Irish priest appointed to senior Vatican role investigating abuse
Msgr John Kennedy will examine clerical child abuse allegations after shake-up
Former Pope Benedict asks for forgiveness over handling of abuse cases
Retired pontiff expresses ‘pain’ over cases during his time as Munich archbishop, but does not admit wrongdoing
Munich prosecutors sent child abuse complaint linked to Pope Benedict
Investigators link four cases in clerical sexual abuse report to former pope
Hypocrisy of Benedict is writ large in 2010 letter to Irish Catholics
The former pope excoriated Irish bishops for their handling of abuse allegations
Emeritus Pope Benedict admits to false clerical sex abuse testimony
Retired pontiff apologises over evidence to inquiry into abuse in Munich archdiocese
The Irish Times view on clerical abuse: Benedict has questions to answer
The evidence that the institutional culture of church cover-up, so vividly recorded in Ireland’s own inquiries into clerical abuse, goes right to the top is shocking but perhaps not surprising
Former pope Benedict criticised in Munich church abuse report
Investigators dismiss as ‘not credible’ Benedict’s claims he did not attend key meeting
The Irish Times view on the Vatican and same-sex couples
Already under attack from the Catholic right, Pope Francis has now also alienated staunch supporters among Church liberals
Mystery around Pope Francis’s backing for same-sex civil unions
Questions arise over origins of shock endorsement of civil unions for gay people
The Two Popes: one giant leap of faith
Review: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce go full throttle in a sanitised version of the truth
The Irish Times view on women in the Catholic Church: invisible and powerless
A male-only priesthood was described by Mary McAleese as ‘codology dressed up as theology’
Pope accused of ‘kicking can down a timeless road’ on female deacons
Priests’ group says it appears ‘men are more worthy than women’ in eye of offical church
The Irish Times view on the Vatican and clerical child sex abuse: a lot said, much more to do
Concrete measures called for by Pope Francis amount to a paltry result
Tony Walsh possibly ‘most notorious clerical child sexual abuser’ in Dublin
Murphy report said it was ‘likely that he has abused hundreds of children’
The Irish Times view on the papal visit fallout: now the church must act on abuse
The Vatican must eradicate its cover-up culture
The faith of Ireland’s Catholics continues, despite all
What sort of country will Pope Francis encounter? One where Mass attendance – though falling – is still among the highest in Europe, where scandals have dented people’s faith in the church, but faith itself has not died
Vatican has never co-operated with Irish inquiries into clerical child sex abuse
Church has pattern of withholding relevant documents from Irish State abuse inquiries
Dublin World Meeting of Families shows no tolerance of LGBTI+
Bishops clear on protecting unborn but why not those alive who are LGBTI+?
I can’t believe it’s not Jesus: Vatican rules out gluten-free Communion
Communion host must contain some gluten, even if only a trace amount
Irish priest to head Vatican Congregation disciplinary section
Msgr John Kennedy joined CDF in 2003 under then cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
Cardinal Desmond Connell: Child abuse crisis was low point of life
Patsy McGarry looks at the career of the former Archbishop of Dublin
Tony Walsh: More jail time for a ‘most notorious’ child abuser
Background: First complaint about priest came two days after he took up his first role
Obituary: John McNeill – Jesuit who fought for respect for gay people in church
John McNeill: September 2nd, 1925 - September 22nd, 2015
Patsy McGarry: Pope Francis and Merkel show their mettle in refugee crisis
This pope called on every Catholic parish and religious community in Europe to take in a migrant family each
Benedict denies he was forced to resign as pope
Pope Emeritus anxious to stem speculation he could become problem for successor
Vatican defrocked almost 400 priests in two years over abuse
Holy See officials had figures when before UN panel this week but did not cite them
‘Comfortable being gay’: a priest speaks
An Irish priest who has come out to many friends and colleagues says that he is ‘happy in his life’ and that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexuality needs to change
New book by Fr Tony Flannery not available in Veritas bookshops
Customers told this was ‘a senior management decision’
Pope without pomp
The election of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio surprised Vatican watchers. Why did the cardinals choose him, and what will this unshowy Argentinian do for the Catholic Church?
Pre-conclave Mass hears call for church unity – but no clues on who will be pope
First vote black smoke has conclave go into a second day
Punters’ focus split between Cheltenham and the Vatican. What are the odds?
Racing competes with the conclave as four-day betting festival begins
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