We need a more democratic process of electing bishops
Important changes can happen if thinking Catholics express their real concerns
Why the cult of St Brigid is attracting people from around the world to Kildare
Renewed interest in Ireland’s female patron saint is seeing pilgrims flock to St Brigid’s Well
A Yamaha 50 isn’t ideal transport when you are in labour
It was the summer of 1981 when my first daughter was born
Honan Chapel restoration reveals Irish modernist mastery
Outwardly restrained UCC chapel is inwardly a reverent blaze of colour and coherence
Church leaders lament ‘two of the worst years ever’ in Christmas message
Theologians call on Vatican to overturn 1896 document declaring Anglican ordinations as ‘void’
Sacramental preparation for children falls far short
Sunday liturgy frequently does not inspire or support engagement with faith
Might Covid and 2020 mark a final rupture in history of Irish Catholicism?
Devotion has become fixated on Sunday Mass – but will many return to church when curbs fully lift?
Woman to be arrested over allegations from ultra-conservative religious group
Group’s founder gave anti-Semitic speech at Cork branch of SSPX Resistance last year
Organised religion has role to play in international diplomacy
Human rights and climate change are shared values with the secular world
Why would voting Biden not fall in line with Catholic teaching?
If Amy Coney Barrett is acceptable to Catholic bishops, Joe Biden should be too
Priest fears Irish Catholic Church ‘largely irrelevant’ to most people
Institution likened to an old car that has gone off the road and ‘sunk into a bog and is stuck’
Renewed appeal made for recovery of head of Archbishop statue
Reward being offered by Tipperary parish for information on missing piece of figure
Breda O'Brien: A simple, dignified apology from McAleese would suffice
Former president should say she never intended to imply Pope John Paul II endorsed marital rape
Gay Byrne unleashed tsunami of dialogue on unready Irish church
Broadcaster never thought of himself as theologian but he enhanced communion
Mary McAleese a voice Catholic Church ‘cannot do without’
Former president of Ireland presented with prestigious award for leading Catholics
Cardinal John Henry Newman: Canonisation imminent for ‘greatest of English prose writers’
Teachings on conscience had a big influence on Catholicism
Prestigious Catholic theology award to be presented to Mary McAleese
Award recognises ground-breaking 2018 doctoral thesis on children and canon law
Serious dialogue: How different churches can enrich one another
Rite&Reason: Receptive ecumenism seeks to learn from features of other denominations
Sexual revolution of 1960s led to Church abuse crisis, ex-pope says
Benedict argues change led some to believe paedophilia acceptable
Mary McAleese says ‘game is almost up’ for all-male Catholic Church
Ex-president says institution prizes the clerical male above women, truth, and abused children
Pope Francis says priests and bishops have sexually abused nuns
Nuns have accused clerics of sexual abuse in in India, Africa, Latin America and in Italy
Pope Francis and Irish Catholics think on same wavelength
Surveys show Irish faithful want participatory church the pope propounds
How ‘Humanae Vitae’ crushed the hopes of millions of Catholics
Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception
Pope should say sorry during visit, laity tells priests
Need to atone for Magdalene laundries and mother and baby homes, Tuam meeting hears
McAleese will not go to confession over referendum Yes vote
Church hasn’t ‘come to terms with clash between people’s human rights and canon law’
Many Irish are Catholic by culture rather than conviction – bishop
Abortion vote: Bishop of Kilmore Dr Leo O’Reilly says church no longer dominant in society
Will LGBT families be represented at world meeting in August?
Future depends on returning to the radical equality of Jesus and early church
Flannery urges end to silencing of Irish priests before papal visit
‘Ridiculous’ that six remain under sanctions given how pope has changed church’s culture
Harsh penalties by church and State on those who have abortions do not work
As Catholics we must now decide on what type of civic society we wish to create
Vatican signals Pope Paul VI to be made a saint
Late pontiff best known for endorsing church’s prohibition on artificial birth control
Vatican approves second miracle needed for canonisation of Pope Paul VI
First miracle took place in California in the 90s while second took place in Italy in 2014
Pope seeks new version of Lord’s Prayer: Has he tried it in Irish?
‘It’s Satan who leads us into temptation, that’s his department,’ says Pope Francis
Did religious congregations exploit the faith of young novices?
Enthusiastic young people in orders were moulded to accept rules and practices
Catholic sectarianism frustrated 1916 ideals, says Diarmuid Martin
Dominance of sectarian ethos ‘had negative effects on realisation of ideas of Proclamation’
Tom Savage: Former RTÉ authority chairman and communications expert
Obituary: ‘Don’t just stand there, do nothing’ was a constant refrain of his when it came to crisis management
Pope Paul’s views on development 50 years ago important today
Pope’s encyclical challenged trickle-down theory and warned of uneven growth
Diarmaid Ferriter: Catholic Church remains out of touch
There are still powerful bureaucrats in the Vatican who think they know best
Violence, Politics and Catholicism in Ireland review: essays to provoke debate
Church’s relationship to British empire and the Fenians are among subjects covered
‘I have smelt the breath of Satan’: The story of a Co Kerry exorcist
Malachi Martin detailed the four stages of the process of possession
Half a millennium later the Reformation still shapes our world
Alone in northern Europe, Ireland remained Catholic following Luther’s revolution
A modest proposal for St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral
Pope should revoke ancient designation of Christ Church as Dublin’s cathedral
Irish Church paying price for blocking Vatican II reforms
Changes to Christianity not implemented as these involved loss of clerical power
Papal nuncio ‘out of sync’ with Irish reality, say priests
Catholic Priests rail against Archbishop Charles Brown over selection of bishops
Why the Catholic right wants ‘cleanout’ in Maynooth
Teachings, rather than any ‘strange goings-on’, are main source of contention
Catholic bishops voice their support for Maynooth
Leading clerics back St Patrick’s College amid controversy
Tony Flannery: Stifling debate on women priests damages the church
Church exclusion is throwback to Middle Ages and causing many women to leave
Rite & Reason: Is God dead yet?
Still no answer to the question posed by ‘Time’ magazine 50 years ago
Pope Francis to make defining statement on family
Key points for devout will be situation of divorced and civilly married on communion
Catholic ethos offers more than religious schooling
Opinion: Catholic schooling has much to offer a more pluralist society, including a spirit of inclusivity and social justice
Review: Vatican II in Ireland, Fifty Years On: Essays in Honour of Pádraic Conway
A scholarly and informative collection, of definite interest to many who have lived with the after-effects of Vatican II, but it lacks a sharper Irish focus and dissenting voices
Breda O’Brien: No epic struggle at synod, just slow steady progress
Layman voting at synod shows it is possible laywomen could be next
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