There has been a callout for priests fit enough to help minister sacraments at the top of Croagh Patrick for Reek Sunday – as ...

Brother Kevin Crowley had a simple mission to feed and house the poor, his funeral has been told. Brother Kevin, who died on ...

An elderly couple who were discovered dead in their home in Glounthane earlier this week, were described as “inseparable” from one another, at their funeral Mass on Friday. Michael (Noel) O’Sullivan ...

Sisters celebrating milestone jubilees reflect decades of service in education, healthcare, parish life, social services, and ...

When I was a child, I used to go walking with my father. He was a religious man and taught me a simple lesson…never pass a ...

A Garda complaint has been made about a fundamentalist Catholic group based in Cork, which has allowed a defrocked priest to say mass despite alleged safeguard breaches. The Society of St Pius ...

The decline in sacramental Catholic marriages in Ireland has been sharp and swift: In 1994, 91.4 percent of Irish marriages took place in the church and “other religious” only accounted for 0. ...

The miraculous origin of the spring at Lourdes in France is well-documented, but in Ireland, there are about 3,000 holy wells, most with the names of forgotten saints, and some with legends of ...

In his address at the outdoor benediction, Bishop of Cork and Ross Fintan Gavin said the procession was “not simply a tradition or a spectacle” but “a living ...

Relics of Saint Bernadette have arrived in Ireland and gone on display in Galway, as part of a two-month, nationwide tour that will also visit the Cork dioceses. The relics have been brought on a very ...

The refusal of the Eucharist to a public representative in the Republic of Ireland has been “unambiguously condemned” by the Association of Catholic Priests. It follows reports that Fine Gael ...