'Healing stone' to child abuse survivors unveiledCEREMONY: A “HEALING stone” was unveiled during the Eucharistic Congress opening ceremony at the RDS in Dublin yesterday, in…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Pope's address to be shown at Croke ParkPOPE BENEDICT XVI will not now be making a live broadcast to the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin next Sunday, as had been expected…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Envoy hopes congress brings blessing at 'turbulent time'AN ESTIMATED 12,500 pilgrims from 120 countries attended the opening ceremony and Mass at the International Eucharistic Congress…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Protests greet start of congress in DublinA number of small protests were staged at entrances to the Eucharistic Congress at Dublin's RDS today.Sun Jun 10 2012 - 01:00
Over 12,000 attend first day of Eucharistic CongressThe papal legate to the Eucharistic Congress in Dublin has prayed that the event will "bring a special blessing to Ireland at…Sun Jun 10 2012 - 01:00
Dublin church clears the way for crosscare congress lunchPEWS WERE removed and tables installed so 400 people, many of them homeless, could have lunch in St Andrew’s Church on Dublin…Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
New thinking vital to meet crisis of vocations and faithIn 20 years the Irish Catholic Church will have far fewer priests unless admission policies are changedFri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
C of I primate Archbishop Alan Harper to retire in OctoberThe Church of Ireland primate Archbishop Alan Harper (68) is to retire with effect from October 1st.Fri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Theological symposium continuesA senior Catholic Church figure has said the reason that only about a quarter of Irish Catholics told pollsters they believed…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
The men and (few) women who shape Irish CatholicismWho holds power and influence in the Catholic Church in Ireland today?Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Doubting Catholics 'not cathecised' in doctrineTRANSUBSTANTIATION: A SENIOR Catholic Church figure has said the reason that only about a quarter of Irish Catholics told pollsters…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Church body chief warns on Bill for childrenTHE CHIEF executive of the Catholic Church’s National Board for Safeguarding Children (NBSC) has warned that proposed legislation…Wed Jun 06 2012 - 01:00
Martin ordains first permanent deaconsORDINATIONS: THE FIRST permanent deacons in the Irish Catholic Church were ordained in Dublin last night by Archbishop Diarmuid…Tue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
'People's experience of church and the method of belonging' is set to changeANALYSIS : Censuses and polls show the nature of adherence to religious institutions in Ireland is evolvingTue Jun 05 2012 - 01:00
Healing a broken churchA new ‘Irish Times’ series begins today. Next week, Ireland hosts the 50th Eucharistic Congress of the Catholic ChurchSat Jun 02 2012 - 01:00
Congress will not be a re-run of 1932 event, says MartinTHE EUCHARISTIC Congress which begins in Dublin on June 10th “will reflect the church in Ireland todayThu May 31 2012 - 01:00
Congress to 'reflect today's church'The Eucharistic Congress which begins in Dublin on June 10th “will reflect the Church in Ireland todayWed May 30 2012 - 01:00
Healthcare worker receives honourCardinal Seán Brady has conferred the papal award of the Cross Pro-Ecclesia et Pontifice (for the Church and the Pontiff) on …Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Presbyterian leader says old order is 'passing away'THE RESPONSE of a Christian to “a society that increasingly doesn’t ‘do’ God” should “not be one of panic”, the new moderator…Tue May 29 2012 - 01:00
Seminary life should not be end in itself, warns archbishopTHE CATHOLIC Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin warned in Maynooth yesterday against “a narrow preoccupation” with day- to-…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Laity to set up church reform groupsFOLLOWING THE Toward an Assembly of the Catholic Church gathering in Dublin’s Regency Hotel three weeks ago, which was attended…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Rector of Rome's Irish College to be chaplain to popeThe rector of the Irish College in Rome Fr Ciarán O’Carroll has been appointed chaplain to Pope Benedict XVI which promotes him…Sat May 26 2012 - 01:00
Archdiocese paid €15.2m in compensation and legal fees in sex abuse casesDUBLIN’S CATHOLIC archdiocese has paid €15Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Archdiocese details scale of abuse casesAllegations of child sexual abuse were reported this past year against four priests of the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin who…Thu May 24 2012 - 01:00
Archbishop casts doubt over future of Irish College in RomeDOUBTS HAVE been raised as to whether the Irish College in Rome will continue as a seminary for the Irish Catholic ChurchFri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Oireachtas seeks bombings inquiryTHERE IS a continuing need for an independent international inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of May 17th, 1974, …Fri May 18 2012 - 01:00
Traditional teaching on marriage endorsedTHE GENERAL Synod of the Church of Ireland has reaffirmed the church’s traditional teaching on marriage as “of one man with one…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
No murder in the cathedral - just sexAnglicans have a great capacity to agree to disagree agreeably and, hastening slowly, adaptMon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Protestant schools 'weary' following cuts, synod is toldTHE PRECARIOUS fate of Church of Ireland primary schools in the Republic, due to spending cuts, exercised many speakers at the…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
Victims shocked by Mary Kenny article on nature of abuseTHERE HAS been strong reaction to an article by journalist Mary Kenny calling for an “honest inquiry” into Fr Brendan Smyth’s…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Motions run high as synod debate on same-sex marriage is called off on a technicalityA MOTION affirming traditional church teaching on marriage could not be taken at the Church of Ireland General Synod in Dublin…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Irish College in Rome set to replace three of its four priestsTHREE OF the four priest staff members at the Irish College in Rome who deal with the formation of seminarians are to return …Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Meeting hears calls for dialogue at all levels in Irish churchMORE THAN 1,000 Catholic laity, priests and nuns called for dialogue in the Irish church at a day-long conference in Dublin yesterday…Tue May 08 2012 - 01:00
Brady's warm tribute to bishop who kept Smyth link quietIT WAS June 7th, 2001, at the cathedral in Cavan town and the Catholic primate Archbishop (as he still was) Seán Brady was in…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Brady welcomes sex abuse inquiry callCATHOLIC PRIMATE Cardinal Seán Brady has welcomed yesterday’s call for an independent inquiry into Fr Brendan Smyth’s abuse of…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Archbishop calls for inquiry into SmythAN INDEPENDENT commission into the abuse of children by paedophile priest Brendan Smyth “North and South” would be in the public…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Hundreds of priests and laity gather to discuss future of churchTHE CONFERENCE room at the Regency Hotel on Dublin’s Swords Road has a capacity of 735Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Martin wants commission set up into Smyth casesAn independent commission of investigation ought to be set up to inquire into the abuse of children by Fr Brendan Smyth, the …Sun May 06 2012 - 01:00
Brady asked for help in 2010THE CATHOLIC Communications Office yesterday said Cardinal Seán Brady had asked the pope “for additional support for my work” …Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Restoration of rights to Smyth beggars beliefIT BEGGARS belief that, following what was discovered about Fr Brendan Smyth’s abuse of children at two 1975 church inquiries…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Priest risked church career to expose paedophile but concerns dismissedBRENDAN SMYTH: NOT ALL Irish priests in the 1960s and 1970s were as enthralled by silence as Fr Seán Brady, it would appear. …Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Trail of victims parents not toldBRENDAN BOLAND told the March 1975 church inquiry that he and five other young people of similar age to him had been abused by…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
Amnesty wants PSNI to investigate any cover-upVICTIMS' RESPONSE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has called on the PSNI to investigate whether there was a cover-up of criminal acts…Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
'We were assured there would be no recurrence of the abuse which I and other victims had suffered'How Church's handling of clerical child abuse led to court cases decades laterWed May 02 2012 - 01:00
Fine Gael official to chair session of Catholic priestsFine Gael general secretary Tom Curran is to chair a session of a day-long conference in Dublin next Monday organised by the …Wed May 02 2012 - 01:00
Redemptorists show public support for censured colleaguesTHE REDEMPTORIST community in Dublin’s Cherry Orchard have become the first in Ireland to declare publicly their support for …Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Three Abbey Theatre plays win Stewart Parker awardsThree plays staged by the Abbey Theatre on the Peacock stage last year have won 2012 Stewart Parker Trust Awards.Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Fr D'Arcy fifth priest censured by VaticanONE OF Ireland’s best known priests Fr Brian D’Arcy has been censured by the Vatican over four articles he wrote for the Sunday…Fri Apr 27 2012 - 01:00
Fr Brian D'Arcy censured by VaticanThe Passionist congregation has confirmed that 14 months ago the Vatican acted against Fr Brian D’Arcy on articles he had written…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
