Religious practice is in decline in Ireland and secularisation and cultural diversity are on the rise, so why is confirmation still so popular?

The Catholic Church in Ireland must review its structures “to make sure that they are appropriate to the needs of the 21st century,” said Bishop of Elphin Kevin Doran at his installation as ...

King Charles's recent visit to the Vatican may appear to be simply a symbolic gesture of ecumenical goodwill. But moments ...

New Cincinnati Archbishop Robert Casey grew up in an Irish Catholic family in Chicago in ... and every neighborhood church seemed flush with priests. Forty years later, as he celebrates his ...