Pope Francis rejects German cardinal’s resignation over abuse scandal

Reinhard Marx said he had to share institutional responsibility for abuse by clerics

Joint schooling in North should be revisited, Foster suggests

Unionist and nationalist identities not as strong for many young now – First Minister

‘The Greatest of These’ – An Irishman’s Diary on Francis McManus

Irish universities ‘lost Newman’s dream’, Archbishop of Dublin says

Colleges ‘shun any real place for religion in their culture’, Diarmuid Martin says

Mary McAleese comments on Jesus and marriage equality are appalling

Former president’s claim baptised children are ‘infant conscripts’ is insulting

Anti-Catholic bigotry of many in DUP still significant

‘I wonder how many Northern unionists still hold appalling, near-racist views’

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John Hurt obituary: Open-hearted and hysterically funny

In later years his face developed creases like the famous ‘lived-in’ face of Samuel Beckett

Half a millennium later the Reformation still shapes our world

Alone in northern Europe, Ireland remained Catholic following Luther’s revolution

The Second Coming of Paisley. Militant Fundamentalism and Ulster Politics, Richard Lawrence Jordan

In claiming Paisley’s extraordinary volte face was based in theology, Jordan shows a poor understanding of Northern politics and Irish history

Lithuania takes centre stage at last with presidency of Council of European Union

European letter: Baltic country plans to leave behind its chequered history