Married Catholic deacon is ‘no holy Joe’Rev Jim Adams is one of first eight Catholic deacons to be ordained hereSat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
Whistleblower who exposed poor conditions for disabled ‘vindicated’Margaret Kennedy reaches settlement with HSE and Brothers of CharityFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
Ex-president McAleese criticises church’s stance on gay peopleClaims that the Catholic Church is in denial and ‘a very large number’ of priests are gayWed Jan 08 2014 - 03:00
Crosscare not ‘selling’ food donated following Archbishop Martin appealIt will be distributed free through community food banksWed Jan 08 2014 - 01:00
New Catholic Church child protection chief appointedTeresa Devlin ‘extensive experience’ of child protection managementTue Jan 07 2014 - 11:56
Bishop urges politicians to ‘push forward’ in pursuit of pact‘We owe it to ourselves . . . we owe to our children’Fri Jan 03 2014 - 01:00
‘Extraordinary tradition’ of peacekeeping praisedArchbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin speaks at New Year’s Day Mass of harm caused by gossipWed Jan 01 2014 - 14:15
Influential priest to stand down from major role after 10 yearsFr Tim Bartlett served as assistant to Cardinal BradyTue Dec 31 2013 - 01:00
Pope Francis nominated for Tipperary peace awardUS envoy to Northern Ireland Richard Haass also among five nomineesMon Dec 30 2013 - 21:58
Irish skier killed in Swiss Alps avalanche namedLimerick man was alone when avalanche struck, say policeMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Freighter calls for help in high seas off Co CorkThe Abuk Lion had been en route from Limerick to RussiaSun Dec 29 2013 - 19:10
Ethics initiative to be announced by President Higgins in New YearPresident will seek to advance themes set out in addresses given at DCU and the SorbonneTue Dec 17 2013 - 01:00
Archbishop calls for crusade to eliminate youth unemploymentYoung feel ‘disregarded’, not valuedSun Dec 15 2013 - 16:26
Higgins pays tribute to Priory Hall residentsPresident pays tribute to ‘bravery and tenacity’ of Stephanie MeehanSat Dec 14 2013 - 07:13
A pluralist ProtestantWhen Victor Griffin, a former dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, was in Derry he annoyed Protestants. In Dublin he upset Catholics. Now 89, he reflects on a changed Ireland, and on Charles Haughey’s good deedsSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:00
No problem with admissions to ‘vast majority’ of schoolsSchools ‘open to all children whose parents apply’ says Fr Michael DrummFri Dec 13 2013 - 12:24
Memorial service for Nelson Mandela at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin‘We’ve lost a great, great patriot’, says South African AmbassadorThu Dec 12 2013 - 23:29
Kiltegan congregation challenged by ‘relatively high incidence’ of abuseAbuse outside Ireland not met with an ‘appropriate and robust response’Wed Dec 11 2013 - 07:49
Irish church can play useful role in wider Catholic stance on child abuse, says Cardinal BradyIrish input into new Vatican commission on child abuseWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:01
Why do some missionary societies still lag behind when it comes to child protection?Generally positive reviews of dioceses shows Irish Catholic Church could teach bishops overseasWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Church child protection reports: 870 allegations of child abuse made against 325 Christian BrothersBrothers welcome the review finding that the congregation had developed “a robust safeguarding ethos and culture at its remaining operations in Ireland”Wed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Kiltegan congregation criticised in latest Church reports325 Christian Brothers faced a total of 870 child abuse allegations from 50s to 70sTue Dec 10 2013 - 16:08
Catholic Church to publish latest tranche of child protection auditsChristian Brothers responses to be key focusTue Dec 10 2013 - 09:48
Pat Storey presented with silver cross left in will to ‘Ireland’s first woman bishop’Bishop of Meath and Kildare collects gift left by teacher Daphne Wormell, who talked of bishops ‘bringing their husbands to Lambeth’Tue Dec 10 2013 - 01:00
South African ambassador speaks of his country’s lossIrish politicians sign books of condolenceSat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
Church leaders mourn Methodist-educated MandelaBooks of condolence in Dublin cathedralsFri Dec 06 2013 - 14:33
Church of Ireland archbishops warn against extremismChurch is a family and ‘not always without the occasional domestic disagreement’Fri Dec 06 2013 - 01:00
Catholic bishops plan major pastoral conference for next yearBishops encourage laity to engage with consultation process begun by Pope FrancisThu Dec 05 2013 - 10:53
Let us celebrate our missionaries, those who have spent decades looking after strangers in strange landsOpinion: Theirs has been ‘a poor church for the poor’Tue Dec 03 2013 - 00:01
Candle-lit events across country show solidarity to families affected by suicideAlmost 1,000 people bereaved by suicide attend Console service in MaynoothMon Dec 02 2013 - 01:00
UN watchdog asks State to clarify abortion policyUnited Nations Committee Against Torture (Uncat) queries limitations in the Protection of Life During Pregnancy ActFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
Decades of service abroad by Irish Catholic missionaries honoured in DublinIreland ‘can be truly proud’ of their work, says Sabina HigginsThu Nov 28 2013 - 01:00
Martin honoured for leadership in Church’s ‘seismic crisis’Diarmuid Martin says work of tackling child sex abuse ‘is not over’Wed Nov 27 2013 - 01:00
Madam Bishop a first for these islands as Derry rector becomes ‘The Most Rev’First woman bishop in Ireland or UK to be consecrated in Dublin on SaturdayMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:00
When JFK was shotAn Irishman’s Diary: Assassination a personal trauma for most Irish CatholicsFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
Catholic Church watchdog surprised by diocese’s child safeguard reviewWatchdog’s review of Down and Connor diocese to be published shortlyMon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Rector explains theology behind Mass celebrated with Catholic priests‘God tells me that this is the Body of Christ, and I accept that’Mon Nov 18 2013 - 01:00
Irish churches hold special collections for people in Philippines and SyriaArchbishops urge members to respond generously to overwhelming needSat Nov 16 2013 - 01:01
Archbishop appeals for food to alleviate hunger in DublinSome children ‘so hungry they can’t learn’ as demand for wholesome food not being metThu Nov 14 2013 - 15:31
UN committee raises numerous human rights issues with IrelandGovernment to be questioned at hearings in Geneva next JulyWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:00
Renewed calls for independent investigation into Magdalene laundriesMcAleese Committee ‘tasked solely with investigating the issue of state involvement with the Laundries’Fri Nov 01 2013 - 12:13
Younger Magdalene survivor to seek compensation for loss of right to educationMaureen Sullivan was put in a laundry at 12Fri Nov 01 2013 - 12:08
Catholic Church might reinvent itself as Fianna Fáil has done, says priestCatholicism crisis in Ireland ’far more serious’ than Church leaders recogniseFri Nov 01 2013 - 06:34
Cork-born founder of Presentation Sisters declared ‘Venerable’Nano Nagle was a pioneer of Catholic education for the marginalised in Ireland and abroadFri Nov 01 2013 - 01:04
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in robust defence of Murphy CommissionOver 500 children may have been abused in Dublin where 98 Catholic priests face allegationsWed Oct 30 2013 - 01:01
Murphy report ‘highly critical’, ‘dismissive’, towards clergyCommission concentrated ‘to an alarming degree’ on naming and shaming priestsTue Oct 29 2013 - 07:21
‘Locked-in mentality’ of Church of Ireland members criticised‘Many migrants opting for warmer and safer migrant-led churches’Tue Oct 29 2013 - 01:01
Department of Justice rejects Magdalene group’s criticism of McAleese reportAllegations of systematic abuse not sustained, department tells UN watchdogTue Oct 29 2013 - 01:00
