We need a more democratic process of electing bishops
Important changes can happen if thinking Catholics express their real concerns
Why the cult of St Brigid is attracting people from around the world to Kildare
Renewed interest in Ireland’s female patron saint is seeing pilgrims flock to St Brigid’s Well
A Yamaha 50 isn’t ideal transport when you are in labour
It was the summer of 1981 when my first daughter was born
Honan Chapel restoration reveals Irish modernist mastery
Outwardly restrained UCC chapel is inwardly a reverent blaze of colour and coherence
Church leaders lament ‘two of the worst years ever’ in Christmas message
Theologians call on Vatican to overturn 1896 document declaring Anglican ordinations as ‘void’
Sacramental preparation for children falls far short
Sunday liturgy frequently does not inspire or support engagement with faith
Might Covid and 2020 mark a final rupture in history of Irish Catholicism?
Devotion has become fixated on Sunday Mass – but will many return to church when curbs fully lift?
Woman to be arrested over allegations from ultra-conservative religious group
Group’s founder gave anti-Semitic speech at Cork branch of SSPX Resistance last year
Organised religion has role to play in international diplomacy
Human rights and climate change are shared values with the secular world
Why would voting Biden not fall in line with Catholic teaching?
If Amy Coney Barrett is acceptable to Catholic bishops, Joe Biden should be too
Priest fears Irish Catholic Church ‘largely irrelevant’ to most people
Institution likened to an old car that has gone off the road and ‘sunk into a bog and is stuck’
Renewed appeal made for recovery of head of Archbishop statue
Reward being offered by Tipperary parish for information on missing piece of figure
Breda O'Brien: A simple, dignified apology from McAleese would suffice
Former president should say she never intended to imply Pope John Paul II endorsed marital rape
Gay Byrne unleashed tsunami of dialogue on unready Irish church
Broadcaster never thought of himself as theologian but he enhanced communion
Mary McAleese a voice Catholic Church ‘cannot do without’
Former president of Ireland presented with prestigious award for leading Catholics
Cardinal John Henry Newman: Canonisation imminent for ‘greatest of English prose writers’
Teachings on conscience had a big influence on Catholicism
Prestigious Catholic theology award to be presented to Mary McAleese
Award recognises ground-breaking 2018 doctoral thesis on children and canon law
Serious dialogue: How different churches can enrich one another
Rite&Reason: Receptive ecumenism seeks to learn from features of other denominations
Sexual revolution of 1960s led to Church abuse crisis, ex-pope says
Benedict argues change led some to believe paedophilia acceptable
Mary McAleese says ‘game is almost up’ for all-male Catholic Church
Ex-president says institution prizes the clerical male above women, truth, and abused children
Pope Francis says priests and bishops have sexually abused nuns
Nuns have accused clerics of sexual abuse in in India, Africa, Latin America and in Italy
Pope Francis and Irish Catholics think on same wavelength
Surveys show Irish faithful want participatory church the pope propounds
How ‘Humanae Vitae’ crushed the hopes of millions of Catholics
Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception
Pope should say sorry during visit, laity tells priests
Need to atone for Magdalene laundries and mother and baby homes, Tuam meeting hears
McAleese will not go to confession over referendum Yes vote
Church hasn’t ‘come to terms with clash between people’s human rights and canon law’
Many Irish are Catholic by culture rather than conviction – bishop
Abortion vote: Bishop of Kilmore Dr Leo O’Reilly says church no longer dominant in society
Will LGBT families be represented at world meeting in August?
Future depends on returning to the radical equality of Jesus and early church
Flannery urges end to silencing of Irish priests before papal visit
‘Ridiculous’ that six remain under sanctions given how pope has changed church’s culture
Harsh penalties by church and State on those who have abortions do not work
As Catholics we must now decide on what type of civic society we wish to create
Vatican signals Pope Paul VI to be made a saint
Late pontiff best known for endorsing church’s prohibition on artificial birth control
Vatican approves second miracle needed for canonisation of Pope Paul VI
First miracle took place in California in the 90s while second took place in Italy in 2014
Pope seeks new version of Lord’s Prayer: Has he tried it in Irish?
‘It’s Satan who leads us into temptation, that’s his department,’ says Pope Francis
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