Catholic Church

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

We have a windfall – but the golden apples seem to have fallen on our heads. Our governing culture has lost its great get-out clause: ‘If only we had the money…'

The Catholic Church cannot and should not attempt to compete with a spirituality which is essentially whatever a couple wants it to b

Rite & Reason: Gospel values differ from economic values. In Luke’s Gospel it is said that anyone with two tunics should give one away

Lock of Carlo Acutis’s hair, in black box, brought to event as part of drive to attract more people to religious life

Veteran broadcaster Vincent Browne says’ the most persistent person in holding the Catholic Church to account was Patsy McGarry’

Alone among faith schools, Catholic schools are prevented from prioritising children from families committed to their ethos. The legislation is up for review

Diarmaid MacCulloch’s ambitious book looks at celibacy, marriage, homosexuality and trans issues from the perspective that there is no single consistent view of these in the Bible, Patsy McGarry writes

Church has not ‘come to terms with what was done to thousands upon thousands of innocent and vulnerable people’, says Dermot Farrell

Plus: Irish Catholic podcast believes the pope is a very naughty boy; JP McManus’s road woes; and Ciaran Mullooly’s new adviser in Brussels

New group taking part in new Propaedeutic Programme at several locations across Europe

Role of church in education must change

There are so many practical considerations to choosing a school that go beyond religious ethos

Catholic Church’s influence on Irish life is waning, yet only Israel spends more time on religious education at primary level

Figure significant in context of Government wanting congregations to contribute to compensating those affected by abuse as Department of Education indicates work on redress scheme will take time

Intermezzo author reflects on Joyce, how Christianity has shaped her thinking, and her dislike of the limelight

Pontiff (87) says not welcoming migrants is a ‘grave’ sin and both candidates are ‘against life’

Many Irish Catholics are drawn to the disruptive energies of Trumpism as they engage in what they see as a ‘spiritual war’ against liberalism

Some 88 per cent of primary schools are Catholic while just over 5 per cent are multidenominational

Holy See accepts importance of scoping inquiry report into extent of abuse

Book shows that even as Ireland has changed, its biggest problems remain ‘deep-rooted and historical’

The scoping inquiry report into wide-ranging abuse in Irish schools was published on Tuesday. It has prompted another former student to tell his story

Radio: The Hard Shoulder and Liveline hear harrowing stories from former pupils while the Leinster House bike shed continues to exercise listeners

Politician faces backlash but bishop warns against ‘censorship’

Garda Commissioner Drew Harris says force will investigate if abusers were working together

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