Pope Leo XIV

It brings the number of cathedrals in Dublin to three, with the two others belonging to the Church of Ireland

Bishop of Ossory Niall Coll to take up position in the Co Donegal diocese

Vatican visit marked first joint worship with a British monarch and a Catholic pontiff since Henry VIII’s rule

Unthinkable: French philosopher René Girard developed a theory of scapegoating. The US vice president has weaponised it

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Church of Ireland archbishops have reasserted their loyalty to Canterbury

Last joint worship including an English monarch and Catholic pontiff was in 1534, after Henry VIII broke away from Rome

His Holiness didn’t allow the fact that his own team is terrible stop him from zinging a Chicago Cubs fan. Amen to that

Plus: Barry Heneghan double jobs from Gaza flotilla, pipers fill their bags and Declan Ganley gains an ally

‘Never in my life ... have I been physically attacked as I was in Ireland,’ then-bishop told 2019 conference in Peru

The teenager, who died in 2006, used digital technology to spread the Catholic faith

‘God’s influencer’ Carlos Acutis died aged 15 in 2006

The canonisation process has been swift for Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, aged 15. He will be canonised in Rome this weekend

Taliban asks world for help as at least 2,800 people are injured in rugged northeastern province of Kunar

Cautious communications and sparse use of English have helped the first US pope to keep a low profile while returning to the more formal Vatican structure of the past

Former president dubs Pope Leo XIV’s first 100 days `more Benedict than Francis’

About 7,700 people evacuated near Greek city of Patras, while Spain is on course for one of its longest heatwaves on record, with almost all of country deemed to be at extreme or very high risk of fire

Missionary from Co Mayo was abducted from orphanage near Port-au-Prince

John Henry Newman’s legacy has fallen victim to the new orthodoxy that there is nothing good at all in Catholicism

Plus: a Leeds MP’s chatbot struggles with our Irish-themed questions; Pope Leo’s Duolingo streak; and a US TikTok star discovers Kerry GAA

Vatican says more than a million young people were present, along with 7,000 priests and 450 bishops

Rite & Reason: Catholic influencers and digital missionaries are bridging faith and tradition with modern culture in dynamic, creative ways

Rite & Reason: As Pope Leo XIV has reminded us, the Irish missionary’s perspective is as relevant now as it was more than 14 centuries ago

Donald Trump declares the deadly flooding a major disaster amid fresh fears of further flooding

Plus: Hollywood money to replace (the other) Brendan Gleeson; Pope Leo’s GAA link; and a spot of fencing at Milltown Golf Club

Ireland has proved adept at forging friendships with influential people based on family heritage

There are bittersweet elements to emigration too, such as re-learning to be Irish, as Laura Kennedy learns

Largest drone attack on Ukraine since start of war destroys homes and kills at least one person

Pontiff arrives into St Peter’s Square on popemobile for service marking the official start of his papacy

Three Irish-born senior figures in the Roman Curia look set to remain in prominent roles under the new pontiff

Election of new pontiff has caused great excitement in American sports circles

‘Trend raises deeper questions about what we value in education’

Women priests: The Catholic Church is like a farmer complaining of a poor crop while ploughing only one depleted field and leaving the rest fallow

Invitation extended during pontiff’s first known phone call with a foreign leader

Cardinals and Vatican insiders tell the story of how a swift consensus built around the relatively unknown Robert Prevost

Visitors praise ‘humble, simple and very welcoming man’

Leo tells first formal audience he will follow in the modernising reforms of Pope Francis

Michael McDowell coy at book launch, Bertie gives state-of-the-world address and Mark Daly feels the heat

Leo may be a more reticent and measured leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics

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