Former Munster media manager Pat Geraghty ‘dripped integrity’Funeral hears how he endured horrors of his illness ‘without a scintilla of self-pity'Thu Sept 21 2017 - 21:01
Uncovered 1924 paper reveals nuncio’s bias against Irish republicansVatican emissary satisfied Terence MacSwiney hunger strike ‘seems not supported’Thu Sept 21 2017 - 03:36
Catholic secondary schools ‘disappearing from the pitch’, conference toldRequirement for baptismal certificates on admission an issue mainly in south DublinWed Sept 20 2017 - 06:32
Ibrahim Halawa’s sister criticises negative social media commentsIbrahim’s release from Cairo prison may run into next week due to administrative delaysWed Sept 20 2017 - 01:10
Moves afoot to canonise priest with Irish roots for 9/11 roleFire chaplain Fr Mychal Judge giving last rites when World Trade Center tower collapsedTue Sept 19 2017 - 13:51
Halawas ‘overwhelmed, excited, delighted’ by Ibrahim’s acquittalHalawa family thanks public for support over four-year ordeal on an emotional dayMon Sept 18 2017 - 19:02
Census figures ‘legitimise’ faith-based school network, says clericData shows Ireland is ‘neither post-Christian, nor secular’Fri Sept 15 2017 - 16:03
Bishops may change ‘sexist, archaic’ Mass text after Pope rulingMissal used at Mass described as sexist, archaic, elitist by priest groupThu Sept 14 2017 - 13:49
AIB customer details mislaid in Co Galway foundSpreadsheet containing data of 550 customers lost by bank employeeThu Sept 14 2017 - 13:29
Vatican’s stance on children’s rights is not acceptable, says McAleeseUN Convention on Rights of the Child must be implemented in church teachings and canon lawTue Sept 12 2017 - 22:09
Minister assures Protestants of sensitivity in centenary commemorations‘As a nation we are now embracing the past in a more inclusive and and generous way’Tue Sept 12 2017 - 19:59
In a word . . . MayoI’m losing my favourite game, I’m losing my mind again . . .Tue Sept 12 2017 - 14:09
West Cork Protestants ‘dread’ Civil War centenary, bishop saysChurch of Ireland canon’s account of his family’s experience sparked ‘heated debate’Mon Sept 11 2017 - 15:36
No, I’m not the secretary! The trials of Ireland’s only woman bishopMost Rev Pat Storey has spoken of the disbelief she has met while ‘breaking the stained-glass ceiling’Fri Sept 08 2017 - 01:00
Are we right to honour John Mitchel?Patsy McGarry: Irish patriot was staunch backer of slavery and the US ConfederacyMon Sept 04 2017 - 05:00
In a word . . . sublimeNothing this year compared to Joe Canning’s last puc of the sliothar in the 74th minuteSat Sept 02 2017 - 00:00
Church urges Government to reconsider Eighth Amendment referendumTaoiseach and a number of key Ministers meet with senior representatives of Catholic ChurchThu Aug 31 2017 - 20:20
Website to help children of Catholic priests contacted by women from around worldIssue of priests having children is ongoing says Coping International founderTue Aug 29 2017 - 16:05
Homeless crisis: ‘We’ll have children on the streets by Christmas’A campaign is aiming to put pressure on Government to solve a worsening problemTue Aug 29 2017 - 07:10
Catholic priests from Romania being recruited to serve in Ireland‘Vocations are very good there, with a surplus of priests,’ says bishopMon Aug 28 2017 - 11:24
Plates fly ‘in every family’, Diarmuid Martin tells Knock MassThousands gather to mark one-year countdown to World Meeting of Families in DublinMon Aug 21 2017 - 20:56
Catholic Church’s idea of gender equality may be too little, too lateWoman who feels calling to priesthood says daughter asks: ‘How can you follow such an institution?’Mon Aug 21 2017 - 01:30
Countdown to World Meeting of Families in 2018 begins at KnockEvent, which Pope Francis is expected to attend, will take place over five days in DublinMon Aug 21 2017 - 01:13
One man’s global campaign to help children of priestsGuidelines agreed through efforts of cleric’s son Vincent Doyle, but not published yetSat Aug 19 2017 - 02:00
Catholic bishops create guidelines for priests with children‘At a minimum, no priest should walk away from his responsibilities’Sat Aug 19 2017 - 02:00
Pope phones Argentinian who spoke of abuse by Irish priestPresident of Argentina a past pupil of same Christian Brothers schoolWed Aug 16 2017 - 19:48
'I’m no Holy Joe. Or Holy Marty': Marty Morrissey to address Knock faithfulRTÉ broadcaster will speak at novena attended by 150,000 peopleWed Aug 16 2017 - 01:00
Catholic woman bishop on Irish vocations recruitment drive‘Our bishops have absolutely no authority apart from ordaining’Tue Aug 15 2017 - 03:50
Nigerian bishop arrives in Ireland as Vatican’s new envoyArchbishop Jude Okolo is a member of the Igbo community at the centre of Biafra conflictMon Aug 14 2017 - 19:38
Plan for male-only deacons in Catholic diocese criticised by priestsProposal is ‘insensitive, disrespectful of women and counter-productive’, says groupFri Aug 11 2017 - 16:59
Pope orders halt to euthanasia at Catholic hospitals in BelgiumBrothers of Charity face excommunication after lay board of directors sanction legal terminationsFri Aug 11 2017 - 16:18
Limerick priest challenges authorities over role of women in churchA woman ‘can give more meaning to the Eucharist than any male celibate’Thu Aug 10 2017 - 20:05
Priests turn to suicide as workload and isolation increaseAs many as eight Irish priests have died by suicide over the past decadeThu Aug 10 2017 - 05:30
It is simply wrong to call a fertilised ovum a humanObjections to embryo modification defy logic: Law must welcome defeat of genetic diseasesThu Aug 10 2017 - 01:00
In a word . . . MontenegroIt escaped completely the appalling wars of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990sSat Aug 05 2017 - 00:00
Bishop says embryos used in landmark study ‘gave no consent’Catholic Church concerned over US study that removed mutationsFri Aug 04 2017 - 01:00
Trump proposals are about wiping White House ‘shenanigans’ off front pagesLobbyist says it would take Republicans and Democrats ‘working together’ to bring about immigration reformThu Aug 03 2017 - 20:50
Kevin Myers: Support from members of the Irish Jewish community ‘very consoling’Sacked columnist says Varadkar and Fitzgerald ‘breached protocol by attacking me’Wed Aug 02 2017 - 01:00
After 70 years, Fr Davitt marks his platinum anniversaryMissionary priest (96) has also worked in Britain, India and Papua New GuineaTue Aug 01 2017 - 01:00
There’s more to Kevin Myers than his errors of judgmentAs a stylist few can compare, and the former ‘Irish Times’ columnist did the State some serviceMon Jul 31 2017 - 18:07
In a Word . . . ReekA colleague from another paper was with me and we had decided to climb Croagh Patrick in the traditional manner, at nightSat Jul 29 2017 - 00:00
Memorial to be unveiled to two gardaí shot dead by bank robbers in 1980Families of John Morley and Henry Byrne to attend ceremony in Co RoscommonFri Jul 28 2017 - 14:51
Regulator concerned over €84,000 payments to charity foundersAtaxia Ireland chief did not tell trustees of sums provided to her parents, report findsThu Jul 27 2017 - 13:50
Asylum seeker treatment as bad as institutional abuse, says priestMartin Pender says Congolese asylum seekers left to ‘eat and sleep and walk around’Tue Jul 25 2017 - 01:00
GAA: The surviving, thriving third pillar of nationalist IrelandOver 1.3 million attended championship games between May and September 2016Mon Jul 24 2017 - 12:33
Nun who inspired U2 song is Bono’s guest at Croke Park gigSinger met Sr Anne Carr in Malawi in 2002 and wrote ‘Crumbs from Your Table’ about herSat Jul 22 2017 - 01:00
