There are a handful of contenders to take over from Diarmuid Martin when he retires

Thirty doctors signed up do not want HSE to give their details out to avoid being targeted

‘Outrageous’ that doctors could be forced to contribute to an abortion against their will

‘I make a humble plea to all who want to begin with us again in a new way’

The mastery of the Taoiseach’s address to Pope Francis was the balance he struck, being both gracious and grave, honest but never confrontational

Varadkar refers to ‘people kept in dark corners, behind closed doors’ whose cries for help went unheard

‘Tired of meaningless apologies and expressions of solidarity’ that do not involve action

‘Cover-up and mismanagement compounded damage’

Pupils studying religion will be at ‘disadvantage’ to others if change goes ahead

‘This country is now on the brink of legislating for a liberal abortion regime’

Bishops clear on protecting unborn but why not those alive who are LGBTI+?

Bishop Brendan Leahy said there may be a ‘certain fee’ for attending Croke Park event

‘In our public commentary at the moment we are often forgetting the unborn baby’

Call on Government to withhold assistance for papal visit unless LGBT assurances given

US website said booklet contained ‘promotion of homosexual relationships as a form of family’

To relax would be ‘a profound error which would compound the historical failures’, conference hears

Archbishop Jude Okolo is a member of the Igbo community at the centre of Biafra conflict

Apart from that reservation, the laity who went priest-less in Limerick were enthused

Fall-off in Catholic priesthood vocations leads to unprecedented situation

Search for data device hampered by winds and currents but faint ping still audible

Items from Rescue 116 have been retrieved from the shore after Tuesday’s crash

Church asked how it could justify stance on abortion given its past track record

Bishop warns parts of diocese may ‘have Mass every second Sunday or one Sunday a month’

Leading clerics back St Patrick’s College amid controversy

Poles say attending Mass in their own language gives them ‘a little piece of home’

Limerick Diocesan Synod hears call for lay-led liturgies without priests on weekdays

Limerick gathering also to consider concerns over people hurt by the church

‘No records kept’ of children buried in ‘Innocents Plot’ in Limerick’s Mount Saint Lawrence cemetery

‘Anyone listening to their conscience now can’t but feel challenged by what we are witnessing’

Archbishop Michael Neary says Church is against proposal to redefine marriage

Brendan Leahy says children have right to be raised by mother and father, where possible

Cleric says religious sacraments often appear ‘pre-fabricated’ to young children

Bishop Brendan Leahy says first synod in Ireland in 50 years is opportunity for regeneration

Three-day meeting to include 400 delegates from all strands of diocesan life

Cardinal Seán Brady and former archbishop of Dublin Desmond Connell among concelebrants

Clerical sex abuse victims group stages protest over ‘promotion’ of John Paul II

Priest says O’Gorman ‘cared about ideas and issues and concepts because he cared about people’

There are three celebrities at the heart of our culture - Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

City has been given a signal it can start again, says Bishop Brendan Leahy

Bill will create a ‘pecking order of human beings based on size’