With his death April 21, Pope Francis marked yet another first in the history of the Catholic Church: he became the first ...

The daily chores were temporarily put on hold at the Poor Clare Monastery on College Road in Cork city, as the sisters ...

The former Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio chose the motto “Miserando atque eligendo” for his pontificate, translated from Latin to ...

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’ ...

The local diocese will celebrate a Mass in Pope Francis’ honor at 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Michael’s Cathedral on State Street.

The Holy Spirit holds the church together and we have ... And then I’d go to Knock, I love Knock. Douthat: This is in Ireland. Father Martin: Yes, in Ireland. I love that. But of course this ...

Niamh Charlton, Pam Ní Thaighe, Maria Walsh MEP, Shauna Tarpey, Vanessa McNicholas, Anne Marie Carroll and TD Keira Keogh at ...

Monday was a day of bittersweet mourning, reflection and anticipation for Catholics in the Inland Northwest after news arrived of Pope Francis’s death at 88 years old.

Recap our coverage as Pope Francis's funeral arrangements are discussed in the Vatican with world leaders set to attend.

They would all have to “do the work” and figure out how to knock down barriers that keep ... “I often say, the Holy Spirit doesn’t just talk to me, or to people in Roman collars ...

At first, Jim Reynolds thought it was a scarecrow slumped on the sloping bank in front of West Chapple farm, attracting the ...