Hong Kong mortuaries fill up as Covid cases surge
Bodies are also piling up at hospitals as the territory reports 34,466 new cases on Monday
‘I am 35 and I can’t marry. Who would accept me? I have nothing’
New to the Parish: Hayder Jaafar, originally from Iraq, arrived in Ireland in 2018
Cyprus grapples with highest number of asylum seekers per capita in EU
‘When you meet a Cypriot the first thing they say is, “I’m not a racist” – but their actions say differently’
Value of church-owned lands and property in Ireland estimated at billions
Net assets of one religious congregation found to be more than €1 billion in 2009
Organised religion has role to play in international diplomacy
Human rights and climate change are shared values with the secular world
Moral clarity of young people on climate crisis is a beacon for society
Noteworthy harmony between some of the oldest sources of wisdom in our society and some of the youngest
EU unveils plan to overhaul migration
Bid to break deadlock between countries over how to manage arrivals into the bloc criticised as pandering to anti-immigration governments
Covid-19 pandemic ‘has profoundly changed Trócaire’s work,’ says chief executive
People in poverty ‘unable to take preventative measures such as hand washing, social distancing and remote working’
Calculated grades process: Agent of warped bias or great leveller?
Schools of different types experience varied effects of 2020 Leaving Cert replacement
Sudden closure of Sisters of Charity homes take staff, residents, and nuns by surprise
Anxiety at moving elderly residents during pandemic and no redundancy for staff
Labour Court rules Sisters of Charity-owned firm should pay staff public service-scale redundancy
‘Wealthy institutions should not hide behind complex company structures to avoid their responsibilities’ claim INMO
No money to pay redundancy to nursing home staff – Sisters of Charity
Congregation has begun moving elderly residents out of three homes since early July
Injustice of low-wage poverty exposed by Covid-19
Value of cleaners, and supermarket and shop workers now glaringly obvious
Mies van der Rohe prize: My time on the road as a judge visiting the finalists
Imaginative renovation and transformation was a recurring theme while visiting these contemporary architectural gems
Church and state divided: Ireland must learn from Britain's Catholic experience
Catholicism can thrive as a minority faith free of state and helping the needy
Cyclone Idai: Those who do least to cause climate change suffer the most
They have fewer resources to prepare for the storms or to survive their effects
Bishops' Conference to divest from fossil fuels in line with papal pledge
The leading Irish Catholic charity to withdraw investment in oil companies to fight climate change
Migrants not welcome in Menton as French force them back to Italy
France’s riot police search trains crossing border and return migrants to Ventimiglia
What will I miss about Ireland back home in Kenya? Flahavan’s porridge, Barry’s tea
New to the Parish: Caroline Munyi arrived from Kenya in 2007
Germany’s ambiguous abortion laws rankle with all sides
The country’s vague regulations are stirring tensions with both camps seeking change
Vienna New Year’s baby greeted with stream of online hate
Racist internet comments prompt charity worker to spread positive message
Presentation Sisters go green as part of move against fossil fuels
Catholic church explores how investments can promote solutions to climate crisis
Why is a valuable alternative to the Leaving Cert being neglected?
Numbers completing the Leaving Cert Applied are falling due to stigma, say teachers
Pope Paul’s views on development 50 years ago important today
Pope’s encyclical challenged trickle-down theory and warned of uneven growth
Trump’s wall: In Central America, migrants are undeterred
US is still a magnet for the many trying to escape crime and violence at home
In a Word . . . charity
Charity will always be needed even though we have recently become suspicious of it
Pope Francis to lead prayers for peace in Syria and Middle East
Ecumenical commemorations are part of marking the anniversary of the Reformation
Yemeni refugees find safety and hope at school in Djibouti
Education drive at camp in the tiny African state is impoving lives of those who fled war
Calais orders up to 1,000 residents of Jungle camp to leave
‘I find it extremely annoying and unfair to move people away from what they created’
Pope urges young Kenyans to resist ‘sugar of corruption’
Spirit of evil takes us to lack of unity and to destruction out of fanaticism, says pontiff
France may play more assertive role in migrant crisis
Prime minister Valls and EU officials to visit Calais, including Jules Ferry camp
Surviving life in the ‘New Jungle’ in Calais
Desperate people are taking enormous risks to try to get into Britain from France
‘Mastermind’ winner Aidan McQuade leads fight against slavery
Armagh-born director of Anti-Slavery International is working to end forced labour
Diplomatic breakthroughs show ‘Francis revolution’ is in good health
Rome Letter: It’s clear the pope is in a good place mentally and physically
Champion of liberation theology gets rehabilitation treatment
Fr Gustavo Gutiérrez at Vatican press conference
Nepal earthquake death toll at 7,500 as help reaches isolated villages
‘What they are seeing is entire towns and villages where every house and public building has collapsed’
Irish aid agencies appeal for help for Nepal
Oxfam Ireland says search and rescue is the initial priority, then providing water, food, medical care and shelter to survivors
Second group of elector cardinals reflect Pope Francis’s imprint
Additional 15 cardinals shows move away from Catholic Church’s eurocentric heart
Church leaders urge Christians to stay in Middle East
Clerics express concern faithful could disappear from heartland
Archbishop Martin calls for transparency in charity sector
Church teaching ‘neither totally pro-market nor totally anti-market’ he tells Caritas Europa
Study finds almost a quarter of young people unemployed
‘Disturbing levels of poverty’ in countries worst hit by recession, including Ireland
Unthinkable: How much loving are you ethically obliged to do?
Why U2 got it right with ‘Love is Blindness’ and the Beatles got it wrong with ‘All You Need Is Love’
Pope suspends German ‘bling bishop’ pending investigation
Expensive residence renvoation under investigation by German bishops
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