Survivors of church sexual abuse acknowledge Francis took important steps, but say his successor must do more to tackle ...

“Like Pope Francis, he’s quite humble ... “He wanted to talk with me and with the other Archbishops—there were four of us went out from Ireland. He wanted to learn as much as he could about Ireland ...

A Free Presbyterian minister in Co Down has said that he makes no apology for stating that Pope Francis “was most certainly an antichrist”.Rev Daniel Henderson of Moneyslane Presbyterian Church made ...

The planet and the people are in desperate need of moral healing, and there are promising signs that Pope Leo XIV just may be ...

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 newly-elected pontiff will return ...

Archbishop Eamon Martin has praised Pope Francis for prioritising the “poor ... Thursday’s service was led by the All-Ireland Primate before he travels to the Vatican for Saturday’s papal ...

Pope Francis' funeral Mass ... and other high officials. Among them are Ireland's President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, and Tánaiste Simon Harris, as well as Northern ...

Clodagh Malone, a survivor of St Patrick's mother and baby home, meeting Pope Francis in Dublin during his visit to Ireland in 2018. "He was calm and not shocked.” Ms Malone said she was ...

One question above all dominated discussion in advance of Pope Francis’s visit to Ireland in August 2018: would he meet survivors of clerical child sex abuse? Since Pope John Paul II’s visit ...

As Pope Francis’ death is mourned by Catholics worldwide, his 2018 visit to Ireland remains a significant moment of his papacy. The Vatican confirmed on Easter Monday that Pope Francis died at ...

A selection by Reuters editors of some of the photos from Pope Francis' funeral with comments by photographers ...