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While being young and female is still no picnic, young men are struggling in multiple ways
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Opus by Gareth Gore: Shining a light on the ‘dark money’ behind a shadowy Catholic organisation
A deeply disturbing and important book which will interest and concern anyone who believes in that blessed trinity of modern democracy – openness, transparency and accountability
Meet the two Irish women with voting rights at the Synod of Bishops in Rome
Traditionally, the only non-bishops with voting rights were 10 members of male religious orders but Pope Francis has changed that to five men and women religious
Welcoming migrants is not only a societal duty but a sacred obligation for Christians
Rite & Reason: The Irish experience abroad should remind us of the empathy we owe to those seeking shelter on our shores
Synod on Synodality aims at missionary outreach to the excluded and marginalised
Rite & Reason: This month, 368 delegates from around the world are gathering in Rome for the second session of the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality
Agent Noel Kelly bounces back after Tubridy controversy
Plus: Irish Catholic podcast believes the pope is a very naughty boy; JP McManus’s road woes; and Ciaran Mullooly’s new adviser in Brussels
Archbishop Noël Treanor: Irish-born apostolic nuncio to the EU and former bishop of Down and Connor
He was outspoken on Brexit and marriage equality, but a row with the head of the church’s child protection watchdog may have cost him the primacy of all Ireland
Pope criticises Harris and Trump, telling US Catholics to ‘choose the lesser evil’ in election vote
Pontiff (87) says not welcoming migrants is a ‘grave’ sin and both candidates are ‘against life’
Estimated 600,000 people attend Mass with Pope Francis in East Timor
Crowds gather from early morning to secure spot for service with Francis despite temperatures higher than 30 degrees
Gardaí to investigate whether sex abuse rings operated in schools
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris says force will investigate if abusers were working together
Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin 10-day Asia-Pacific tour
Pontiff (87) will also visit East Timor, Singapore and Papua New Guinea during longest tour of his papacy
Archbishop Georg Gänswein declares loyalty to Pope Francis after banishment from Rome
German cleric appointed papal nuncio to the Baltic countries after period in wilderness following publication of controversial memoir
Tommy Tiernan is on a mission to revive ‘radical’ Christian Irish philosopher
Kerry writer John Moriarty, who died in 2007, called for ‘the abandonment of the western way of life’
Fr Dougal Maguire meets the pope: Irish comedians granted an audience with Francis
Ardal O’Hanlon, Tommy Tiernan and Patrick Kielty among group of comedians to have audience with Pope Francis
Irish comedians Ardal O’Hanlon, Patrick Kielty and Tommy Tiernan to have audience with Pope Francis
Irish comic trio part of audience of more than 100 international artists meeting pontiff
Why are our churches focused on institutional decline when humanity faces an existential crisis?
Rite & Reason: The Irish churches are stuck in a sectarian time warp while the existential current and future needs of Ireland and the world go mostly unaddressed.
Pope Francis apologises for use of slur during discussion about gay men
Pontiff (87) is alleged to have made remark during meeting with bishops in Rome last week in discussion over admission of gay men to Catholic seminaries
Pope clears sainthood for Italian millennial known as ‘God’s influencer’
Carlo Acutis was a computer prodigy who helped to spread Catholic teaching online before his death in 2006
‘I do God’: London mayor Sadiq Khan on religious faith, meeting the Pope and the fight to save the planet
London’s mayor led a delegation to the Vatican on Thursday for a summit on climate change
‘I don’t think the West really understands’: A Ukrainian writer on his journey from torture camp to the front line
Stanislav Aseyev returns after injury to Donbas, where he survived nearly 1,000 days in brutal captivity
First Belong to God by Austen Ivereigh: The ideas of Pope Francis on the existential crisis facing religion and the planet
Very little has changed in terms of doctrine, even if the background music is softer and less dogmatic
Pope Francis calls for Gaza ceasefire in Easter address
Francis skipped night-time Via Crucis procession on Friday
Resurrection of Jesus was a cosmic event. It remains an irresistible force
Rite & Reason: The resurrection is not an event of the past - it contains a vital power permeating this world
Pope skips Good Friday procession ‘to preserve his health’
Sudden no-show renews concerns about the 87-year-old
Twelve years ago I was suspended from Catholic ministry. It gave me a new freedom
Rite & Reason: To make dogmatic statements about the mystery of God was, and continues to be, a great mistake
Russian energy sites hit as anti-Kremlin groups mount raids from Ukraine
Moscow says attacks repelled and many gunmen killed days before presidential election
Ukraine builds 2,000km defensive line as Germany eyes new ‘option’ to supply cruise missiles
Moscow says pontiff’s comments were a request to Kyiv’s western allies to abandon their ambition to defeat Russia
Pope Francis criticised for his ‘white flag’ comments on possible negotiations to end war in Ukraine
UN rapporteur says Moscow’s forces use torture as ‘deliberate policy’ in Ukraine
Ukraine and allies reject Pope’s call for having ‘courage of the white flag’ in war
Russia says negotiations impossible unless Kyiv accepts occupation of territory and other conditions that would limit sovereignty
State must provide school choice reflecting the education parents want for their children
Catholic Church has indicated its willingness to assist the State in providing for a plurality of schools, and has positively engaged in a process to achieve reconfiguration of patronage at primary level
From Malta to Ghana, the cardinals in line to replace Pope Francis in the Vatican
Shadowy papal politics makes predictions difficult, but certain ‘papabile’ are already gathering their forces
Same sex couples cannnot be denied a blessing, says Catholic Archbishop of Dublin
A priest is now permitted to give ‘short and simple pastoral blessings – that are neither liturgical nor ritualised – of couples in irregular situations’, Archbishop Farrell said
Pope calls for universal ban on surrogacy
Pontiff included ‘commercialisation’ of pregnancy in speech listing threats to global peace, human dignity
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