted that when dealing with marital breakdown, the Church must put the needs of children ahead of a simplistic application of rules. Cardinal Christoph Schönborn told The Irish Catholic that in the past the Church too often focused on sexual sins to the detriment of…

Tamil Catholic youth pose before performing a Bharatnatyam dance depicting the heavenly angels during the Feast of Our Lady of Madhu as part of a pilgrimage in Ontario, Canada at the weekend. Sri Lankan Catholics have venerated the Mother of God under the title Our Lady of Madhu for more than 400 years. Photo: PA

Young people from St Patrick’s College in Dungiven, Co. Derry took part in a Fatima Procession in St Patrick’s Church in the town, reciting the Rosary during the procession whilst other students carried a statue of Our Lady of Fatima.

Over 100 young people aged 16-18 from a wide variety of schools have joined the VAKS (Volunteer At Knock Shrine) programme at Knock Shrine, which is a joint venture between the youth ministry offi ce there and Tuam diocesan youth ministry.

A leading peace campaigner has said politicians in the North could learn a lesson from the local communities, after last week’s Twelfth of July parades season was hailed by the PSNI as the most peaceful in years. While there was a heavy police presence in the area, all the Belfast bands abided by a Parades…