Pixie Belle Reilly (4) starting her first day in Junior Infants in Gardiner Street Convent School in Dublin this week takes a peek at her classmates. Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

It has been reported that the case of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman imprisoned for blasphemy in Pakistan, will be heard again by the Supreme Court in October. According to Vatican Insider. Joseph Nadeem, who has been providing legal assistance to the woman, confirmed that a request has been made to have the case heard…

Columbine principal to speak in Dublin Frank DeAngelis, the principal of Columbine High School whose faith helped him to recover from the trauma of the 1999 shooting which claimed 15 lives will be the guest speaker at the Mansion House this September 14 to discuss the lessons learned from the tragedy in terms of young people and mental health.  Hosted…

The place of Christianity in the Middle East has been defended by a Jordanian prince and a Jewish expert in interfaith dialogue. In an effort to counter the narrative of so-called Islamic State (ISIS) that Christianity is a Western import to the Muslim world, Prince Hassan of Jordan, who is founder and president of the…

The iconic Benedictine Abbey at Kylemore last week became a new Education Centre in partnership with a top US Catholic University, Notre Dame. Kylemore Abbey was a secondary boarding school until August 2010. Around 40 students have already attended the Notre Dame-sponsored courses this summer, including an environmental law conference, a two-week retreat for the…

Vatican confirms ongoing negotiations with China Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin has confirmed that the Holy See is involved in diplomatic talks with authorities in China.  In the wake of concerns expressed in recent weeks by Church and lay figures in the East as to the status of Catholics in the so-called underground Church should Rome achieve an agreement…

The chief executive of homeless charity the Peter McVerry Trust has said the crisis of homelessness is now “out of control”. Reacting to newly released figures showing that those living in emergency accommodation are at their highest since records began, Pat Doyle said the effects of this reality are being felt by charities such as…

A member of the Missionaries of Charity kisses the tomb of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata on August 26 in celebration of her 106th birthday. Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, will be canonised at the Vatican on September 4. Photo: CNS

A young father has spoken powerfully of how his faith helped him to cope with the tragic illness and death of his infant daughter.  Speaking to the Sunday Independent newspaper six months after the death of baby Mary, Co. Antrim man Rodney Beggs revealed the heartache that came with being informed by doctors that his…

Sometimes leaders learn more from crowds than from polls about how passionately people are feeling something, and in his preface to a new biography of Benedict XVI, Francis suggests crowds have taught him that ordinary Catholics are just fine with the two-Pope arrangement. Arthur Schlesinger once said that President John F. Kennedy could look at…