Imaginative renovation and transformation was a recurring theme while visiting these contemporary architectural gems

Catholicism can thrive as a minority faith free of state and helping the needy

They have fewer resources to prepare for the storms or to survive their effects

The leading Irish Catholic charity to withdraw investment in oil companies to fight climate change

France’s riot police search trains crossing border and return migrants to Ventimiglia

New to the Parish: Caroline Munyi arrived from Kenya in 2007

The country’s vague regulations are stirring tensions with both camps seeking change

Racist internet comments prompt charity worker to spread positive message

Catholic church explores how investments can promote solutions to climate crisis

Numbers completing the Leaving Cert Applied are falling due to stigma, say teachers

Pope’s encyclical challenged trickle-down theory and warned of uneven growth

US is still a magnet for the many trying to escape crime and violence at home

Charity will always be needed even though we have recently become suspicious of it

Ecumenical commemorations are part of marking the anniversary of the Reformation

Education drive at camp in the tiny African state is impoving lives of those who fled war

‘I find it extremely annoying and unfair to move people away from what they created’

Spirit of evil takes us to lack of unity and to destruction out of fanaticism, says pontiff

Prime minister Valls and EU officials to visit Calais, including Jules Ferry camp

Desperate people are taking enormous risks to try to get into Britain from France

Armagh-born director of Anti-Slavery International is working to end forced labour