Breda O'Brien: Pope's presumption of bad faith on part of those who attend the Mass is worrying

A trial before the Vatican’s criminal tribunal begins this month, those charged include four former Vatican officials and Cardinal Angelo Becciu

First two marriages of Britain’s first Catholic prime minister not seen as valid by Church

Already under attack from the Catholic right, Pope Francis has now also alienated staunch supporters among Church liberals

Interview: ‘My worst day came early on, when I met the parents of a victim. That shattered me’

Austen Ivereigh has produced an unusual collaboration with Pope Francis

Senior clerics found to have downplayed or dismissed allegations in damaging reports

Idea church cannot live with gay civil unions is unacceptable, Archbishop of Dublin says

Questions arise over origins of shock endorsement of civil unions for gay people

Traditional church teaching considers homosexual acts ‘intrinsically disordered’

Pope Francis hopes deaths may not be ‘tragedy from which we learn nothing’

Fund recipient St Vincent de Paul Society appoints Rose McGowan as president

Organisers ask Taoiseach to allow 500 attend, as was case before restrictions extended

The lord mayor of Cork’s feat of endurance and the drawn-out circumstances of his death magnified the cause of Irish independence in the international arena

Move could jeopardise potential plan by Pope Francis to change rules in Amazon

Ex-pontiff’s new book seen as appeal to Francis amid pressure to change rules on marriage

Mexico-based Legionaries of Christ has a chapter in Leopardstown, Co Dublin

Review: Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce go full throttle in a sanitised version of the truth

A male-only priesthood was described by Mary McAleese as ‘codology dressed up as theology’

Fr Bernárd Lynch best known for his work with Aids victims in New York and London

Emma Barnett’s book Period. It’s About Bloody Time is a clarion call against periods being seen as gross, dirty or weird

Teachings on conscience had a big influence on Catholicism

Knives Out, Joker, Jojo Rabbit, The Goldfinch and The Report among the contenders

Toronto film festival: Opening weekend also included Knives Out, Greed and Sea Fever

Award recognises ground-breaking 2018 doctoral thesis on children and canon law

Seán Brady hits milestone with Eamon or Diarmaid Martin most likely to be next Irish clerics to receive ‘red hat’

UCD founder was one of the most prominent converts to Catholicism from Anglicanism of 19th century

Document which stresses procreation was denounced by LGBT Catholics

Priests’ group says it appears ‘men are more worthy than women’ in eye of offical church

The most influential Catholic prelate in Ireland has one year left as a bishop - has he any regrets?

Benedict argues change led some to believe paedophilia acceptable

They were trying to delegitimise us in every way they could, so we decided to leave’

Clerical sexual abuse survivors say change must come from outside Catholic Church

Pope says church needs ‘concrete measures’ to combat sex abuse

Meeting of senior clergy take place as book claims 80% working in Catholic HQ are gay

The pattern is clear: Rome’s instinct in these cases is to minimise

‘In the Closet of the Vatican’ may offer further ammunition for militant Catholics

Pope Francis’s visit to UAE is the first by a pope and the first papal visit to Arabian peninsula, cradle of Islam

Question remains if Rome will allow the Dublin Archbishop to go

Murphy report said it was ‘likely that he has abused hundreds of children’