Francis spoke simply but powerfully. The Church was ‘a field hospital’ (a place of healing). It was a tent with pegs that could be widened (a place of belonging for everyone). His words seeped with ...

He has given a great witness of humility, of closeness to the people, of living out the Gospel values. He has left a great ...

The AOH is urging Trump to appoint a Special Envoy to Northern Ireland to "confront the growing signs of sectarian ...

The President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins asked how leaders can remain silent when people are starving to death in Gaza due ...

Pope Francis, who shunned the pomp of the papacy, has been laid to rest outside the Vatican, fulfilling his wish. His tomb ...

A beach in the Australian state of South Australia has been closed due to a mysterious foam. Surfers have reported cold and ...

Ireland has been blessed to host two papal visits in the last 50 years. The visits bookended a period in a country that had undergone significant change in its Catholic faith. Comparing Pope Francis’ ...

President of Ireland Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina were at the Vatican today to pay their respects to Pope Francis, ...

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

Pope Francis met former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at Dublin Castle in 2018 as part of a two-day visit to the Republic of Ireland ...

Fr Jorge Bergoglio often described Ireland affectionately as "the green country", recalling his first impressions of its ...