Taoiseach warns judges to respect separation of powersVaradkar says Government pressing ahead with judicial appointments billSun Jun 25 2017 - 16:40
‘Upset’ all round as priest made principal of Ennis schoolBishop of Killaloe appointed St Flannan’s only priest to the post without advertisingSat Jun 24 2017 - 01:00
In a Word . . . JohnSt John’s Eve was an occasion for major bonfires all over our part of the world in those daysSat Jun 24 2017 - 00:00
Lapsed Irish Catholics ‘most sympathetic’ to Jews, says authorJoyce, Binchy and O’Brien show ‘a link between lapsed Catholics and philo-semitism’Tue Jun 20 2017 - 20:41
Sam Maguire to be remembered with eight bells at Co Cork churchSt Mary’s Church of Ireland in Dunmanway, where Maguire is buried, to install bells this summerTue Jun 20 2017 - 10:10
Protestants and Catholics sharing church in Co MonaghanSt Mary’s in Castleblayney moving in with St Maeldoid’s from todayMon Jun 19 2017 - 11:29
Priest appointed principal of Clare school after bishop's recommendationBishop says he is ‘willing to discuss’ appointment of priest in EnnisMon Jun 19 2017 - 01:00
Trinity Access Programme encourages people to go on to universityWhat do a Burmese refugee and an inner-city grandmother have in common? A chance of a degreeSat Jun 17 2017 - 01:00
In a Word . . . ChildishDoes Joyce’s 101-letter word symbolise a thunderclap associated with the fall of Adam and Eve?Sat Jun 17 2017 - 00:00
Maynooth seminary to be overhauled after turbulent periodSeminary and Pontifical University at St Patrick’s College to be separatedFri Jun 16 2017 - 20:51
Millions face starvation across east Africa, warns TrócaireTrócaire appeals to Irish to donate money for South Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia and KenyaThu Jun 15 2017 - 21:34
St Patrick’s College president appointed to Irish College in ParisMaynooth seminary was subject of controversy around alleged ‘gay subculture’Thu Jun 15 2017 - 19:48
Institutional abuse: NI report scathing at how Nazareth homes were runInquiries on both sides of Border criticised care in homes run by Sisters of NazarethWed Jun 14 2017 - 01:00
Fr Jack Finucane funeral Mass held at Kimmage ManorConcern co-founder brought ‘humanity to the most inhuman situations’Mon Jun 12 2017 - 20:35
Bishop says Scottish church’s move on gay marriage ‘a way forward’Scottish Episcopal Church first major congregation in UK to allow same-sex marriageSun Jun 11 2017 - 20:44
Ireland’s first ever Jesuit bishop to take over in Raphoe diocese‘As a Jesuit I bring strengths and weaknesses to this appointment,’ says Fr Alan McGuckianSun Jun 11 2017 - 19:47
Catholic bishops speak of ‘hostility’ and ‘persecution’ of church‘In every age people have written obituary of the church and our age is no exception’Sun Jun 11 2017 - 19:34
Spending on elderly cut by third since 2009, Citizens’ Assembly hearsCosts of care for growing older population may require new social insurance schemeSun Jun 11 2017 - 18:56
NI peace process began with question from Fr Alec Reid to Gerry AdamsNew book recalls fascinating life and eye-witness accounts of late Belfast priestWed Jun 07 2017 - 11:19
Catholic bishops praise court decision on asylum seekersCouncil has publicly raised issues related to direct provision centres in recent yearsMon Jun 05 2017 - 21:18
Rome’s leading Irishman hopes 2018 Dublin event will be ‘great moment of revival’Cardinal Kevin Farrell: World Meeting of Families will be ‘the beginning of a new process’ in the ChurchThu Jun 01 2017 - 22:00
Catholic archbishop has no wish to be chair of National Maternity HospitalDiarmuid Martin a ‘firm believer in having hospitals with a voluntary component in their management’Thu Jun 01 2017 - 15:43
Former Church of Ireland archbishop Donald Caird diesNoted Irish language scholar and ecumenist was ‘loved and respected in equal measure’Thu Jun 01 2017 - 15:41
Sisters’ surprise maternity hospital move recognises modern IrelandSt Vincent’s order was not blind to clash of Catholic values with more liberal lawsTue May 30 2017 - 01:00
Just one in four young homeless housed after two years, study findsCharities warn of a deepening youth homelessness crisis with an increase of 78 per centMon May 29 2017 - 08:01
Leading priest supports Dr Peter Boylan on new maternity hospitalAssociation of Catholic Priests also says facility should be State-ownedMon May 29 2017 - 01:00
State and Church leaders in Ireland express heartfelt solidarity with ManchesterA ‘cowardly attack on innocent citizens’, says President Michael D HigginsTue May 23 2017 - 18:10
Downward trend in reports of new clerical child sex abuse allegations continues‘A note of caution has to be sounded against any over confidence’ about risks to childrenTue May 23 2017 - 15:39
President Higgins opens route to new relationship with VaticanAnalysis: Higgins says pope ‘indispensable voice of humanity’Mon May 22 2017 - 23:24
Dubliner, who was Protestant, declared ‘Blessed’ by Catholic ChurchThe priest was reared Protestant and converted to Catholism when he was 35-years-oldSat May 13 2017 - 15:33
Catholic Church’s good deeds are being erased, says archbishopEamon Martin defends religious role in education and healthcareTue May 09 2017 - 01:00
Reference to blasphemy in the Constitution is largely obsolete, say all ChurchesGod ‘is big enough to look after Himself without needing any assistance from gardaí’Tue May 09 2017 - 00:31
Death of Irishman with long career in Vatican diplomatic corpsArchbishop Thomas White served in Africa, Central America, Asia, and OceaniaMon May 08 2017 - 22:25
Blasphemy provisions seen as ‘Irish solution to Irish problem’Minister for justice in 2009 said he never had so many outraged emails as on this issueMon May 08 2017 - 14:49
Church of Ireland delegates defeat motion on public service for same-sex couplesGeneral Synod debate on proposal to develop public thanksgiving service for legally married same-sex couplesFri May 05 2017 - 21:36
Admissions reform would ‘undermine’ Protestant schoolsPolicy change would remove ‘very purpose for existence’ of schools, General Synod toldFri May 05 2017 - 20:57
Abortion should be dealt with by legislation, says Church of IrelandGeneral Synod hears Constitution is ‘not best place to deal with complex moral matter’Fri May 05 2017 - 15:54
Church of Ireland may use churches as ‘safe places’ from domestic abuseArchbishop of Armagh says ‘Church does not have a reputation as being a place of safety’Thu May 04 2017 - 13:19
Funds for services provided by Catholic church in Dublin downShare collections alone dropped over 10% in five years as demand for services growsTue May 02 2017 - 23:28
Sisters of Charity must be allowed exercise their conscience tooSuch is the anxiety to get out of Holles St it appears the Sisters have been put under pressure, if not duress, to accept the new National Maternity Hospital under terms currently agreedTue May 02 2017 - 06:00
Pregnancy terminations in Irish hospitals for decades - consultant‘I have been part of a grand collusion’ that has existed between public, church and StateTue May 02 2017 - 04:00
Government urged to recognise Isis actions as ‘genocide’Move follows European Parliament, House of Commons, US House of RepresentativesTue May 02 2017 - 00:28
Taxi driver behaviour largest source of complaints about sectorCompliance officers carried out 90,000 checks in 2016, a three-fold increase on 2015Mon May 01 2017 - 16:06
Irish Catholics resent relentless condemnation, says archbishopDiarmuid Martin sees ‘justified resentment’ as Catholics criticised for living their faithSun Apr 30 2017 - 21:23
