We need a more democratic process of electing bishops
Important changes can happen if thinking Catholics express their real concerns
Beatification of Pope John Paul I likely to take place next year
Buenos Aires miracle attributed to pope who sat for 33 days and died in September 1978
Cardinal sins: Can Pope Francis clean up the Vatican’s act?
A trial before the Vatican’s criminal tribunal begins this month, those charged include four former Vatican officials and Cardinal Angelo Becciu
The Irish Times view on the Vatican and same-sex couples
Already under attack from the Catholic right, Pope Francis has now also alienated staunch supporters among Church liberals
Racism and intolerance are ‘dangerous explosives’ – Diarmuid Martin
Fear of immigrants can be exploited in terms to support narrow populism says archbishop
The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles: A seminal book
Book review: Margaret Scull looks at the church’s role in the Troubles over 30 years
The contraceptive pill: is the one-week break a relic of the past?
Social and religious reasons fed into how the pill was prescribed – and still is
How the Troubles began: a timeline
From civil rights marches in Derry to nationalists seeking refuge in Ireland
Serious dialogue: How different churches can enrich one another
Rite&Reason: Receptive ecumenism seeks to learn from features of other denominations
Romero’s example should encourage Catholics to cherish all life
The archbishop was murdered because he wouldn’t compromise on the message of the gospels
Doctors remain central protagonists in State’s reproductive health history
President signed Bill repealing Eighth into law, but it will be doctors implementing it in a clinical setting
Salvadoran bishop Romero and pope Paul VI become saints
Oscar Romero was shot by right-wing death squad while saying Mass in 1980 in El Salvador
Was St Padre Pio an incarnation of Jesus or a fraud?
Rite&Reason: Canonised in 2002, much loved saint died 50 years ago this week
Pope Francis to visit the Dublin street where John Paul failed to stop
Former pontiff sped through area ‘faster than a joyrider’
How ‘Humanae Vitae’ crushed the hopes of millions of Catholics
Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception
Murdered archbishop Óscar Romero to be made a saint
Pope Francis approves the elevation of the Salvadoran human rights icon to sainthood
Laity are revolutionising faith practice in the community
Rite&Reason: Vatican control of worship has roots in Roman imperial government
Vatican signals Pope Paul VI to be made a saint
Late pontiff best known for endorsing church’s prohibition on artificial birth control
Vatican approves second miracle needed for canonisation of Pope Paul VI
First miracle took place in California in the 90s while second took place in Italy in 2014
Bishops may change ‘sexist, archaic’ Mass text after Pope ruling
Missal used at Mass described as sexist, archaic, elitist by priest group
Plates fly ‘in every family’, Diarmuid Martin tells Knock Mass
Thousands gather to mark one-year countdown to World Meeting of Families in Dublin
Vatican diplomat who served all over the world
Obituary: Archbishop Thomas White – Born: August 12th, 1931 – Died: May 7th, 2017
Pope Paul’s views on development 50 years ago important today
Pope’s encyclical challenged trickle-down theory and warned of uneven growth
Is the “Catholic method” of contraception just for ‘holies’ and ‘hippies’?
Only 3 per cent of sexually active Irish people use a natural method of family planning
‘Babette’s Feast’ shows us value and future of the Eucharist
Fall in Mass attendance indicates inclusivity, a foundation stone of Christianity, is waning
Catholic laity group calls for female priests and clerical marriage
ACI also calls on bishops in Ireland to make their views known to Pope Francis
Westmeath soldier who won Victoria Cross in 1914 remembered
Dease received honour for his bravery in maintaining his post despite being wounded
Pope Francis hints contraception allowable to combat Zika
Let us not confuse the act of avoiding pregnancy with abortion, says Argentinian pope
Pope suggests contraception permitted in Zika crisis
Avoiding pregnancy may be ‘lesser evil’ in certain circumstances
Church warns against contraception as Zika spreads
Catholic leaders in Latin America, wary of fearful climate, reiterate birth control stance
Aelred Magee: Are Irish Catholic schools really Catholic anymore?
It’s a difficult thing to hand on what you haven’t necessarily got in the first place
Synod on family produced nothing new, says McAleese
Former president worried by congregation’s move to challenge Pope Francis’s will
Birth bicentenary of great educator and founder of Salesians St John Bosco
Taught poor youngsters ‘with gentleness and kindness rather than with physical force’
Walking stick of St Teresa visits Ireland on world tour
Event commemorates saint born 500 years ago, relic to arrive in Galway on Saturday
In the steps of St Teresa in Spain
The journey reveals to pilgrims the magnificent cultural heritage of the real Spain
Planet looking ‘more like an immense pile of filth’ - Pope
Climate change represents one of main ‘challenges facing humanity’
Pope condemns anti-Islam sentiments
At end of visit to Turkey Pope Francis criticises Islamophobia as well as fundamentalist terrorism
Analysis: Synod document not a setback for Pope Francis
Concluding Relatio Synodi document is part of a longer, three-year journey
Pope Francis beatifies Paul VI in Vatican ceremony
Pontiff holds Mass to formally close Synod on the Family
Vatican Synod on family backtracks on homosexuals
Final document says there is no comparison between ‘God’s design’ and same sex marriage
Catholic synod told many Church marriages ‘may be invalid’
Address to bishops in Rome lays down practical ways to deal with marriage breakdown
First real tests of Pope Francis to begin tomorrow
Emphasis on Church’s dogmatic teaching means change in rules inconceivable
Next month’s extraordinary synod on the family in Rome is ‘dangerously homogenous’
Opinion: Not too late to invite a broader spectrum of views
Maradona meets Pope before return to action in Italy
Man who inspired Argentina’s 1986 World Cup win meets countryman before ‘Match Of Peace’
Pope highlights Syrian conflict at start of Holy Land visit
Pope Francis renews appeal for an end to the conflict
One year on, Pope Francis is focusing on changing structures of church governance
‘He will not bring about any dramatic changes in church teaching’
Two popes to be canonised ‘did nothing’ about Maciel allegations
Allegations against Legionaries of Christ founder ignored, documentary reveals
How did the Holy See get recognition as a state? It just did
Opinion: the cradle of the Catholic Church is a constitutional wraith and a scam
Pope Francis to visit Holy Land in May
Pontiff will visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem in the West Bank and also Amman in Jordan
Pope Francis proclaims an end to the Church of small things
The church is “not a small chapel that can hold only a small group of selected people”
Pope Francis wants Church that is ‘poor and for the poor’
Leader explains how he chose the name Francis in a lively audience with the media
Argentinian student Francisco waves flag for new Pope
Lone blue and white striped flag easily spotted in crowded sea of expectation in rapidly-filled St Peter’s Square
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