Newly appointed Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill made history over the weekend by becoming the first Catholic and first Irish nationalist to lead the country’s government in its 103 ...

The Catholic faith has, for decades now, been waning in what was once a devout stronghold of the faith, but a new survey is suggesting that Ireland may soon experience a sort of Christian revival, ...

Ahead of a crucial vote on Friday, the bishops of Ireland have raised grave concerns about proposed changes to the country’s constitution, warning these would abolish “all reference to motherhood” and ...

69% of residents in the Republic of Ireland described themselves as Catholics in the 2022 census—down from 79% who did so in 2016, 84% in 2011, and over 90% in the census taken in 2006. 3,515,861: The ...

Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for their Autumn 2024 General Meeting. During the gathering, Bishops discussed the Report of ...

Non-religious marriages significantly outnumbered Catholic marriages in Ireland in 2023, according to data from the Central Statistics Office. There were 7,256 Catholic wedding ceremonies in Ireland ...

Irish Bishop Eamonn Casey of Galway, pictured in an undated photo. (Credit: CNS/The Irish Catholic.) Listen LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Irish Bishop Michael Duignan said he was committed to “working ...

Caitriona Beaumont receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. She is a Visiting Full Professor at University College Dublin, Ireland (2023-2025). It has been 87 years since ...

Recently, when discussing different schools in our local area, my grandchild asked why one particular school didn’t have a saint’s name. The question illustrates all that is wonderful and yet ...

Recognizing the vital role of Catholic schools in Ireland's educational landscape, Boston College's Roche Center for Catholic Education today announced a significant new project dedicated to fostering ...

Archbishop John Ireland was the first archbishop of St. Paul, Minn., serving from 1888 through 1918. (Photo courtesy of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis) On the roof of a parking garage ...