Objective of referendum is not to support marriage, but to liberalise divorce
Accepting this proposal would not be in the interest of family life or of society in general
A Church of Ireland perspective on the pope’s visit
Pope’s strength of Christian character provided opportunity for a renewal among Christians generally
Sean Moncrieff: You can’t be holy and have a sex life
The church needs to keep sex at bay; as if too much sex, certainly too much nice sex, could overwhelm religious belief
Breda O’Brien: Pope Francis is promoting a radical economic vision
Catholic social teaching seeks to change a world where profit is pursued at any cost
Rite&Reason: Never forget Francis is first Jesuit pope
Concept of spiritual discernment is bedrock of much of current Vatican thinking
Papal paraphernalia ‘selling like hotcakes’ as retailers cash in on Pope’s visit
T-shirts, rosary beads, mugs and umbrellas all emblazoned with image of Pope Francis
Dublin World Meeting of Families shows no tolerance of LGBTI+
Bishops clear on protecting unborn but why not those alive who are LGBTI+?
Images of same-sex couples removed from World Meeting of Families booklet
US website said booklet contained ‘promotion of homosexual relationships as a form of family’
Why world meeting of families more than potential papal visit
Rite & Reason: Family is ‘first school for the young, and best home for elderly’
Cardinal says no evidence women priests would have stopped cover-up of paedophilia
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn says church has ‘learned a lot’ from its mistakes
Church must show ‘mercy’ to complex family life in Ireland, Cardinal says
‘Family in Ireland has complexities it didn’t have heretofore,’ says Archbishop of Vienna
Archbishop says church must help people in marriage difficulty
Diarmuid Martin says offering black-and-white answers will not solve marital issues
Analysis: Pope Francis consistent over absolution for abortion
Pontiff: ‘Remaining only at the level of the law is equivalent to thwarting faith and mercy’
Catholic Primate says church should welcome ‘new unions’
Dr Eamon Martin says Catholics should speak out against abortion ‘in a tender, loving way’
Masturbation is out. Contraception is out. Why don’t we ignore the latest Vatican exhortation?
‘The Joy of Love’ shows the Vatican is still obsessed with sexual activity between consenting adults
Breda O’Brien: Advice from a trusted parish priest called Pope Francis
‘The pope’s apostolic exhortation is a practical document with immense pastoral experience behind it, and decades of knowing families’
Mary McAleese criticises Pope Francis’s document
Ex-Irish president says ‘Amoris Laetitia’ ‘lacks imagination’
Pope Francis hails women’s movement in statement on family
Pontiff call for compassion towards ‘imperfect’ Catholics
No change in doctrine but call for inclusivity in pope’s ‘Joy of Love’
‘Amoris Laetitia’ steers a middle of the road course on family and sexuality
Archbishop Eamon Martin says ‘Amoris Laetitia’ warns against an out-of-touch church
‘Pope Francis realises we do not live in a world where everything is black and white’
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