Fr Michael Router is told new life will be ‘fulfilling’ but ‘not without its challenges’

Archbishop Richard Clarke says discourse ‘pointing back to that terrible decade of the 1930s’

Church of Ireland leader Dr Richard Clarke says present hiatus cannot go on indefinitely

Coveney says latest political talks positive but much ‘heavy lifting to do’ in weeks ahead

Churches take part in ecumenical ‘Way of the Cross’ processions in Limerick and Dublin

Primates emphasise that having a home gives humans a sense of ‘personal dignity’

Rite&Reason: Too many of us regard our viewpoint as a given and all else as worthy of ridicule

Peace ‘means coming out of our own trenches; building bridges, not parapets’, Eamon Martin says

Deadlock ‘affecting community life, public services and cross-Border co-operation’

Northern Secretary has meetings with Simon Coveney, North’s main political parties and church leaders on how to restore Stormont

Cross-community delegation marking upcoming centenary of end of first World War

Proposed unrestricted abortion for 12 weeks ‘ethically unsustainable’

Proposed law ‘regressive, incompatible with human dignity and morally unacceptable’

Retired Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin John Neill notes absence of agreed position

Bishop of Limerick says repeal is ‘entirely consistent’ with COI view on abortion

Amendment ‘incorrigibly flawed’, Bishop of Cashel Michael Burrows says

Catholic bishop asks if Down syndrome deprives unborn child of right to birth and life

All four main Churches in Ireland now oppose 12-week proposal

Joint message describes homelessness as ‘tragic symptom of a broken system’

Pope calls for peace, not the ‘sowing of violence, racial discrimination and xenophobia’

Catholics should substitute word ‘nativity’ for Christmas, Desmond O’Donnell says

500 years after Luther, churches must bear shared witness to unbelieving world

Catholics and Protestants should ‘combine’ efforts in speaking out on key ethical issues

Civic discourse is being steadily degraded by discussion which is not reasoned

Men say there is a pressing need to end the political deadlock ‘in the interests of all in our society’

Presbyterian leader says survey found 30% of children think Easter marks birthday of bunny

Charlie Flanagan and James Brokenshire continue talks with Northern Ireland parties

More fact-checking needed in our ‘post-truth society’, says religious minister

Church of Ireland governors express ‘sincere concern’ for 13-year-old boy and his family

Garda, Tusla examine claim student attacked with hockey stick at King’s Hospital school

Investigations by gardaí and Tusla into alleged incident at King’s Hospital School

Survey in 2013 found average of 15.5% of church population went to Sunday services

When truth becomes wholly disposable we are endangered beyond measure

‘Members of our traditions tend to simply choose one single narrative about this centenary year’

‘The Somme has somehow become a river of Ulster,’ said Church of Ireland primate Archbishop Richard Clarke

‘For many families, like my own, the events of 1916 are still personal’ – Moderator

Catholic and Church of Ireland primates to accompany 30 pilgrims to France and Belgium

Church of Ireland cleric says UK voting to leave would have a ‘massive effect’ on Ireland

Number of priests serving in parishes expected to fall by 60%, report says

Canterbury meeting discussed decision of US Episcopal church to allow same-sex marriage