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Pope Francis expresses sympathy over Creeslough tragedy

Pope Francis has sent a message of sympathy following the Creeslough tragedy. Ten people lost their lives after an explosion at a service station in the town on Friday afternoon. The devastation has reverberated around the globe. Pope Francis has ...

09 Oct 2022 at 16:06

Pope apologises for ‘catastrophic’ school abuses in Canada

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Pope apologises for ‘devastating’ school abuses in Canada

Pope Francis has apologised for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of indigenous residential schools. He said the forced assimilation of native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed ...

26 Jul 2022 at 10:31

National News

Pope Francis condemns Putin over Russia’s ‘infantile’ war in Ukraine

Pope Francis has said he is considering a visit to Kyiv as he condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin for launching a “savage” war. Speaking after his arrival in Malta, he delivered his most pointed and personalised denunciation yet of ...

02 Apr 2022 at 15:31

National News

Pope Francis criticises Russia’s war in Ukraine and appeals for peace

Pope Francis has told the Russian Orthodox hierarchy and other faith leaders that religion must never be used to justify the “evil” of war. He asked at an outdoor Mass in Kazakhstan “how many deaths will it take?” for peace to prevail in ...

14 Sept 2022 at 15:30

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Letterkenny's Mary Maguire reads at funeral of Pope Benedict

Letterkenny woman Mary Maguire read at the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Ms Maguire delivered the second reading, from the First letter of St Peter (1:3-9) before an estimated 100,000 people at St Peter's Square on Thursday. Ms ...

05 Jan 2023 at 15:06

National News

Pope hints at 'secret mission' to end war in Ukraine ahead of Russian Orthodox meeting

Pope Francis has greeted the foreign envoy of the Russian Orthodox Church, just days after revealing a secret “mission” is under way to try to put an end to the war in Ukraine. Metropolitan Anthony attended Francis’ weekly general ...

03 May 2023 at 14:59

National News

Tens of thousands attend Mass with Pope

Tens of thousands of Hungarians flocked to Budapest’s main square for Pope Francis’s final Mass, gathering on the banks of the Danube as the pontiff wrapped up a weekend visit to the heart of Europe with pleas for a peaceful end ...

30 Apr 2023 at 09:47

World

Pope Francis leads Palm Sunday Mass after hospital stay

Pope Francis has opened the celebration Mass in St Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, presiding at his first ceremony after his hospital stay for bronchitis. On a cloudy morning, Francis wore a long, ivory-coloured coat as he was ...

02 Apr 2023 at 10:45

National News

Pope Francis battled hoarse voice during Palm Sunday mass after bout of bronchitis

Pope Francis battled a hoarse voice and was bundled up in a thick coat as he presided over a Mass in St Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left hospital following treatment for ...

03 Apr 2023 at 11:28

National News

Pope Francis expected to be discharged from hospital after bronchitis treatment

Pope Francis is expected to be discharged on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he is being treated for bronchitis, the Vatican has said. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said the Francis’s recovery has been “normal” and he ate a ...

31 Mar 2023 at 12:47

National News

Pope Francis to miss Good Friday procession

Pope Francis will not preside over Good Friday’s Way of the Cross event due to extremely cold weather in Rome, the Vatican has said. Instead of presiding over the torch-led procession at the Colosseum, Francis will watch ...

07 Apr 2023 at 15:55

World

Pope Francis leaves hospital after bronchitis treatment

Pope Francis has been discharged from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis. The 86-year-old was admitted on Wednesday to the Gemelli Polyclinic where he received antibiotics intravenously. He left the ...

01 Apr 2023 at 11:28

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