Bishop Doran’s installation concludes the Church’s plans to reduce its six West of Ireland dioceses to three. In April of ...

The men and women (and one young child) featured in these pages experienced both joy and suffering — loneliness, sickness, ...

A Garda complaint has been made about a fundamentalist Catholic group based in Cork, which has allowed a defrocked priest to ...

Parishes are “not just service-providers” and “as well as baptising babies”, they must prepare people to be “life-long ...

Ireland elevates St. Brigid alongside St. Patrick, reclaiming its forgotten female saint and marking a dramatic shift from Catholic conservatism to progressive nation ...

Connemara Patch in St. Paul, Minnesota began as a community of Irish immigrants, mostly Catholic, in the early 1880s.

Marking Saint Patrick’s Day the bishops of Ireland encouraged the faithful to pray for peace in the world, especially in Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, and Sudan.

St. Patrick’s Song by Irish singer Dana Scallon at the beginning of the prayer gathering. The morning prayers were held against the backdrop of the Protestant Down Cathedral overlooking St. Patrick’s ...

Visits to Armagh often start out with some confusion. Many tourists in the North of Ireland want to see the landmark St. Patrick's Cathedral, but when they ask locals for directions, they always get ...

St. Patrick's Day was marked with a celebratory Mass at St. Patrick Church in Washington, D.C., on March 17, drawing parishioners and visitors from the region to honor the patron saint of Ireland, ...

As the fastest growing city in Upper Canada, as it was known until 1841, Toronto saw many Irish arrive on its shores. By the end of the 19th century almost one-third of Toronto’s population was born ...