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Oppressive treatment of women and children crossed religious and social boundaries

Overall marriages also declined since 2014, as civil registrations and humanist ceremonies grow

Rite & Reason: If a rule were introduced that only one income could be used for a mortgage, would house prices collapse?

His opposition to Donald Trump and the war on Iran is only a part of what makes Leo a unique and important figure in our time

JD Vance’s recent comments reflect a growing movement of conservative believers promoting a more traditionalist, ethnocentric path

Playwright and screenwriter Nancy Harris on her parents’ separation, the myth of family and her hit show The Dry

Groups funded by ‘ideological entities, many from outside the State’ are spreading distorted narrative, chair of bishops’ council says

An unholy trinity of conservatives, Christian nationalists and tech bros are planning to strip American women of their rights

Much of the opposition to divestment has been at local level, strongly felt and expressed, even by non-practising parents happy with the status quo

Right before Pope Leo was elected, Trump put out a meme of himself as the pope

It has been disconcerting to see US Catholics belatedly turning on Trump. Where was the outrage before now?

Rite & Reason: In criticising the pope so harshly, Donald Trump seems to have lost the run of himself

The president is hurting the most vulnerable people in the US

Pontiff doubles down on excoriating criticism of military aggressors in the face of Trump’s ire

Ryan Donaldson gives an immensely poised performance in this monologue play about gay self-loathing, sexual abuse and sectarian bigotry

No Irish language organisation teaches that non-Irish speakers will go to hell

Ancient Order of Hibernians says US president’s criticism of Pope Leo and AI-generated image has ‘deeply offended’ Catholics

Just back from fruitless negotiations with Iran, the US vice-president found himself having to address a fraught new episode in the uneasy relationship between church and state in America

Two in five parents of pupils in religious-run schools would prefer a multi-denominational ethos

Pontiff said he will ‘continue to speak out loudly against war’

Proposals for free, universal healthcare were successfully blocked by the medical profession with support from the Catholic Church

Rite & Reason: Structured dialogue must hear from Catholics, Humanists, the Abrahamic and Dharmic faith traditions, Rabbis and Imams

Programme under way to identify remains of infants through DNA, as latest bodies buried in coffins

A substantial minority do not want religious patronage and the State , has a duty to meet that demand

Government-commissioned survey found parental support for changing ethos in schools

Rite & Reason: Discomfort is a word I have never used to describe the reality of my situation in the church, nor have I ever heard it from other women

Prayers, readings and choral singing mark the beginning of the Easter weekend

The goo – a longing for draught Guinness which overtakes the sufferer – contributed to left-wing causes in Dublin city

Mario Durán Domínguez and Joy Adedokun are among 129 people of mostly foreign backgrounds who are joining the church in Dublin this year

A reported surge in mass-going was based on soft data, but hard evidence can still be found of how keen parents are on church

Decision to block cardinal from Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday sparked outcry

What would Edward Flanagan say about a wealthy Ireland where children in care are put in unregulated emergency placements?

Some parents want faith-based education

Schools may take action to stop teachers “undermining the religious ethos” of the school. This has a chilling effect

Members carry religious floats during Holy Week celebrations

Fr Edward Flanagan, born in 1886, has passed the second of four steps to canonisation

The writer’s trajectory was not always a smooth one, but his star continues to rise

Rite & Reason: There remains an enduring view among most Irish people that homelessness is fundamentally wrong

70 years of ministry

We must differentiate between St Patrick’s Day as a celebration of the man himself, and the public holiday fixed on that same date