Hollywood legend Maureen O’Hara, who passed away at the weekend, once said her greatest fear would be “not getting into Heaven”. The flame-haired actress, who was born in Dublin in 1920, passed away in her sleep at her home in Boise, Idaho on Saturday at the age of 95.  When a journalist asked the film…

Staff reporter Pope Francis has been voted by young people as one of the most inspiring and admirable figures in the world. The Pope came second in World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Annual Survey 2015, one of the most geographically diverse surveys of millennials, just behind Nelson Mandela. The more than 1,000 respondents to the survey…

Campaigners have said Pope Francis’ call for equality for the Traveller community will be used to advocate for their rights “for many years to come”. More than 300 Irish Travellers attended an audience with Pope Francis on Monday, to mark the 50th anniversary of the first ever visit by a Pontiff to a gypsy camp…

Pictured at the Pope John Paul II awards for 90 students in the Diocese of Waterford & Lismore are pupils from Ard Scoil na Mara, Tramore – Cian Upton, Will Butler, Elizabeth McGrath, Brian Kent and Ross Upton – who received the Pope John Paul II Papal Cross awards, having been recipients of gold medals…

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Irish missionaries working in Pakistan have said they fear the death toll will significantly rise in the country following a devastating earthquake. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit the mountainous area on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday. “Snows have come early this year so logistically it will be a very difficult rescue and…