The new Pope Leo XIV is no stranger to Ireland, with at least one of his priestly pals sure that he will visit again as ...

The new Pope Leo XIV seemingly came from nowhere to become the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, and he kept a similarly ...

Fr Tony Finn says that the new Pope loved his visits to Ireland - including one to Cork in 2007 - and he has no doubt that ...

The two met in Ireland last August, he said. “She said it brought some comfort, as Jon said it would,” said the priest. “Of course, it would have brought back renewed pain too, as always.

At the same time, Catholic priests will congregate in St Peter's Square. Half an hour later, at 09:00 local time, patriarchs from the Orthodox church and cardinals will congregate in Saint ...

ORTHODOX leaders paid tribute this week to Pope Francis, who was widely perceived as a bridge-builder committed to repairing the longstanding division between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches.

open image in gallery Priest Serhii Zezul blesses Easter baskets in front of a church destroyed in fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces during celebration of the Orthodox Easter in ...

Jesse Romero, a Catholic podcaster based in Phoenix, Arizona, says the time has come for a “Trump-like pope” who will restore traditional Christian values in the wake of Pope Francis’s death.

A Belfast priest who escorted Pope Francis during his visit to Ireland in 2018 says the late pontiff “would have prayed for those who mocked him” and that he encouraged “a better future”.

Priests recalls watching Pope pen apology to abuse survivors in Ireland A priest who helped organise the Pope Francis’s historic visit to Ireland has recalled watching the pontiff compose his ...

The conflict brought relations between the Vatican and the Russian Orthodox Church to a new low ... After he decided to become a priest, he studied at the diocesan seminary and in 1958 entered ...