RTÉ has launched a music album of live performances from The Late Late Show, with all proceeds going to the Society of St Vincent de Paul. As Seen on The Late Late Show is a double album of 40 tracks from all genres of music, including performances from U2, Daniel O’Donnell, The Script and Nathan…

Looking at images of carnage and mayhem flowing out of Syria today, especially the ferocious fighting over the city of Aleppo, it’s clear that the country is in crisis, and it often feels difficult to make a compelling case for hope that there’s any future beyond bloodshed and heartache. Difficult, that is, until you meet…

Staff reporter Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown has revealed that the happiest years of his priesthood were spent working with young Irish immigrants in New York in the 1980s. In an in-depth interview with veteran broadcaster Gay Byrne due to be broadcast by RTÉ on Sunday night, Archbishop Brown also discusses how his call to…

The US hierarchy can work with Donald Trump, writes Paul Keenan

Declining vocations coupled with falling Mass attendance may see churches in the Diocese of Limerick unable to offer weekly Sunday Masses in the future, Bishop Brendan Leahy has warned. Speaking during a wide-ranging interview with The Limerick Leader, the bishop readily acknowledged the scale of challenges facing his diocese in the modern era. “We are…

All churches in the Italian city of Norcia were destroyed in the violent earthquake of October 30, it has been revealed. In an online post days after the quake from the Benedictine congregation of the city, which itself lost the ancient basilica of San Benedetto, Superior Fr Benedict offered an eyewitness account of the current…

Rock and Roll superstar Bruce Springsteen has spoken candidly of how his faith upbringing in a staunchly Catholic family has shaped his life and work. Speaking during an interview with RTÉ’s Late Late Show, the songwriter responsible for such hits as Born in the USA, Hungry Heart and Thunder Road admitted that religion was “a…

The Vatican is reportedly preparing to hear the trial of a prelate implicated in sexual abuse on the Pacific island of Guam. Following investigations into the conduct of Archbishop Anthony Apuron of the island’s sole Diocese of Agana, the Apostolic Administrator appointed by Pope Francis to oversee the diocese, Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, has…

A Capuchin friar famed for his work with Dublin’s homeless and vulnerable has warned that poverty levels in the capital are comparable to those of 1916.   Speaking to The Irish Catholic this week, Br Kevin Crowley described the situation for the poor in Dublin as“a disaster”.   “In 1916 we had poverty,” he said,…

An Australian commission examining cases of clerical child sex abuse has been urged to discount oral testimony from Cardinal George Pell, who is linked to the case of abuser priest Fr Peter Searson in the 1980s. In a submission to the Royal Commission, lawyers Gail Furness and Stephen Free insist that the claim of then…