Church of Ireland bishop criticises invite for gay US preacher to speak at Pride service in Dublin
Bishop of Down and Dromore David McClay claims church members ‘concerned and confused’ by move
Spiritans’ promise of redress must be ‘substantiated by actions’, says abuse survivors group
Restore Together spokesman says victim-centred redress scheme should be delivered urgently
Spiritans commit to redress scheme for school abuse survivors in attempt to ‘offer atonement’
Head of congregation Fr Brendan Carr says it is seeking to be ‘accountable at this time for what happened in another time’
James Joyce: ‘For a boy of his age in a Dublin day school, he seems to have had considerable sexual experience’
In a Word ... Precocious
PSNI given emergency Stormont cash to tackle anti-immigration riots
All parties in executive ‘on the same page’ in condemning ‘violent racism’, Michelle O’Neill said
Highest number of abuse allegations in 16 years received by Catholic Church’s safeguarding body
Board reports 50 per cent rise in number of claims lodged this year in wake of scoping inquiry into religious schools
‘It is our Christmas’: Eid celebrations in Tallaght a mix of faith and fun
About 4,000 people turned up for event marking the end of Ramadan fasting
In a Word...Ancestry
Ireland has proved adept at forging friendships with influential people based on family heritage
‘Humanity has lost its heart’: Ireland’s churches react forcefully to `abandoned’ Gaza
Catholic bishops pray ‘all those in positions of power globally will stand up and demand an end to this cruelty’
In a Word...Language
Language is intrinsically linked to identity and is sometimes weaponised in political discourse
Church live-streaming likely to lead to more defamation actions, evangelicals warn
Evangelical church in Tullamore, Co Offaly, was recently sued over remarks made during live-streamed Baptism
The financial heavyweight, the media guru and the abuse investigator: What next for top Irish Vatican clerics under Pope Leo XIV?
Three Irish-born senior figures in the Roman Curia look set to remain in prominent roles under the new pontiff
Zelenskiy invites Pope Leo to visit Ukraine
Invitation extended during pontiff’s first known phone call with a foreign leader