Fr. Ray Flaherty expressed his shock after a violent brawl, reportedly a feud between Traveller families, broke out at a funeral in Co Galway this week.
President Higgins met Pope Francis for the fourth time on Friday morning in the Vatican and discussed a number of topical issues, including climate change and wealth inequality.
The brutal death of Fr. Niall Molloy in the master bedroom of Kilcoursey House, a 23-bedroom manor house situated on spacious grounds outside Clara, County Offaly, shocked the nation on July 8, 1985.
Fr. Philip Mulryne, who started his career with Manchester United and made 27 appearances for the Northern Irish national team, turned his back on professional soccer in 2009 and entered the seminary to train as a Catholic priest.
In an article, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone wrote that "you cannot be a good Catholic and support expanding a government-approved right to kill innocent human beings."
