While Saint Patrick is often credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland, historical evidence tells a different story. Decades before Patrick’s mission, a bishop named Palladius was sent by the ...

A little more than one-third grew up in a family indifferent or hostile to religion—sometimes Catholic by tradition—and 11% in another religion—mostly Islam. “Requesting baptism is part of ...

Pratt delivers a reading from the Gospel According to Mark (“I believe. Help my unbelief”), then Wahlberg delivers his first ...

The next pontiff must continue the 'revolution' started by Pope Francis, a group of Irish priests seeking reform of the Catholic Church said this weekend.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was one of the world leaders who attended the funeral of Pope Francis today.

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

Ireland back in 1979 was a country gripped by political violence in the north. When it was announced that the newly elected Pope John Paul II would visit Ireland, immediately speculation began on ...

The Vatican ruled that a Catholic cannot be “debaptised”, refuting a small movement of people who want their names removed from parish baptismal records in ...

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Many Irish people are believed to be among the tens of thousands who have flocked to Rome to pay their respects to the late ...

Little did Sr. Oliva Maria from Co Cavan know that the baby Jorge Mario would grow up to be Pope Francis, the leader of the ...

St. Claire’s Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Messages for the St. Vincent de Paul should be sent to St.