(The Conversation) — A church service marking Northern Ireland’s centenary has stirred up debate. But amid the past few years’ tensions, the island’s Christian leaders have coordinated closely. (The ...

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.

Irish priests' ever-increasing workload is threatening to turn this aging, demoralized and declining group into "sacrament-dispensing machines" who find pastoral work less and less satisfying, a ...

Irish bishops have set dioceses and parishes around Ireland with the ambitious goal of returning 30% of church grounds to nature by 2030. Bishop Martin Hayes, the co-ordinating bishop for Laudato Si' ...

This column has been updated since it was posted. The vote in Ireland has been to legalize same-sex “marriage,” an outcome that suggests a loss of moral clarity among the majority of Catholics in the ...

Editor's note: This story is part of "Growing a Green Church," an ongoing series focused on churches' efforts to steward their buildings and land effectively in the context of a changing climate. The ...

Irish immigrants in Kansas City, Missouri. (Credit: public domain via CNA.) Listen DENVER, Colorado – The history of Catholic America is, in many ways, an Irish story, with immigrant congregations and ...