The new Bishop of Raphoe Niall Coll will be installed this afternoon in St Eunan's Cathedral, Letterkenny. Bishop Coll ...

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation of another Irish bishop implicated in the Irish government's Murphy Report. Bishop Jim Moriarty, who has officially been relieved of his assignment as ...

As Ireland heads to the polls on Friday, respect for the dignity of human life is among the key issues highlighted for voters in a statement issued by the Irish Catholic bishops titled “To Be a People ...

A car burns as Irish policemen stand at the scene of an attack in Dublin city center, Nov. 23, 2023. (Credit: Brian Lawless/AP.) Listen LEICESTER, United Kingdom – As the Republic of Ireland promises ...

At the end of a two-day Vatican summit with Ireland’s bishops, Pope Benedict XVI said today priestly sexual abuse was a “heinous crime” and a grave sin, and he urged the country’s bishops to act ...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Irish bishops say they “totally reject” a parliamentary committee report advocating the legalization of assisted suicide in the Republic of Ireland. The Irish parliament ...

Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation Wednesday of Bishop John Magee, a former papal aide who stands accused of endangering children by failing to follow the Irish church’s own rules on reporting ...

The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference has voiced its opposition to a report recommending the legalization of euthanasia or assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. In a pastoral letter entitled ...

Assisted suicide and euthanasia have been legalized in recent decades countries such as Canada, Australia, Spain, Belgium, and in multiple U.S. states. The Catholic Church has long supported, in the ...