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Biden view that Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ not meant to back regime change – White House
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Ireland’s break with its Catholic past incomplete, says Sally Rooney
Author says unanswered questions remain regarding the treatment of women
Walking through a Dublin city I no longer recognise
Things that made life possible in my 20s have been gentrified out of existence
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Pope Francis in hospital for surgery on restricted intestine
Francis cheerfully greeted members of the public at St Peter’s Square earlier in day
Mary Lou McDonald: ‘Our family wasn’t broken . . . in fact it was very complete’
Sinn Féin leader on family, privilege and a rapid ascent in politics after a late start
EU founding father Robert Schuman on the rocky road to sainthood
In a profession in which men are more likely to sell their souls, Schuman seems the exception
Pope orders biggest changes to Catholic Church’s penal code in 40 years
New code makes clear failure to report sexual crimes to church superiors is now a crime under canon law, punishable by removal from office
Sinéad O’Connor: ‘Nobody wants females running the world’
The Dubliner talks about her searing new memoir on the Irish Times Women’s Podcast
The Irish Times view on the Vatican and same-sex couples
Already under attack from the Catholic right, Pope Francis has now also alienated staunch supporters among Church liberals
A symbol of Irish America teeters in New York
The American Irish Historical Society’s sale of its mansion exposes apparently deep problems
Church is running out of reasons not to ordain women
Replacing the phrase ‘lay men’ with ‘lay persons’ is hardly a radical change
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: The life and times of a Dublin prelate
From Cabinteely curate to Archbishop of Dublin
Time for bigger dreams in a post-Covid world
Austen Ivereigh has produced an unusual collaboration with Pope Francis
Drowning inquiry prompts call for small boat operators to wear flotation devices
Marine Casualty Investigation Board offers advice after examining man’s death in Dunmanus Bay
Catholic Church’s record on clerical child sexual abuse censured
Senior clerics found to have downplayed or dismissed allegations in damaging reports
The Irish Times view on abortion in Poland: taking to the streets
A court’s move to tighten access to abortion has resulted in the biggest protests since the fall of communism
Billy Morgan pays tribute to Cork All-Ireland winner Kieran O’Connor
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Tributes paid to former Cork GAA star Kieran O’Connor
Father of three won an All-Ireland medal with Cork when they beat Down in 2010
George Floyd: US protesters defy curfew as demonstrations over killing rage on
Trump makes ‘baffling and reprehensible’ visit to pope shrine; memorial march held in Floyd’s hometown
A bit of heresy now and then does the Catholic Church no harm
Allowing God to do what God does best: write straight with crooked lines
Make a move to Malahide for bracing walks and good food
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Former pope Benedict ‘doing and saying things he opposed in the past’
‘Questions over whether he is completely in charge of his faculties’
The Catholic Church and the Northern Ireland Troubles: A seminal book
Book review: Margaret Scull looks at the church’s role in the Troubles over 30 years
Legionaries founder sexually abused 60 boys, order’s report finds
Mexico-based Legionaries of Christ has a chapter in Leopardstown, Co Dublin
London Calling 40 years on: How The Clash rewrote the rule book
The Clash filleted rock, politics and history with swagger and biting social commentary
Breda O'Brien: A simple, dignified apology from McAleese would suffice
Former president should say she never intended to imply Pope John Paul II endorsed marital rape
The Irish Times view on women in the Catholic Church: invisible and powerless
A male-only priesthood was described by Mary McAleese as ‘codology dressed up as theology’
McAleese urges Ireland to show kindness to strangers and speaks of ‘cowardly’ bishops
Ex-president also criticises Pope John Paul teaching and bishop’s yoga comments
In a Word . . . excluded
It was 2001, Desmond Connell was about to get the red hat, and we Irish media were locked out
Body of missing Cork fisherman recovered at sea
Kodie Healy (24) was a lobster fisherman who went missing on October 9th
Kevin Lunney attack: People need to work to prevent barbarism, says Archbishop
The North’s political impasse has gone on too long, says leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland Eamon Martin
Cardinal John Henry Newman: Canonisation imminent for ‘greatest of English prose writers’
Teachings on conscience had a big influence on Catholicism
Ireland loses vote in papal elections after only cardinal turns 80
Seán Brady hits milestone with Eamon or Diarmaid Martin most likely to be next Irish clerics to receive ‘red hat’
Tributes paid to Cork undertaker and businessman Val O’Connor
Well-known figure in Cork’s cultural life, and founder of funeral directors’ group, died aged 90
Beer and cigarettes not suitable funeral offertory gifts, priest says
Fr Tomás Walsh, of Gurranabraher in Cork, critical of lengthy eulogies being delivered
Phoenix Park devoid of historic gates a year on from pope’s visit
OPW yet to tender for repair work to seven sets – age range between 113 and 186 years old
John Henry Newman to be canonised in October
UCD founder was one of the most prominent converts to Catholicism from Anglicanism of 19th century
Man and teenage girl held over disappearance of William Delaney
Gardaí believe he was killed in Co Laois by a person known to him over a personal matter
Painter James Morton still flying high at 100
Aviation enthusiast was born 25 days before first non-stop transatlantic flight ended in Clifden
Pope accused of ‘kicking can down a timeless road’ on female deacons
Priests’ group says it appears ‘men are more worthy than women’ in eye of offical church
Pope urges anti-immigration Bulgaria to help asylum seekers
Pontiff seeks to improve ties with Orthodox churches in Bulgaria and North Macedonia
Diarmuid Martin Q&A: If the Irish church wants to survive it has to change
The most influential Catholic prelate in Ireland has one year left as a bishop - has he any regrets?
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