First ever beatification in Ireland to take place next monthDublin man, raised and educated Protestant, to be declared ‘blessed’ by VaticanMon Apr 17 2017 - 18:53
Church of Ireland criticises school admissions proposalBishops say education debate should not ‘trample’ on the rights of minority faithsFri Apr 14 2017 - 17:37
Archbishop challenges ‘judgmental’ church on single mothers and gay peopleDiarmuid Martin warns of ‘powers of darkness’ at Way of the Cross processionFri Apr 14 2017 - 17:16
Our bar on Good Friday: ‘Chrisalmighty Mrs McGarry, just a naggin of Powers’Growing up in Ballaghaderreen’s Arch Bar a sobering experienceFri Apr 14 2017 - 10:45
Iona Institute opposes end to Good Friday drink sales banPioneer group says census figures show that majority of population identify as CatholicTue Apr 11 2017 - 18:34
Roscommon Famine museum founder wins European awardPublic urged to vote for Jim Callery in online poll for European Public Choice awardTue Apr 11 2017 - 16:24
Religious congregations approach fulfilment of 2002 indemnity agreement termsMany of 11 outstanding properties in use already by State recipientsFri Apr 07 2017 - 01:00
Europe’s Christian population falls amid rise of atheists and MuslimsIreland was one of only eight European countries with more Christian births than deathsThu Apr 06 2017 - 15:25
Positive child protection review for Good ShepherdCharity almost totally compliant with all child protection standards, board findsWed Apr 05 2017 - 17:52
De La Salle Brothers criticised on ‘late’ child protection policyOrder did not fully meet any of board’s standards on managing abuse allegationsWed Apr 05 2017 - 17:36
Number of child sex allegations against Norbertines ‘unknown’Complaints by 281 against Fr Brendan Smyth in solicitors’ files, watchdog report saysWed Apr 05 2017 - 17:23
Nearly 300 abuse allegations made against Nazareth SistersSisters ‘exceptionally slow’ to take up responsibility for child safeguarding, says boardWed Apr 05 2017 - 17:11
Congregations’ child abuse apologies lack credibilityThree religious orders do not demonstrate any change from ‘historical behaviour’Wed Apr 05 2017 - 13:14
Irish priest to head Vatican Congregation disciplinary sectionMsgr John Kennedy joined CDF in 2003 under then cardinal Joseph RatzingerTue Apr 04 2017 - 19:42
Bible accounts of resurrection may be wrong - ‘silenced’ priestFr Tony Flannery says efforts to explain Jesus’s presence in Eucharist not ‘very helpful’Tue Apr 04 2017 - 12:45
Congregations proven right about cost dangers of redress schemeState ignored warnings from religious groups about loose structuresTue Apr 04 2017 - 01:23
Government was forced to set up redress scheme, say OblatesOrder claims there are ‘Legitimate grounds for reservations’ about Ryan report findingsTue Apr 04 2017 - 01:00
Oblates came from France to set up at Inchicore in 1856Congregation managed reformatories in Glencree and DaingeanTue Apr 04 2017 - 01:00
Religious order rejects calls to share redress costs with StateOblates dismiss idea they were under ‘moral pressure’ to pay more to compensation billMon Apr 03 2017 - 01:00
Religious congregations ‘had no role’ in setting up €1.5 billion redress schemeOblates claim child abuse fund was established ‘to meet the government’s moral obligations’Mon Apr 03 2017 - 01:00
Pope Francis calls for an end to ‘prejudice’ at Martin Luther eventUnderstanding Luther can help overcome ‘rivalry between Catholics and Protestants’Sat Apr 01 2017 - 15:59
Dáil, Seanad refuse to have Hindu prayer at opening sessionsUniversal Society of Hinduism chief says Oireachtas ‘should realise we are in 21st century’Thu Mar 30 2017 - 20:25
Catholic doctrines ‘no longer make sense’, says Fr Tony FlanneryPeople are ‘rejecting [traditional] doctrines as childish fantasies and walking away’Thu Mar 30 2017 - 16:00
Irishman killed in Vietnam 50 years ago to be honoured Co MayoAn estimated 30 Irishmen, serving with US forces, were killed in Vietnam warThu Mar 30 2017 - 09:34
In a word . . . DartWant to turn back time? Set foot on the platform of a Dart stationSat Mar 25 2017 - 00:00
Maureen Haughey funeral told of ‘republican in the truest sense’‘Nationalist to her fingertips’ was proud of legacy of late father, former taoiseach Séan LemassTue Mar 21 2017 - 19:49
Government funding of €11m to fight latest famine in AfricaCharlie Flanagan flags ‘massive and urgent scale-up of humanitarian assistance’ neededMon Mar 20 2017 - 20:37
Calls for Roscommon council to build mosqueBusinessman says bringing Syrian refugees to Ballaghaderreen ‘is punishment for them’Mon Mar 20 2017 - 19:57
Pope would be warmly welcomed in Ireland in 2018 - FlanaganMinister in Rome for event to mark official reopening of Irish Embassy to VaticanMon Mar 20 2017 - 15:02
Mother and baby homes ‘destroyed lives’ says CoI archbishopAntagonism toward churches deepened by recent revelations, says Dr Michael JacksonSun Mar 19 2017 - 15:01
Former president says it’s ‘no time for silence’ on migrant rightsBells ring out at churches across Ireland and internationally in support of refugeesSun Mar 19 2017 - 11:53
‘Very serious’ decline in number becoming priests in IrelandPapal nuncio says many contributed to improving relations between Holy See and IrelandFri Mar 17 2017 - 16:28
Parents and past-pupils secure future of Cistercian CollegeHistoric Roscrea boarding school to remain open against the odds after €1.5m pledgedThu Mar 16 2017 - 17:35
Bishop Eamonn Casey’s ‘hidden realites’ recalled at funeral MassSon of late cleric not among crowd of more than 1,600 who attended Galway serviceThu Mar 16 2017 - 15:44
Marie Collins challenges assertions by top Vatican cardinalProtection of minors: Cardinal says did not understand Collins’s talk of lack of co-operationWed Mar 15 2017 - 21:17
Bishop Eamon Casey ‘never resorted to self-pity’, removal toldTributes paid to former Bishop of Galway who was the first chairman of aid agency TrócaireWed Mar 15 2017 - 20:39
Church of Ireland anti-racism initiative draws global supportMary McAleese to launch event calling for parishes to ring their bells against xenophobiaWed Mar 15 2017 - 20:08
‘Bishop Eamonn Casey wanted to challenge realities’Bishop John Kirby recalls the ‘dynamic’ man he came to knowWed Mar 15 2017 - 01:00
Bishop Eamonn Casey’s funeral arrangements announcedFuneral Mass will take place at 2 o’clock on Thursday afternoon in GalwayTue Mar 14 2017 - 13:16
Eamonn Casey: When The Irish Times met the bishop in EcuadorReligious affairs correspondent Patsy McGarry on meeting Bishop Casey in 1997Tue Mar 14 2017 - 08:38
The troubled life of Bishop Eamonn CaseyHe liked fast cars and good company, but was also a driven activist who set up TrócaireMon Mar 13 2017 - 21:03
Leo Varadkar says Government ‘cannot seize church lands’‘It is not in the power of the Government to confiscate anyone’s property,’ says MinisterMon Mar 13 2017 - 19:15
In a Word . . . EuthanasiaOld age has little to offer . . . who wants to end up incontinent in mind and body?Sat Mar 11 2017 - 00:00
Vatican ignores child protection proposals approved by popeSir Humphrey would have a lot to learn from Curia bureaucrats on art of obfuscationMon Mar 06 2017 - 01:00
Marie Collins resigns from Vatican child protection bodyAbuse survivor says she is frustrated with some officials in the Roman curiaWed Mar 01 2017 - 11:00
