Church of Ireland seeks to allay concerns about past finances at Dublin parish where newly elected bishop was rector
Church says parish administration ‘suffered’ when Andrew Orr, recently elected as Bishop of Cork, was rector in Castleknock
Religion & Beliefs
We don’t need a patronage model. We need a public education system
The education system must be built for every child in it
The World’s Reformation: A story combining academic authority with gripping readability
The Reformation history scholar’s judicious account of missionary endeavour combines academic authority with gripping readability
Christian Brothers are an easy target but I am slow to stand in judgment
Rite & Reason: I think of what it must be like for the small number of men who are still in the Order now to have all this ignominy poured on them
Donegal-based Rev Janet Broderick on her brother Matthew, sermons, and disliking fish
The Donegal-based priest on childhood games with her brother, actor Matthew Broderick, who could play her in a biopic, and how people react to her preaching sermons.
Twin Reeks: Frank McNally on a new, virtual reality Croagh Patrick and the real (but changing) thing
Preparing to climb the old-fashioned way, I am reminded that the modern Reek Sunday is nothing like it was 25 or 30 years ago
‘The United States is still an experiment,’ says descendant of signatory of Declaration of Independence
David McKean’s ancestor Thomas McKean was one of eight signatories of Irish descent to sign the document
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block traffic with anti-draft protests
Campaign by the community against conscription has intensified since ‘draft dodgers’ were handed over to the military police
An Irish Catholic may be defined in the future as the son or daughter of someone from Manila or Lagos
Rite & Reason: A recent report found that 18 per cent of the Republic’s Catholics were born elsewhere. Far from their threatening the old culture, as xenophobes so often suggest, they are keeping it alive
Imagine a world where saints roam free, among us, on the bus or in TK Maxx
To acknowledge the idea of a saint is to acknowledge the question: what does it mean to be a good person?
Pope Leo’s encyclical on AI is a striking manifesto of Christian humanism
Rite and Reason: Magnifica Humanitas considers what it might mean to safeguard the best parts of being human in the time of artificial intelligence
I’m a school principal. I find it unsettling what First Holy Communion has become
If you ask about the religious aspect of the day then it is often brushed off as naive or beside the point
‘We cannot allow hatred to win’ – seventh annual Eid celebration proceeds at Croke Park
Warmly welcomed former taoiseach Bertie Ahern wishes Muslims `Eid Mubarak’ at ceremony
Presbyterian Church is celebrating 100 years of women in leadership
Rite & Reason: In 1926, the Presbyterian General Assembly decided that ‘women shall be eligible ... as ruling elders on the same conditions as men’
Róisín Ingle: I don’t believe in God. Though lately, quietly, I sometimes wish I did
Róisín Ingle: It feels as though lately, the God so many other people believe in keeps trying to get my attention
Student teachers will be taught to deliver ethical education under new framework
Programme to be delivered in multi-denominational primary schools as survey finds growing desire for non-religious run schools
Ordaining women will strengthen the Church, not diminish it
No convincing biblical impediment to their ordination, either
Growing up a communist in Troubles-era Belfast: We were treated more like ‘comrades’ than children
Poet Sinéad Morrissey’s elegiac memoir describes growing up in Troubles-era Belfast with communist parents
Why are religious schools seen as divisive but Irish-language schools are not?
There is a strange double standard about religion in schools as opposed to other areas of learning
‘I have yet to tell my father’: New Catholics on converting to the church this Easter
Mario Durán Domínguez and Joy Adedokun are among 129 people of mostly foreign backgrounds who are joining the church in Dublin this year
My wife, who is not Jewish, asks me if we’ll know when it’s time to leave Ireland
Only after the name-changing debacle of Herzog Park and Bondi beach attack, Government realised the Jewish community were not paranoid
Pregnant girl (16) can be given treatment despite religious objection to blood transfusion
The girl told her court-appointed guardian that if the decision was taken out of her hands it would be easier, but she would still feel guilty about it
Ireland’s Jewish Council reports 143 anti-Semitic incidents in six-month period
Body expresses ‘deep concern’ and urges ‘rapid development of dedicated national plan to counter growing antisemitism’
Religious order to end near 800-year association with Cork when it closes church in city centre
‘Accelerating decline’ in vocations means St Augustine’s on Washington Street will shut its doors in July
The Bahá’ís in Iran have been suffering persecution since the 1800s
Rite & Reason: Tortured and imprisoned because of her faith, Ruhi Jahanpour highlights the ongoing suffering of her co-religionists in Iran
Palestine conflict fuelling Derry divisions, warns Protestant community leader
Increasing sectarian attacks due to polarisation on ‘identity and sovereignty’ issues
Presbyterian Church in Ireland facing child sex abuse ‘earthquake’
Rite & Reason: Rev Norman Hamilton referred to ‘the still high levels of bewilderment, distress and confusion among many members of our Church, as well as in the wider society’
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices