Pope Leo XIV

Ancient Order of Hibernians says US president’s criticism of Pope Leo and AI-generated image has ‘deeply offended’ Catholics

Just back from fruitless negotiations with Iran, the US vice-president found himself having to address a fraught new episode in the uneasy relationship between church and state in America

World leaders show very different kinds of qualities and abilities

The US president’s conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’

Pontiff said he will ‘continue to speak out loudly against war’

Inside Politics: Government defends plans as ‘most generous in EU’ while Opposition and protesters dismiss measures as insufficient

Trump takes credit for rise to papacy of Leo, one of the world’s most powerful critics of the US war with Iran

Leo uses Easter Sunday address to urge peace; Trump threatens to bomb Iran’s civilian infrastructure in expletive-stuffed post

Pope Leo condemns ‘idolatry of profit’ and ‘violence of war that kills and destroys’

Reviews of works by Brian Heffernan; June O’Sullivan; and David Annand

Thousands of worshippers pray for war orphans, political prisoners and those who died in conflicts

The goo – a longing for draught Guinness which overtakes the sufferer – contributed to left-wing causes in Dublin city

Fr Edward Flanagan, born in 1886, has passed the second of four steps to canonisation

Donald Trump’s actions must be called out

‘Accelerating decline’ in vocations means St Augustine’s on Washington Street will shut its doors in July

Leo’s first major overseas trip will involve visit to Algeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon

St Mary’s was designated a cathedral by Pope Leo last year on its 200th anniversary

David and Mark Ryan inspired many others

Residents of Enniscorthy were not shy about sharing their disappointment and scepticism with the Taoiseach

‘What stood out was his sincerity, his empathy,’ says Ryan, who was abused as a child

Blackrock Boys broadcast led to hundreds of testimonies involving some of State’s best known schools

A bunch of celibate male bishops will not make required changes, says former president

Former Blackrock College pupil says he intends to ask ‘tough questions about how the Catholic Church pushed the abuse issue under the carpet for so long’

Board, originally envisioned as small group overseeing ceasefire plan for Palestinian enclave, has grown into sprawling concept

Catholic Primate of Ireland: Christians who dismiss others because of perceived differences ‘particularly disappointing’

Leo laments conditions for homeless across globe and conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, Mali and Thailand and Cambodia

Group calls it ‘shocking’ that Vatican commission believes ‘masculinity of Christ is integral part of sacramental identity’

West Bank city had suspended celebrations due to conflict in Gaza

Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders

Pontiff’s three-day trip to Lebanon ‘brings a lot of hope’

Visit takes place amid heightened tensions as Israel says it is targeting Hizbullah’s rebuilding efforts

Pontiff hails country as one where ‘peace is a desire and a vocation’ where its people have acted as peacemakers

Head of Catholic Church visits Lebanon after leaving Turkey on first overseas trip

Rite & Reason: Sixty years on, Nostra Aetate is as relevant as ever

Pontiff urges Christian leaders to overcome centuries of heated divisions

Pontiff visits Turkey on first trip outside Italy as pope, bringing message of peace

Trip to Turkey and Lebanon could be revealing about the character and style of this still-elusive new pope

First papal journey of US pontiff centres on Turkey and Lebanon as regional tensions persist

Iran-backed militant group warned not to rearm and rebuild

More than 250 children and 12 staff still held by kidnappers, church association says