Catholic Church

Communications adviser played key roles in corporate battles, 1979 papal visit and electoral success of Fine Gael

Far from the autobiography it is described as, Francis uses recollections to reflect on current events

Cause for beatification event will take place in Madrid for Clare Crockett (33), who died in an Ecuador earthquake in April 2016

Guidelines announced by bishops’ conference signify shift in views, but sexually active gay men will not be admitted to seminaries

Archbishop Eamon Martin says he is ‘conscious’ such criticism attracts accusation of antisemitism but Israel’s actions are ‘disproportionate’

Rite & Reason: Pope Francis situates the need for hope in the challenging world of ‘gloomy discouragement and ill-concealed cynicism’

This is a thoroughly researched book about espionage on and by the Vatican

Rite & Reason: What makes Christmas religious is that regardless of their specific beliefs, people come together to celebrate the mystery and beauty of life

Exciting times are ahead for Christian communities, based on joy, hope, energy and finding context and relevance in contemporary society

Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson says reaction to immigration in Ireland has been ‘physical and shameful’

Francis offers public dressing down of some of the sins in the workplace at the headquarters of the Catholic Church

So far nobody has come up with a credible explanation of how the the relic might have been forged

Francis made the revelation in his upcoming autobiography, Spera (Hope), due to be published in January

Rite & Reason: Cork woman born in 1907 has been declared Venerable by the Catholic Church - a step on the road to canonisation, but with no guarantees

Daughter of Vanessa O’Callaghan (36) tells funeral Mass that she cannot believe her mother ‘is gone’

The Irish Times columnist has made a new documentary about his life for RTÉ. Here he looks back on a career that he began as the Michelangelo of Tipp-Ex

Brendan Dowling made a complaint to the Christian Brothers about abuse by one of their members long before criminal cases were taken

Rite & Reason: All Churches face huge challenges moving on from terrible abuses into an advancing secularism

Rite & Reason: Iron grip that Christian denominations have over chaplaincy in Ireland cannot continue

Families who expected a straightforward enrolment process are grappling with the harsh reality of Ireland’s oversubscribed schools

Rite & Reason: One in seven Christians in the world faces persecution or extreme discrimination because of their faith

A man, oblivious to the world, and so at war with the living, screamed and heckled a couple and their daughter

Only two priests have been ordained in capital’s archdiocese since 2020, with none so far this year

Maynooth Community Church is among those bucking the trend of decline in church membership, boosting its congregation with people of faith from overseas

Rite & Reason: Going to church, attending Mass or engaging with the Catholic Church in any meaningful way has always felt, to me, like acting

While being young and female is still no picnic, young men are struggling in multiple ways

At 85, the long-time social campaigner says there’s no such thing as a typical homeless person: ‘every one of them is different, all have their own story, their own background’

Faith used to be a set menu with very limited choices. Perhaps to survive, and to give people what they need, it needs to become a buffet

Vatican commission stresses ‘the importance of compensation for victims/survivors, as a concrete commitment to their healing journey’

Proposals recommend allowing assisted dying in restricted circumstances

There was ‘no effort made to deal with perpetrators’ Dermot Farrell tells US Catholic TV network

Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan: The writer and TV star on having a one child, needing her mum and à la carte Catholicism

Small Things Like These misses an essential truth about Catholic Ireland

A deeply disturbing and important book which will interest and concern anyone who believes in that blessed trinity of modern democracy – openness, transparency and accountability

Traditionally, the only non-bishops with voting rights were 10 members of male religious orders but Pope Francis has changed that to five men and women religious

Survivors of physical abuse over decades in Irish schools want an apology for what they suffered at the hands of teachers

At a time when school divestment should be ramping up, it seems like boards of management are digging their heels in

Murray resigned in light of Murphy commission report on handling of child sex abuse allegations in Dublin archdiocese from 1975 to 2004

Critics say a requirement to hold a religious certificate in most national schools means many new teachers have to uphold something they don’t believe

Rite & Reason: This month, 368 delegates from around the world are gathering in Rome for the second session of the Catholic Church’s Synod on Synodality