Pope must follow through on support for same-sex civil unions, says McAleese
Francis suggests in documentary ‘civil union law’ should be created for gay people
Francis suggests in documentary ‘civil union law’ should be created for gay people
Vatican urges Lukashenko regime to allow return of Archbishop Kondrusiewicz
Francis sends Cardinal to Iraq to celebrate with the country’s long-suffering Christians
Franco’s remains could end up in Madrid cathedral, making it a mecca for extremists
European Parliament president Antonio Tajani in line for nomination after Sunday’s poll
Pope and President Michael D Higgins discuss migration and difficulties facing EU
Taoiseach decried ‘dysfunction, disconnection and narcissism’ of Holy See in 2011
Joe Biden, the second senior US Democrat to visit Vatican in the last two weeks, meets the pope
Pope Francis’s new body believed to be on collision course with Secretariat of State
Five accused of leaking information face eight-year prison sentence if found guilty
Church influence blamed for fact Italy is last country in western Europe without civil union
Oscar winner Roberto Benigni describes Pope Francis as ‘greatest man in the world’
Monsignor who was central to social media strategy is also made secretary of Council for Culture
Cardinal Robert Sarah: Such relationships ‘retrogressive for culture and civilisation’
Holy See states desire for end to US embargo and improved human rights on the island
Relations between Ireland and the Vatican have ‘improved immensely’
Vatican prepares proposals to go before Pope Francis at next Synod of Bishops
Archbishop Eamon Martin says ‘two parallel discussions’ going on
Cardinal’s comments better applied to holocaust than Irish referendum
Secretary of State called result of the Irish referendum a ‘disaster for humanity’
Secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin reaction to vote
Some see Pope Francis’s latest project for the poor as a gimmick and not of any value
Pontiff to pay homage to martyrs of Christian, Orthodox and Muslim faiths
Non-European bias appears to have worked against Archbishop of Dublin Dr Diarmuid Martin
Announcements illustrate pontiff’s determination to bring about ‘effective change’ in the church
Appointment of Italian archbishop Pietro Parolin suggests papal reform of Curia will be more constructive than destructive
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices