Ireland

Pope Leo XIV declared Boys Town founder Father Edward Flanagan venerable, recognizing his heroic virtue and moving him one step closer to sainthood.

During St. Patrick’s season, my thoughts turn to two other Irishmen on the road to sainthood.

While the great evangelizer of Ireland is widely celebrated, here are 11 Irish saints who continued St. Patrick’s efforts to spread the Gospel.

The next generation of young Catholics are less interested in a Church that adapts to modern culture and more drawn to one with a solid doctrinal foundation that is firmly …

Trafficking is now the second most profitable industry in the world. “Ending trafficking is not optional. It’s a measure of how we look after the most in need.”

The repressive Penal Laws enforced under British rule banned the public practice of the Catholic faith and persecuted Catholic priests and people.

On the feast of All Souls, Catholics in Chicago joined in commemorating the great famine in Ireland that left more than 1 million people dead and began the mass exodus …

The NGO for which the missionary works, Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, reported the news with “deep gratitude and a relief that cannot be described in words.”

A Franciscan monastery that survived an atomic bombing, the Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention, young adult groups inspired by Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and more were in our news coverage …

An Irish parish priest described kidnapped missionary as a “wonderful, generous, caring and compassionate person.”