"When speaking of families, often the image of a treasure comes to my mind," Pope Francis says in The Pope Video for August.

"People love their priests, need them, and trust in them”, remarks Pope Francis in the July edition of 'The Pope Video'.

In the June edition of The Pope Video, Pope Francis remarks that “The Internet is a gift of God, but it is also a great responsibility.”

Fr Leonard Moloney SJ, blessed a new shrine in St Ignatius Church Galway, dedicated to Blessed John Sullivan SJ

"Lay people are on the front line in the life of the Church", says Pope Francis in the May edition of 'The Pope Video'

The economy cannot have as its only goal an increase of profitability remarks Pope Francis in the April edition of 'The Pope Video'. He emphasises the importance of putting the human person in first place, and the responsibility of business people and politicians in this regard.

“The times in which we live demand that we develop a profound capacity of discernment,” Pope Francis says in the March edition of 'The Pope Video'.

In the February edition of 'The Pope Video' Pope Francis speaks about the consequences of corruption and calls for the condemnation of this evil

Pope Francis urges respect for and protection of Christians and other religious minorities in Asia in the January edition of 'The Pope Video'

Dr Mary Stefanazzi was one of the first students to graduate this year from the Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin