Canon law means you can check out but you can never leave Catholic Church
Marriages in ‘non-Catholic churches, beaches, before Elvis impersonators’ considered invalid
New ‘toxic’ language of racism emerging in Ireland, cleric warns
Fr Michael Mullaney says hostility being stoked towards the ‘other’ in public discourse
Lay Catholics could soon be officiating at baptisms, weddings and funerals
Celibate gay men welcome in priesthood say senior Irish church figures
Saint Patrick’s College creates special award to honour Emma Mhic Mhathúna
Award named for CervicalCheck controversy campaigner will benefit mature students
Number of new trainee priests at Maynooth hits record low
Church of Ireland has twice as many students starting ministry studies
Maynooth seminary to be overhauled after turbulent period
Seminary and Pontifical University at St Patrick’s College to be separated
Maynooth seminary 'a place of psychological abuse'
Three former seminarians share their experiences at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth over the past decade. They describe an atmosphere of ‘psychological abuse’, a flawed complaints process, and ‘a lot’ of sexual activity
Seal of confessional relaxed for Anglican priests in Australia where crime involved
Anglican priests in Australia allowed to report serious crimes
Apple kicks off $8bn debt offering
Plans to use proceeds of sale to fund $90bn buyback rather than tap its $150bn cash pile
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