'Sackcloth and ashes' attire urged for congressBISHOPS AND priests taking part in the final Croke Park Mass at the Eucharistic Congress next June have been urged to wear “some…Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
Catholics 'more likely to back state economic intervention'THEIR WORK ethic appears to be alive and well but Protestants are less likely than others to back notions of sharing the benefits…Tue Nov 01 2011 - 00:00
McAleese pays tribute to O'Connell the LiberatorIN ONE of her final speeches as President, Mary McAleese has paid tribute to Daniel O’ConnellFri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Dean's 'national cathedral' idea gets angry responseTHERE HAS been angry reaction to an initiative by the Dean of Dublin’s St Patrick’s Cathedral, Robert MacCarthy, to establish…Fri Oct 28 2011 - 01:00
Inquiry into State role in laundries to end by summerTHE INTERDEPARTMENTAL committee to establish the facts of State involvement in the Magdalene laundries intends to conclude its…Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
Fidelity crucial to society, says primateLOVE AND fidelity are vital to the stability of society, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said.Wed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
Dean seeks backing for national cathedral planECUMENICAL INITIATIVE: ALL PRESIDENTIAL candidates have been sent a letter by the Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin asking…Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Douglas Hyde to be rememberedIreland’s first president, Douglas Hyde, will be remembered at a day-long conference dealing with The Economy vs the People: …Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Gilmore stands by criticism of Holy See but greets 'constructive dialogue'THE GOVERNMENT has not invited, nor does it plan to invite Pope Benedict to visit Ireland next year, Tánaiste and Minister for…Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Son of garda killed in Troubles opposes McGuinnessLETTER: THE SON of the first garda killed in the Republic following the outbreak of the Troubles has supported Ann McCabe in…Tue Oct 25 2011 - 01:00
Commitment to rural school transport questionedCHURCH OF Ireland members in parts of the State have expressed “deep concern..Thu Oct 20 2011 - 01:00
Diocesan bishops' residence for saleEDMONDSTOWN HOUSE, residence of the Catholic bishops of Achonry for the past 100 years, is for sale.Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Justice group meets troikaThe Government’s hands are not tied, a Social Justice Ireland delegation said after meeting the IMF-ECB-EU “troika” yesterday…Tue Oct 18 2011 - 01:00
Profession of monk is first for nine years at monasteryON SATURDAY last Br Malachy (46) became the first man to be professed in Mount St Joseph Cistercian monastery in Roscrea, Co …Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
Information on priesthood? There's an app for thatEVE REPUTEDLY led Adam into temptation with an appleMon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
McGuinness showed 'no mercy' to bomb victimsWARRINGTON KILLINGS: THE IRA’s Warrington bombers “never faced justice, and no mercy was shown to their victims by a man who…Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
Social justice group to urge troika to avoid 'making bad situation worse'SOCIAL JUSTICE Ireland is to urge the IMF-ECB-EU troika to accept the € 3Mon Oct 17 2011 - 01:00
Bishops asked for €500 each towards nuncio's giftAN E-MAIL sent recently to Ireland’s 28 Catholic bishops invited them to each make a €500 personal contribution to a farewell…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
C of I urges careful language on same-sex relationsTHE CHURCH of Ireland bishops have appealed to “people of all shades of opinion” within the church “to refrain from any actions…Sat Oct 08 2011 - 01:00
Pioneers thank public for group's survivalTHE PIONEER Total Abstinence Association has thanked the public for helping it “to avoid national closure”.Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
C of I planning conference on sexuality for early 2012A MAJOR conference on sexuality is being planned by the Church of Ireland for next spring and a pastoral letter will be issued…Fri Oct 07 2011 - 01:00
Hierarchy criticised at priests' first agmTHE FIRST annual general meeting of the Association of Catholic Priests was told last night that if people had a vote on such…Wed Oct 05 2011 - 01:00
Papal nuncio pays farewell visit to PresidentPAPAL NUNCIO Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza paid a farewell courtesy call to President Mary McAleese yesterday as he leaves Ireland…Tue Oct 04 2011 - 01:00
Crisis in priesthood to be theme of first agmCRISIS IN the Catholic priesthood will be the main theme of the first annual general meeting of the Association of Catholic Priests…Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
Mitchell plan for NI joint heads of stateFINE GAEL: FINE GAEL candidate for the presidency Gay Mitchell has proposed that Northern Ireland could have joint heads of …Mon Oct 03 2011 - 01:00
Jesuits berate Taoiseach over CloyneFINE GAEL has been accused of abandoning its Christian Democratic roots and the Labour Party of “anti-clericalism” in the autumn…Fri Sept 30 2011 - 01:00
Muslims say they cannot get into schoolsCHILDREN WHO attend the Muslim primary school in Dublin's Clonskeagh are finding it increasingly difficult to get places at secondary…Wed Sept 28 2011 - 01:00
'Horrifying if done to prisoners of war'MINISTER FOR CHILDREN: THE IN Plain Sight report reminds us that Irish children were subjected to “treatment that would be horrifying…Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
The ReportUNTIL 2003 it was not common for Amnesty to address human rights issues in the jurisdiction where it was basedTue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Parents told of 'Catholic perspective'THE PRINCIPALS of St Benildus College and Oatlands College said they could not discuss the issues involving the four families…Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Cori regrets not being asked for responseREACTION: THE DIRECTOR general of Cori, the Conference of Religious of Ireland, has expressed regret it had not been invited…Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Abuse in institutions amounted to 'torture'CHILDREN WERE tortured, brutalised, beaten, starved and abused in institutions run by the State and the Catholic Church, an Amnesty…Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Muslims claim sons discriminated against at two top Catholic schoolsFOUR MUSLIM families have alleged their sons are being discriminated against at two leading Catholic boys secondary schools in…Tue Sept 27 2011 - 01:00
Ban on church youth work for gay man criticisedTHE BANNING of an openly gay man from volunteering for work with youth groups at Methodist and Church of Ireland churches in …Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00
Auction of industrial school papers criticisedTHE PLANNED auction of detention orders, birth certificates and other documents relating to the committal of three children to…Sat Sept 24 2011 - 01:00
Archbishop denies parish fund used for abuse victimsTHE CATHOLIC Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has denied reports that money from the archdiocese’s general fund was being…Fri Sept 23 2011 - 01:00
Landmines should have been found and clearedA REVIEW published yesterday into the deaths of three Irish soldiers, killed in a landmine explosion while serving with the UN…Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Families to discuss review with lawyersCALLANAN REVIEW: FAMILIES OF the three soldiers who were killed in Lebanon 22 years ago are to bide their time before deciding…Tue Sept 20 2011 - 01:00
Martin stresses role of solidarity in livesSOLIDARITY “MUST become a dominant characteristic of the men and women of our times; it must be developed in each profession …Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Debate invite to BNP chief prompts major row at TCD societyA PLANNED debate at Trinity College’s Philosophical Society has divided its committee and been thrown into disarray following…Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Concern over child sexualisationConcern was expressed in Dublin this morning about the continuing sexual abuse of over 2,000 children in Ireland annually, as…Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Church reforms ruled out in AustriaTHE CARDINAL Archbishop of Vienna and president of the Austrian Bishops’ Conference has ruled out reforms demanded by an estimated…Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
Dominican brothers ordained in DublinTWO DOMINICAN brothers, Br Denis Murphy and Br Maurice Colgan, were ordained at the Church of Saint Saviour, Dominic Street, …Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
State apology over Lebanon deathsA review published this afternoon into the deaths in a landmine explosion of three Irish soldiers serving with the UN in Lebanon…Mon Sept 19 2011 - 01:00
High-viz vests for Mayo winter funeralsHUNDREDS OF high-visibility vests are to be distributed to over 100 churches in Co Mayo as part of a new road safety campaign…Fri Sept 16 2011 - 01:00
Priest group backs Daly's calls for end to celibacyTHE ASSOCIATION of Catholic Priests has supported calls by the former Bishop of Derry Edward Daly for a removal of the compulsory…Wed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Dublin boys sought shorter hours and caning banYESTERDAY MARKED the 100th anniversary of the East Wall schoolboys’ strike in DublinWed Sept 14 2011 - 01:00
Former Derry bishop criticises compulsory celibacy for priestsCOMPULSORY CELIBACY for the Catholic priesthood and criteria employed in selecting bishops are criticised in a new book by former…Tue Sept 13 2011 - 01:00
Mass-goers urged to wear green for church reformsJENNIFER SLEEMAN, who organised a boycott of Sunday Mass in her own church in Co Cork last September in a call for change in …Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00
