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| Right of parents to choose school "overriding principle": Iona The right of parents to choose the school to which their children go should be the .... | |
| New Anglican group "schism in all but name": report A significant number of bishops of the Anglican Communion, representing up to half of the world's .... | |
| Clergymen to be honoured for NI role Two clergymen who witnessed the decommissioning of IRA weapons will be honoured tody for their .... | |
| Focolare meets to appoint new President Following the death of the charismatic Focolare founder Chiara Lubich just over three months ago, .... | |
| Families and friends recall those lost at sea A recent service at Kilmore Quay in Wexford has commemorated the lives of people lost at .... | |
| Priest reality show a big hit in France Priest Academy, the first reality show to feature three priests, has become an internet .... | |
| NI Bishops seek 11-plus clarification Northern Ireland's Catholic bishops have called for greater clarity and resolution to the debate .... | |
| Ordination in Co. Wexford On Sunday last week there was a very happy occasion in Tagoat, a small village on the road .... | |
| Confusion over Catholic rebels’ reply to pope’s call to rejoin Rome Leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) report that they will not respond .... | |
| Huge ceremony for episcopal ordination of Down & Connor’s new bishop President Mary McAleese, members of the diplomatic corps and several European bishops were .... | |
| Psalm book found in bog is biggest find since Ardagh Chalice: Museum Director. The director of the national museum has described an ancient Christian psalm book which was .... | |
| Mugabe isolated on a sad day for Zimbabwe On Sunday the Electoral Commission in Zimbabwe stated that Mr Mugabe won the Presidential .... | |
| Irish missionary archbishop to receive the pallium Recently-appointed Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke SPS of Benin City, Nigeria, will be .... | |
| Cardinal launches history of his alma mater A book which chronicles one of Ireland’s best known seminaries and boarding schools, St Patrick’s .... | |
| Cocaine use in Ireland has doubled since 2003: survey Cocaine use has increased more than twofold across the country since 2003, according to new .... | |
| Church will play changed but significant role in education: Archbishop Martin Catholic Education will remain “as a creative partner alongside others” in playing “a changed but .... | |
| Laws should recognise "special status" of marriage: Senator A group of Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators are supporting a motion in the parliamentary party to .... | |
| Irish strikers honoured President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, signed a plaque recently unveiled in Dublin to honour .... | |
| Online selling of Pill against Irish law: IMB The Irish Medicines Board (IMB), which is charged with regulating medicines in the State, has .... | |
| Africa should reject Mugabe: Catholic bishops The Catholic Church in Southern Africa has urged all African states to reject President Robert .... | |
| Painting of St. Columba donated to Derry church A hundred-year-old painting of St. Columba has been donated to a church in Derry named after .... | |
| Government to grant marriage-like rights to same sex couples Same sex couples are to be granted marriage-like rights under new Government proposals published .... | |
| Priest slams holy water traders Unscrupulous traders who offered bottles of holy water for sale last weekend before open-air .... | |
| Pope Benedict to confirm young people at WYD Mass Pope Benedict XVI will confirm 24 young people at the World Youth Day Final Mass near Sydney on .... | |
| School buildings delay 'unacceptable': Bishop Walsh The bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, said it is “unacceptable” that the provision of .... | |
| Church-supported schools change life for displaced Chadians The equatorial African inland country Chad is very much in the minds of all people in Ireland .... | |
| Papal award for Knock organist The organist at Knock Shrine, John Aldridge, has been conferred with the highest lay papal .... | |
| Cardinal Daly delighted congress will be in Dublin 2012 Cardinal Cathal Daly, who just last week published a book on the Eucharist, has expressed his .... | |
| Roman churches ‘no-go areas’ for new movie Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard will have a tough time filming two key scenes in their new film .... | |
| Latvian priest declared ‘Righteous among the Nations’ A Latvian priest has been awarded the title “Righteous among the Nations” by Yad Vashem for .... | |
| Next Eucharistic congress will be in Dublin: Pope Dublin is to be the venue for the next Eucharistic Congress in 2012. The announcement was .... | |
| Opposition leader pulls out of Zimbabwe elections In a sensational move, the opposition leader in Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai has announced that he .... | |
| End of era for Christian Brothers schools Last week the newly-formed Edmund Rice Schools Trust was granted trusteeship and operational .... | |
| CPA figures on Irish abortions in Holland 'dubious': PLC The Pro-Life Campaign (PLC) have queried claims by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA) suggesting .... | |
| 12,000 at Eucharistic congress in Canada Cardinal Seán Brady and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin led a delegation of six representatives from .... | |
| Bishops to be exhumed from cathedral crypt Bodies of four bishops and two priests buried in a crypt of St Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina, .... | |
| No Church approval for blessing gay unions: priest A leading priest has said that homosexual unions cannot be recognised within the Christian .... | |
| Viatores Christi and Latin America support group focus on Haiti A Catholic lay missionary organisation and a Latin America support group have teamed up to raise .... | |
| Reduce poverty, tackle climate change: bishops tell G8 In the lead up to the G8 summit in Japan, the presidents of nine Catholic Bishops’ Conferences .... | |
| EU to consider possibility of opt outs for Ireland on Lisbon A period of reflection was needed to consider how the EU should respond to the Irish vote, .... |
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