‘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
In a Word... Suffragette
Is there a man out there who would dare sing – even in jest – that song from My Fair Lady: ‘Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?’
‘Never again war’: Pope Leo interrupts St Peter’s Square revelry with pleas for peace in Ukraine and Gaza
Visitors praise ‘humble, simple and very welcoming man’
‘Bob the Pope’ considered ‘a safe pair of hands’ by Irish priest who knew the new Pope Leo XIV
Pontiff’s successor as head of Augustinians recalls a man who is ‘humble, listens, lets everybody do their jobs’
Pope Leo’s social conscience won’t go down well with JD Vance and Maga America
Pope Leo XIV accurately reflects the Catholic Church’s position in the developing world, where it is growing fastest
Pope Leo XIV: First US-born pontiff addresses the faithful in St Peter’s Square
Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago unlikely choice as 267th pope, but seen as champion of migrants and poor
‘It’s like our Olympics’: Irish priests among stunned faithful in St Peter’s Square as Pope Leo XIV emerges
Many were surprised at choice of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, but hoped he would carry on legacy of Pope Francis
Meet the ‘Papabiles’: The six men who could become the next pope
Conclave eligible to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis are expected to meet within weeks
Papal conclave: ‘I dread the day I think that’s about to arrive when I’m going to be older than the pope’
As the cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel took their oaths, a crowd of all ages gathered in St Peter’s Square
The papabiles: Who are the contenders to become the 267th pope?
Even at this late stage, it remains unclear who is most likely to become the Catholic Church’s next leader