IrishCentral Contributor Patricia Kileen considers the legacy of Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes and how stories can be ...

Francis spoke simply but powerfully. The Church was ‘a field hospital’ (a place of healing). It was a tent with pegs that could be widened (a place of belonging for everyone). His words seeped with ...

He has given a great witness of humility, of closeness to the people, of living out the Gospel values. He has left a great ...

Archbishop of Dublin Dermot Farrell and Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland Eamon Martin have paid tribute to the disgraced former Bishop of Ferns Brendan Comiskey. Comiskey, who died ...

The Monaghan native retreated from public life following the publication of the damning Ferns Report which outlined a ...

I was amazed that John Paul was speaking to a million people in Phoenix Park, being at the age when you begin to have a vague conception of such numbers. Not long after we were in Dublin and I asked ...

Ireland back in 1979 was a country gripped by political violence in the north. When it was announced that the newly elected Pope John Paul II would visit Ireland, immediately speculation began on ...

The funeral of pope Francis today is another landmark in the long history of the Roman Catholic Church, and also a spectacle ...

A reader was moved to learn Pope Francis made a daily call to the priest of a Catholic church in Gaza since the current ...

The Vatican had announced that the basilica would be open until midnight, but then indicated it would extend the hours due to ...

The church has a special connection to the late pontiff, who visited the cathedral during his 36-hour trip to Ireland in 2018 ...

People remembering the late pope described him as "unique" and spoke of his "compassion and bravery". In Belfast, Lord Mayor ...