Referencing the significance of the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of Mary, Father Murphy said he felt the intercession of a World War I Irish army chaplain.

As the Vatican prepares to canonize Carlo Acutis on April 27, a new movie about the Italian saint is taking place.

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“It’s the Eid of Sadness,” Adel al-Shaer said after attending outdoor prayers in the central town of Deir al-Balah. “We lost our loved ones, our children, our lives, and our future ...

A strong case can be made that Father Edward Flanagan, the priest who single-handedly created Nebraska’s Boys Town in 1917, was the first pop-culture priest in America. The documentary Heart of ...

The father of double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen forced his daughter to keep running even though she was struggling to breathe after forgetting to take her asthma medication, a court has ...

Our community ... his father as his boss on a dangerous peace mission in southern Lebanon. Private Adam Enfield, from Co Donegal, is on his first mission to southern Lebanon with the Irish 125 ...

The Grammy-winning star recently launched a website teasing the debut of The Old Phone, a pop-up Irish pub that’s set to open in Ipswich today. According to the site, The Old Phone draws ...

Gisèle Pelicot’s son has opened up about the moment he discovered his father was a “monster ... sexual abuse of his now-ex-wife. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up ...