Grandparents day
The Catholic Grandparents' Association (CGA) has been formally blessed by Pope Benedict XVI in advance of this Sunday's (September 12) Pilgrimage to Knock.  The blessing was welcomed by Cath ....

Nuns leave Middletown after 135 years
Cardinal Sean Brady led a ceremony in Middletown, Co Armagh, to mark the departure from the village after 135 years of the Sisters of St Louis. The nuns' convent in Middletown, which was ....

Northern society "breaking down", says think-tank
Society in Northern Ireland is breaking down, with soaring levels of unemployment, family splits, mental illness and addiction, a leading UK think-tank has warned. A report from the influ ....