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Former Derry radio presenter Shaun Doherty announces he is to join priesthood

A former Derry radio presenter who is studying for the priesthood is the focus of a major radio documentary to be broadcast next week. Shaun Doherty was, for 30 years, a hugely successful and popular broadcaster on Donegal-based Highland Radio, ...

12 Apr 2022 at 19:24

Local News

Drought exposes ancient imperial bridge

Italy’s worst drought in 70 years has exposed the piers of an ancient bridge over the Tiber River once used by Roman emperors but which fell into disrepair by the third century. Two piers of Nero’s Bridge have been visible much of the summer ...

25 Aug 2022 at 16:21

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 driven into ...

02 Apr 2023 at 10:45

National News

Pope Francis to spend ‘several days’ in hospital with infection

The Vatican has said Pope Francis will be hospitalised for several days for treatment of a pulmonary infection after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the pontiff, 86, does not have ...

30 Mar 2023 at 10:12

National News

Pope warns over risk of corruption in missionary fundraising

Pope Francis has warned the Vatican’s missionary fundraisers not to allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality and spreading the Gospel must drive their operations, not mere entrepreneurship. ...

03 Jun 2023 at 13:03

National News

Doors open for thousands to see Pope Benedict’s body lying in state at Vatican

Thousands of people are paying their respects to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI as they file past his body lying in state at the Vatican. The doors of St Peter’s Basilica were swung open so the public, some of whom had waited for ...

02 Jan 2023 at 09:34

Concern for local Church leaders over possible merger of Raphoe and Derry Diocese by Vatican

Local News

Concern for local Church leaders over merger of Raphoe and Derry Diocese by Vatican

There is concern locally among Roman Catholic leaders that the Vatican could press on with merging the Raphoe Diocese and the Diocese of Derry. It follows reports that the Bishop of Derry, Donal McKeown travelled to Rome to ...

05 Dec 2024 at 15:17

Derry News

Vatican turns down appeal to save Derry church

A group of Catholic parishioners in Derry have vowed to continue a campaign to save their parish church despite a Vatican ruling supporting moves to close the place of worship. Parishioners at Culmore in Derry were left ...

06 Sept 2024 at 13:40

Catholics mourn ‘merciful’ Pope after death aged 88 following stroke

Northern Ireland

Catholics mourn ‘compassionate and merciful’ Pope after death aged 88

Pope Francis has been remembered as someone full of compassion, mercy and “irrepressible hope” as Catholics came together to mourn the death of a pontiff hailed by the King and other world leaders. Francis, who died ...

21 Apr 2025 at 21:31

Northern Ireland

Pope Francis’s will in full

The Pope has decreed in his will that he be buried in a simple underground tomb in St Mary Major Basilica. Francis proclaimed that the tomb should only have “Franciscus” written on it. According to a translation, ...

21 Apr 2025 at 21:26

Northern Ireland

Who are the UK and Ireland cardinals who could be next pope?

There are just a handful of Catholic cardinals across the UK and Ireland, some of whom are expected to cast a vote for the next pope. Technically, any baptised Catholic man is eligible to become the next pontiff,...

21 Apr 2025 at 19:40

Northern Ireland

Mother and daughter describe ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ moment seeing Pope’s remains

A mother and daughter from Ireland who were among thousands in an hours-long queue to pay their last respects to Pope Francis have described it as “a special moment” and a privilege to be among mourners. ...

23 Apr 2025 at 20:57

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