Homeless crisis: ‘We’ll have children on the streets by Christmas’A campaign is aiming to put pressure on Government to solve a worsening problemTue Aug 29 2017 - 07:10
Catholic priests from Romania being recruited to serve in Ireland‘Vocations are very good there, with a surplus of priests,’ says bishopMon Aug 28 2017 - 11:24
Plates fly ‘in every family’, Diarmuid Martin tells Knock MassThousands gather to mark one-year countdown to World Meeting of Families in DublinMon Aug 21 2017 - 20:56
Catholic Church’s idea of gender equality may be too little, too lateWoman who feels calling to priesthood says daughter asks: ‘How can you follow such an institution?’Mon Aug 21 2017 - 01:30
Countdown to World Meeting of Families in 2018 begins at KnockEvent, which Pope Francis is expected to attend, will take place over five days in DublinMon Aug 21 2017 - 01:13
One man’s global campaign to help children of priestsGuidelines agreed through efforts of cleric’s son Vincent Doyle, but not published yetSat Aug 19 2017 - 02:00
Catholic bishops create guidelines for priests with children‘At a minimum, no priest should walk away from his responsibilities’Sat Aug 19 2017 - 02:00
Pope phones Argentinian who spoke of abuse by Irish priestPresident of Argentina a past pupil of same Christian Brothers schoolWed Aug 16 2017 - 19:48
'I’m no Holy Joe. Or Holy Marty': Marty Morrissey to address Knock faithfulRTÉ broadcaster will speak at novena attended by 150,000 peopleWed Aug 16 2017 - 01:00
Catholic woman bishop on Irish vocations recruitment drive‘Our bishops have absolutely no authority apart from ordaining’Tue Aug 15 2017 - 03:50
Nigerian bishop arrives in Ireland as Vatican’s new envoyArchbishop Jude Okolo is a member of the Igbo community at the centre of Biafra conflictMon Aug 14 2017 - 19:38
Plan for male-only deacons in Catholic diocese criticised by priestsProposal is ‘insensitive, disrespectful of women and counter-productive’, says groupFri Aug 11 2017 - 16:59
Pope orders halt to euthanasia at Catholic hospitals in BelgiumBrothers of Charity face excommunication after lay board of directors sanction legal terminationsFri Aug 11 2017 - 16:18
Limerick priest challenges authorities over role of women in churchA woman ‘can give more meaning to the Eucharist than any male celibate’Thu Aug 10 2017 - 20:05
Priests turn to suicide as workload and isolation increaseAs many as eight Irish priests have died by suicide over the past decadeThu Aug 10 2017 - 05:30
It is simply wrong to call a fertilised ovum a humanObjections to embryo modification defy logic: Law must welcome defeat of genetic diseasesThu Aug 10 2017 - 01:00
In a word . . . MontenegroIt escaped completely the appalling wars of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990sSat Aug 05 2017 - 00:00
Bishop says embryos used in landmark study ‘gave no consent’Catholic Church concerned over US study that removed mutationsFri Aug 04 2017 - 01:00
Trump proposals are about wiping White House ‘shenanigans’ off front pagesLobbyist says it would take Republicans and Democrats ‘working together’ to bring about immigration reformThu Aug 03 2017 - 20:50
Kevin Myers: Support from members of the Irish Jewish community ‘very consoling’Sacked columnist says Varadkar and Fitzgerald ‘breached protocol by attacking me’Wed Aug 02 2017 - 01:00
After 70 years, Fr Davitt marks his platinum anniversaryMissionary priest (96) has also worked in Britain, India and Papua New GuineaTue Aug 01 2017 - 01:00
There’s more to Kevin Myers than his errors of judgmentAs a stylist few can compare, and the former ‘Irish Times’ columnist did the State some serviceMon Jul 31 2017 - 18:07
In a Word . . . ReekA colleague from another paper was with me and we had decided to climb Croagh Patrick in the traditional manner, at nightSat Jul 29 2017 - 00:00
Memorial to be unveiled to two gardaí shot dead by bank robbers in 1980Families of John Morley and Henry Byrne to attend ceremony in Co RoscommonFri Jul 28 2017 - 14:51
Regulator concerned over €84,000 payments to charity foundersAtaxia Ireland chief did not tell trustees of sums provided to her parents, report findsThu Jul 27 2017 - 13:50
Asylum seeker treatment as bad as institutional abuse, says priestMartin Pender says Congolese asylum seekers left to ‘eat and sleep and walk around’Tue Jul 25 2017 - 01:00
GAA: The surviving, thriving third pillar of nationalist IrelandOver 1.3 million attended championship games between May and September 2016Mon Jul 24 2017 - 12:33
Nun who inspired U2 song is Bono’s guest at Croke Park gigSinger met Sr Anne Carr in Malawi in 2002 and wrote ‘Crumbs from Your Table’ about herSat Jul 22 2017 - 01:00
In a Word . . . EcclesiastesI reserve my direst wrath for those who push Ecclesiastes in the bereaved’s directionSat Jul 22 2017 - 00:00
New dedicated men’s health website www.malehealth.ie launched in DublinSite a ‘key milestone in the journey of Men’s Sheds’ movementThu Jul 20 2017 - 21:36
Cheap houses, terrible planning: the ballad of BallaghaderreenThat the Roscommon town has the cheapest housing in the State is down to official policyTue Jul 18 2017 - 12:51
‘Man of faith’ Marty Morrissey to appear at Knock ShrineAugust novena one of the biggest annual events in the Irish Catholic Church calendarMon Jul 17 2017 - 13:52
Trade unionist ‘exposed atrocious conditions of workers and families’Centenary: William Partridge (1874-1917) had key role in 1913 Lock Out and Irish Citizen ArmySat Jul 15 2017 - 19:33
Douglas Hyde conference: Galway suffering from ‘economic success’Without artists ‘there can be no sense of a life lived beyond limiting, stifling boundaries’Fri Jul 14 2017 - 21:53
Centenary of 1916 made ‘profound statement’ about Irish identityRoscommon celebrates Douglas Hyde Conference with speakers Garry Hynes, Sean KyneThu Jul 13 2017 - 21:08
Archbishop Martin proved right about school patronageChurchman a lone voice among brother bishops in reading sign of timesWed Jul 12 2017 - 05:19
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 ViennaTue Jul 11 2017 - 19:49
Catholic bishops appeal for east Africa famine donationsSpecial collections to take place at all Masses across Ireland over July 22nd/23rdMon Jul 10 2017 - 18:42
Catholic sectarianism frustrated 1916 ideals, says Diarmuid MartinDominance of sectarian ethos ‘had negative effects on realisation of ideas of Proclamation’Mon Jul 10 2017 - 15:08
In a Word . . . WhataboutismCommentators on the Troubles embraced the term ‘whataboutery’Sat Jul 08 2017 - 00:00
In a Word . . . OrangeOne of the very first messages Teresa May received was from the Portadown OrangemenSat Jul 01 2017 - 00:00
Crisis in Irish Catholic priesthood revealed at meetings of clergyMeeting in Limerick hears call for confidential helpline for priestsTue Jun 27 2017 - 19:27
Church leaders unite to urge Stormont politicians to end impasseMen say there is a pressing need to end the political deadlock ‘in the interests of all in our society’Mon Jun 26 2017 - 21:43
Parents spend an average of €845 on First CommunionBank survey shows 1% rise in money spent on day, with make-up/hair for girls costing €41 per childMon Jun 26 2017 - 01:00
At 25, Ireland’s youngest priest is ordained in Co KildareAlmost a third of priests in Kildare and Leighlin Catholic diocese are over 75Sun Jun 25 2017 - 21:26
Taoiseach’s sexual orientation ‘not an issue’ at Clonskeagh mosque‘The (Muslim) community in Ireland are living in Ireland where this is allowed by law’Sun Jun 25 2017 - 20:19
