'Black Santa' in sit-out for HaitiDublin’s “Black Santa” will continue his “sit-out” for Haiti at St Ann’s Church on Dawson Street today and tomorrow. The Rev …Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Belfast boys break ice of cross-Border suspicionANALYSIS: Martin McAleese has played an extraordinary – and largely unknown – role in winning trust and friendship of hardline…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Child protection board chief 'encouraged' by church actionIT HAS been claimed that any “objective and fair-minded observer would recognise that the [Catholic] Church has tried hard to…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Focus on ritual not children wrong, writes 'Reality' editorA PROMINENT Catholic priest/commentator has criticised ‘‘restorationists’’ in his church who appear more concerned with vestments…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
Belfast boys break ice of cross-Border suspicionANALYSIS: Martin McAleese has played an extraordinary – and largely unknown – role in winning trust and friendship of hardline…Mon Jan 18 2010 - 00:00
President tells envoys child abuse affects us all“THE PROBLEMS addressed by the Ryan and Murphy reports, as well as the vulnerability of children to abuse in the home, are peculiar…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
President tells envoys child abuse affects us all“THE PROBLEMS addressed by the Ryan and Murphy reports, as well as the vulnerability of children to abuse in the home, are peculiar…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Mayo woman helps 500 special needs children in quake crisisIRISH VOLUNTEERS: MAYO WOMAN Gena Heraty (39) spent yesterday trying to persuade staff and children at the orphanage where she…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Mayo woman helps 500 special needs children in quake crisisIRISH VOLUNTEERS: MAYO WOMAN Gena Heraty (39) spent yesterday trying to persuade staff and children at the orphanage where she…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Theologian opposes calls for Bishop of Galway to goCALLS FOR the resignation of the Bishop of Galway, Martin Drennan, “are unfounded”, a former professor of moral theology at St…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
New Saturday night chat show for RTÉELEVEN NEW programmes will be introduced this month on RTÉ One and RTÉ Two television, as well as 14 returning home-produced …Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Theologian opposes calls for Bishop of Galway to goCALLS FOR the resignation of the Bishop of Galway, Martin Drennan, “are unfounded”, a former professor of moral theology at St…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
New Saturday night chat show for RTÉELEVEN NEW programmes will be introduced this month on RTÉ One and RTÉ Two television, as well as 14 returning home-produced …Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
First Minister and pope pay respects to former primateTRIBUTES: AMONG FURTHER tributes paid to the late Cardinal Daly at the weekend were those from Pope Benedict and Northern Ireland…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Bishop of Killaloe urges Cardinal Connell to issue statement on Murphy reportTHE BISHOP of Killaloe Willie Walsh has called on Cardinal Desmond Connell to issue a statement following the fallout from the…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
First Minister and pope pay respects to former primateTRIBUTES: AMONG FURTHER tributes paid to the late Cardinal Daly at the weekend were those from Pope Benedict and Northern Ireland…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Bishop Hegarty challenged on handling of abuse allegationsTHE CATHOLIC Bishop of Derry Séamus Hegarty has been challenged to account for his handling of clerical child abuse allegations…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Bishop Hegarty challenged on handling of abuse allegationsTHE CATHOLIC Bishop of Derry Séamus Hegarty has been challenged to account for his handling of clerical child abuse allegations…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Bishop of Killaloe urges Cardinal Connell to issue statement on Murphy reportTHE BISHOP of Killaloe Willie Walsh has called on Cardinal Desmond Connell to issue a statement following the fallout from the…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
'I was not aware of allegations of abuse until Archbishop Connell informed us'INTERVIEW: Bishop Martin Drennan responds to questions concerning his time in the Dublin ArchdioceseSat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Pope's pastoral letter likely before Lent, says prelateARCHBISHOP OF Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said Pope Benedict’s pastoral letter to Irish Catholics is likely to be sent before …Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
'I was not aware of allegations of abuse until Archbishop Connell informed us'INTERVIEW: Bishop Martin Drennan responds to questions concerning his time in the Dublin ArchdioceseSat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Pope's pastoral letter likely before Lent, says prelateARCHBISHOP OF Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said Pope Benedict’s pastoral letter to Irish Catholics is likely to be sent before …Sat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Laity will adopt duties of declining clerical casteANALYSIS: In the second of our series looking at what things might be like five years hence, we consider the future of the Catholic…Wed Dec 30 2009 - 00:00
Barrister who once scaled Mount EverestBISHOP RAY Field had been head chaplain to the Defence Forces from 1991 until his resignation from that post, when he was ordained…Mon Dec 28 2009 - 00:00
Walsh promoted after serving as secretary to Desmond ConnellIN MARCH 1985 Bishop Eamonn Walsh was appointed junior secretary to then archbishop of Dublin Kevin McNamara.Mon Dec 28 2009 - 00:00
Martin challenges auxiliary's interpretationLETTER TO PRIESTS: ARCHBISHOP OF Dublin Diarmuid Martin has challenged the content of a letter circulated to priests in the …Thu Dec 24 2009 - 00:00
People facing many difficulties, says BradyCHRISTMAS MESSAGES: MANY PEOPLE in Ireland this Christmas are experiencing the “fullness of difficulties” with the recession…Thu Dec 24 2009 - 00:00
Pope urged to 'repent' over abuseOne of Ireland’s leading child abuse campaigners has issued an open letter calling on Pope Benedict to visit Ireland and spend…Tue Dec 22 2009 - 00:00
Archbishop's response criticisedA FORMER spokesman for the former Archbishop of Dublin, Cardinal Desmond Connell, has criticised the current Archbishop of Dublin…Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Dublin sex abuse victim calls on bishops to resignDUBLIN CLERICAL child sex abuse victim Marie Collins has repeated her call for the remaining bishops mentioned in the Murphy …Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Bishops remark on passing of 'difficult year'IT HAS been “a difficult year for very many”, the Church of Ireland primate Archbishop Alan Harper has said in his Christmas …Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
'I had never even heard of the concept of mental reservation'After previous refusals, Senator Rónán Mullen, formerly spokesman for Cardinal Desmond Connell, partially answers questions on…Sat Dec 19 2009 - 00:00
Two more bishops named in report may resignTWO OTHER bishops named in the Murphy report have acknowledged they may have to step down, following the announcement yesterday…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Priests accuse church of bad, dishonest leadershipTWO DUBLIN Catholic priests, themselves directly affected by the cover-up of clerical child sex abuse by the church leadership…Tue Dec 15 2009 - 00:00
Rape group welcomes €15m to address abuseRYAN REPORT: THE DUBLIN Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Children Barry Andrews that…Sat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Victims are left cold by pope's statementSURVIVORS OF child abuse and their representatives reacted with little enthusiasm to Pope Benedict XVI’s statement.Sat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Signs that action may at last follow words of regretANALYSIS: SOME OF the words used by Pope Benedict XVI yesterday on clerical child sex abuse in the Irish church have a familiar…Sat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
'The reason I didn't report it . . . was because I didn't know'INTERVIEW: Auxiliary bishop Ray Field explains why it would be ‘wrong’ of him to resignFri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
No grounds to resign, says Bishop MoriartySTATEMENTS: THE BISHOP of Kildare and Leighlin Jim Moriarty, who was named in the Murphy report, said last night, “I do not …Fri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
Brady, Martin travel to VaticanCatholic primate Cardinal Seán Brady and Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin have travelled to Rome ahead of a meeting with …Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Bishops shamed by scale and depravity of child sex abuseCATHOLIC BISHOPS have expressed deep shock at the findings of the Murphy report and say they want to “humbly ask for forgiveness…Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
End old boys' club, says priest who highlighted abuse in 1993FORMER CHURCH EDITOR: A PRIEST who was removed in 1994 as editor of the Irish Bishops’ Conference-sponsored magazine Intercom…Tue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Archbishop Martin urges young people not to leave churchPRIMATE'S PLEA: THE ARCHBISHOP of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has appealed to young people not to abandon the churchMon Dec 07 2009 - 00:00
Two more congregations reveal contributions to trustTWO MORE of the 18 congregations investigated by the Ryan commission have revealed they intend to contribute to a trust being…Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
Theologian calls on all bishops in report to resignALL BISHOPS named in the Dublin diocesan report “should resign immediately from their current pastoral positions”, leading theologian…Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
Bishop should not 'cling on to office'CHURCH OF IRELAND: A PROMINENT Church of Ireland figure said last night that “a bishop should not cling on to office on the …Thu Dec 03 2009 - 00:00
Order says it has no moneyTHE ROSMINIAN order, which managed industrial schools at Ferryhouse in Co Tipperary and at Upton, Co Cork, will not be making…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Prelate expresses sorrow at hurt over commentsTHE BISHOP of Killaloe Willie Walsh has expressed deep sorrow at hurt he may have caused abuse victims by comments he made in…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
Canon lawyer criticises archbishopIRISH AMERICAN canon lawyer Fr Tom Doyle has strongly criticised Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin’s comments on the Dublin…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
