A new scholarly study reveals how the Nobel-winning poet’s verse reflects a profoundly sacramental imagination.

A Northern Irish candidate can stand in the election – indeed, the Belfast-born Mary McAleese served as president from 1997-2011 – but not vote for themselves, unless they live in the Republic. This ...

Action from the clash of title-rivals Harlequins and UCC last weekend. The college side will be hoping to keep their winning ...

Though successive popes have very firmly ruled out the ordination of women, the concern will be this historic appointment ...

So often, when I saw a picture of President De Valera, he was kissing the ring of some Catholic cardinal or archbishop. That ...

After decades of declining attendance and dwindling faith in much of the Western world, Roman Catholicism could be witnessing an unexpected revival.

Church and Steelers football routinely go hand-in-hand among fans in Western Pennsylvania. “We are a multi-religious city and one of our religions, perhaps the most popular religion in Pittsburgh, is ...

The TV3 journalist was a very well-known name in Ireland, not only for her television work, but also in politics - but now ...

There seems to be little hope of her heralding a revival of social conservatism given that her political cohort isn’t even ...

At the Vatican’s Jubilees of the Missions and of Migrants, Latino Catholics ask for dignity, visibility and hope.

Cardinal Raï called for a permanent peace built on Israeli withdrawal and the assertion of full Lebanese sovereignty, ...

Mark’s short ministry spanned only two-and-a-half years, but in that time he touched the hearts of thousands with the prayerful hope that he might set them on fire with the same faith he himself disco ...