Public relations pioneer Pat Heneghan dies following illness
Communications adviser played key roles in corporate battles, 1979 papal visit and electoral success of Fine Gael
Papal visit
The Last Priests in Ireland: How moral guardians in Darth Vader cassocks suffocated the country
Television: The compelling argument at the film’s core is that Irish Catholicism wasn’t all that Irish to begin with
Papal visit to Ireland prompted increase in abuse allegations
Trend of decline reversed as claims rose by six to 20 in 2017, Dublin Archdiocese says
Some Catholic clergy scapegoating media for papal disappointments
Rite & Reason: Bishop says there was ‘consistent negative coverage in the media in the final weeks of preparation’
Zappone asked that no public money be used for papal event
Minister objected to Catholic families event getting cash after removal of LGBT material
Christianity must forge a new alliance with deprived and marginalised people
Rite & Reason: Pope Francis’s visit to the Capuchin Centre was him doing what he does best
A Church of Ireland perspective on the pope’s visit
Pope’s strength of Christian character provided opportunity for a renewal among Christians generally
Pope’s visit not the end of church in Ireland, says archbishop
Many commentators missing what the church is, claims Diarmuid Martin
I miss comforting certainties of Catholic faith I grew up with
Revisiting Knock wrenched me back to a more innocent age
Inside the extraordinary meeting between Pope Francis and abuse survivors
‘It was robust’ – eight survivors of clerical abuse met the pope at papal nuncio’s home
The man who took on the pope: The story behind the Viganò letter
Letter exposes deep ideological clashes in the church with former Vatican ambassador to the US siding with conservatives
Pope Francis must clean up the Vatican
Viganò’s document reveals a corrupt Roman old guard who must be sidelined
The civil war in the Catholic Church breaks into the open
Pope should respond to accusations of a cover-up made by former Vatican diplomat
Pope blames low number of Irish vocations on clerical sexual abuse scandals
Speaking at his general audience in the Vatican, pontiff says meeting surviors left ‘profound mark’
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