Despite historic clashes, Roman Catholic and Protestant leaders have come together during the pandemic around Brexit, the legacy of the Troubles, and other issues that span both sides of the border.

Forget about a thatched cottage or a quaint farm, what could be more romantic and picturesque than a church in Westmeath? A former Church of Ireland beauty, St. Nicholas' Church just outside Mullingar ...

The church in Ireland is launching a Year for Vocations as it grapples with a steep decline in seminary numbers and with aging priests. Focused on diocesan priesthood, the Year for Vocations opens ...

St. Colman Catholic Church, known as "The Little Catholic Church on Irish Mountain", near Shady Spring, West Virginia, has been burned to the ground. Police are investigating the destruction of the ...

Ireland’s only serving bishop appointed in the 20th century, Bishop Paul Colton (65), is to retire after 27 years as Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. In a letter to clergy and ...

The former Christ Church Leeson Park in Dublin has been sold by the Church of Ireland to the Romanian Orthodox Church in Ireland. The church is estimated to have sold for more than €4 million and was ...

Nestled in the thick woods atop Irish Mountain in West Virginia, a small, whitewashed wooden church stood resolute for nearly a century and a half — until this morning. Irish Mountain is aptly named — ...

For the Church’s first seven centuries, penance could be received no more than once in a lifetime. That policy dated back to the time of St. Peter. The New Testament tells us... - Published on August ...

An Irish group campaigning for reform in the Catholic Church has launched a petition ahead of Pope Francis' papal visit in August to Ireland calling on the Vatican to change its "theological language ...

Pope Francis spoke during his visit to Ireland Saturday of his shame over the “appalling crimes” of historic child abuse in the Catholic Church and said outrage was justified. However, he failed to ...

The cult of Saint Brigid, with its emphasis on nature and healing, and its shift away from the patriarchal faith of traditional Catholicism in Ireland, is attracting people from around the world. By ...

“Novels arise out of the shortcomings of history,” Novalis said. It was subtle of Penelope Fitzgerald to use this as the epigraph for her historical novel about the poet, “The Blue Flower,” implying, ...