Pope Francis has written an Apostolic Letter on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene. He signed the Letter during his visit on Sunday afternoon to the Italian town of Greccio.

As a way of giving to those families in need, St John the Baptist parish has set up a Giving Tree in St. John’s Cathedral and it will remain there until Sunday 15th December. 

The Diocese of Limerick is delighted to be bringing you our online interactive Advent Calendar again this year. View the Advent Calendar every day to get an Advent Thought of the Day, words from Pope Francis, family prayers and suggestions for acts of kindness and more.

The Diocese of Limerick is delighted to be bringing you our online interactive Advent Calendar again this year.

Dozens of Churches across Ireland will be lit in red this coming Wednesday to highlight the suffering of Christians around the world.

The Mass will air live on RTÉ One Television and RTÉ Radio 1 Extra/Long wave 252) at 11.00am on Sunday.

Pope Francis sends a video-message to participants of a 4-day gathering in Lourdes responding to his call for a ‘Poor Church for the Poor’.

The third World Day of the Poor will be marked in the Universal Church on Sunday 17 November 2019.  It was established by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter, Misericordia et Misera, issued on 20 November 2016 to celebrate the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.