In Ireland, where religion has played such a big place in its past, for better or for worse, fewer and fewer people are attending mass on Sunday, and even less are willing to commit themselves to the ...

A total of nine new priests will be ordained into Irish Catholic dioceses this year, an increase on the six ordained in 2025.

A FORMER Crossmaglen parish priest who died after contracting coronavirus has been remembered for his kindness, humour and "passionate support" for Cross Rangers. A number Catholic parishes in Down ...

It was reported to police on Sunday that a man had walked into the church on St. Patrick’s Avenue and hit the priest in the head with a bottle before leaving. The parish priest of St. Patrick in ...

Bishop Duffy said the lay ministers will continue to be trained over the coming months and be commissioned to preside over funerals in their parishes. St. Macartan’s Cathedral in the Diocese of ...

St. Patrick may or may not have used the shamrock's three leaves to explain the Trinity, nor driven the snakes from Ireland, as tradition says. But there is no debate over the effect his Roman ...

They said they are 'deeply saddened by this massive loss' ...

A heartbroken Galway community has paid tribute to long serving parish priest Father Martin McNamara following his death.