New seminarians welcomed to national seminary at MaynoothNumbers ‘not enough’ to fill gapsTue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00
Children of the diaspora come back to spread the gospel in IrelandCardinal, papal nuncio and two bishops welcome newly-arrived nuns to DroghedaTue Aug 20 2013 - 01:00
Huge turnout for Justice Kevin Feeney funeral in DublinThe passions of Justice Kevin Feeney’s life “were family, friendship, work and sport”Mon Aug 19 2013 - 18:46
Father of former president Mary McAleese to be buried tomorrowPaddy (Patrick) Leneghan has died aged 88Sun Aug 18 2013 - 22:48
Major disconnect between Irish students and Catholic Church, a random poll has foundOver 78 per cent perceive Church negatively followinig scandalsSat Aug 17 2013 - 12:03
Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal arrive in Drogheda‘They will not be teaching in schools or working in hospitals’Fri Aug 16 2013 - 01:36
Controversial priest to ‘recharge the batteries’2006 concelebrated Mass with Protestant rector a misjudgment, says Iggy O’DonovanWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Forbidding eulogies at funerals ‘harsh’, according to Dublin’s Catholic archdioceseEulogies for celebrities, not ‘little people’, complained letter writerTue Aug 13 2013 - 01:00
Church message ‘increasingly counter-cultural’, says Coadjutor Archbishop of ArmaghFaithful must act upon ‘conscientiously held views’, especially on abortion, says Eamon MartinMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Blues on the Hill as rebels yell in victoryBitter defeat as Cork robs Dubs of shot at All Ireland senior hurling titleMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Wexford house where children abused by priest now a crecheVictim of Fr Seán Fortune feels it should be demolishedFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
‘Man on Bridge’: collection marks 50 years of snap decisionsPublic invited to upload pictures by Dublin photographer Arthur Fields to web archiveThu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
Ireland criticised for not offering asylum to whistleblowers Manning and SnowdenBoth are ‘modern-day heroes’, claims President of Irish CNDWed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
Eminent theologian Seán Freyne dies‘Huge loss to theology,’ says former president Mary McAleeseWed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
Irish gay group praises Pope Francis’s airborne commentsGay Catholic Voice Ireland says interview content represents a ‘significant development from previous papal pronouncements’Tue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Authorities on alert for Border area cockfightsMoney changing hands over illegal bloodsportTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
‘Media attacks’ on religious condemned‘Combination of hypocrisy and moral righteousness is a very unpleasant sight’Tue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Meeting with Bishop Casey led to revelationsPeter Murphy tells how stepfather confronted Bishop of GalwayMon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Peter Murphy: My father, Bishop Casey, and meIn 1992 The Irish Times revealed bishop of Galway Eamon Casey had a son with Annie Murphy. Now 38, he tells the story of his relationship with his fatherSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Reaching out to Ireland’s Jewish diasporaGathering event aimed at 50,000 Irish JewsWed Jul 17 2013 - 07:20
Garda Commissioner expresses ‘regret’ at handling of abuse claims in Murphy reportMartin Callinan admits abuse victims did not receive ‘appropriate attention’Mon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
Garda handling of McCabe allegations ‘shocking’It was ‘material in allowing Fr McCabe to evade justice’Sat Jul 13 2013 - 06:41
Catholic Archbishops castigated by Murphy report for handling of McCabe abuse allegationsIn 1988 Dublin’s bishops ‘set him loose on the unsuspecting population of Stockton, California’Sat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Bishops to hold fire until after Seanad vote on abortion legislationLeaflet opposing Bill to be read at MassesSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Chapter 20 of Murphy report distils horror of world that had lost its moral compassAnalysis: amoral institutions protected before the welfare of childrenSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Investigation stopped after contact with DPPMurphy report: ‘Even if one could, I wouldn’t bother extraditing him’, said DPP office internal memoSat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Church can’t whitewash abuse - Archbishop Diarmuid MartinAbuse in Archdiocese of Dublin ‘something that must never be forgotten’Sat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Former archbishops criticised over handling of Dublin abuseChapter 20 of Murphy report published this afternoonFri Jul 12 2013 - 18:17
Ombudsman questions delay in setting up inquiry into banking crisisIt should be ‘very thorough . . . very forensic’Wed Jul 10 2013 - 01:00
Shades of Animal Farm in abortion debate - BishopBill will create a ‘pecking order of human beings based on size’Tue Jul 09 2013 - 21:44
Treatment of asylum seekers may be ‘our next national scandal’, warns OmbudsmanDecisions on their welfare being wrested ‘from us the people’, Emily O’Reilly saysTue Jul 09 2013 - 17:41
Brazilian police and Garda work to bring ex-priest to justiceBrazil deported him following false declaration in application for residencyTue Jul 09 2013 - 07:56
Kenny says no unpicking of abortion BillTaoiseach sends signal to wavering TDs that he will not change suicide clauseTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Senior Vatican prelate tells Cork Mass of 'culture of death'Taoiseach, Government ‘have failed to engage’ with key issues says Catholic bishopMon Jul 08 2013 - 10:50
Student priest plans to run around the islandAlastair Donaldson hopes to spread gospel en routeMon Jul 08 2013 - 01:00
Wilful destruction of life ‘never acceptable’ - Archbishop MartinTens of thousands attend Rally for Life in DublinSun Jul 07 2013 - 15:17
No surprise just delight at news of double canonisationsReaction: Bishop of Meath Michael Smith expresses delight because both men represented faithSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
Government legislation provides ‘the widest possible legal justification for abortion’, say Catholic bishopsRight to life of the unborn child ‘will no longer be treated as equal’Sat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
Cardinal Dolan 'hid' $57m from sex abuse victimsMoney moved into cemetery trust fund to prevent it being paid as compensationFri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Shortage of social workers affecting foster care in Laois-Offaly, says reportStaff ‘committed, warm and loving to the children in their care’Fri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Cardinal Brady describes abortion Bill as ‘Trojan horse’Catholic primate urges Government to publish Attorney General’s advice on ‘potential constitutional and legal conflicts’Tue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Proposed amendments to Jewish Representative Council constitution withdrawnChanges already being prepared, says chairmanTue Jul 02 2013 - 00:58
Catholic Church teaching on abortion dates from 1869Church’s current position not shared by its most elevated saintsMon Jul 01 2013 - 19:26
A return to paganism or disillusion with the church?Ireland’s Christian churches blame paganism for the decline of their congregations, but the real reasons are more modernSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Three new permanent deacons ordained for DublinTwo of the men are married with familiesMon Jun 24 2013 - 07:36
Irish have ‘become pagan’, some Catholic bishops believeAssociation of Catholic Priests told the people `have bought into evils of materialism’Mon Jun 24 2013 - 07:30
Catholic Bishops ratchet up pressure on Government over abortion legislationLeaflets assert that lives of both mother and unborn baby are sacredMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Taoiseach not making sense, according to senior Cardinal at VaticanPoll shows 86 per cent favour referendum on abortionFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
Launch of sacred places guide hears of bigotryMembers of Jewish community ‘disturbed’ by anti-Semitic slogansThu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
