The Irish Times

Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations deferred due to Delta variant

Varadkar rejects claims that in an ‘off-the-cuff’ remark he had cancelled the ceremonies

Thu Jul 01 2021 - 16:28

Bishops concerned about impact of North tensions on social cohesion

Catholic leaders affirm committment to greater diversity of schools’ patronage

Wed Jun 16 2021 - 22:18

Rite&Reason: Holy Week invites us to lift up our hearts in hope

For a second Easter, Covid finds us with frayed nerves and weariness

Tue Mar 30 2021 - 01:00

Women and children in mother and baby homes ‘abandoned by church’

Priests around country address commission of investigation report during Sunday Masses

Sun Jan 17 2021 - 22:02

Bishop praises gardaí ‘who risk being spat at, just as Christ was’

Kevin Doran pays tribute to healthcare workers ‘putting lives on the line’ in Covid-19 pandemic

Tue Apr 14 2020 - 16:53

Easter liturgies move online in response to Covid-19 restrictions

As hundreds of priests cocoon, crisis turns liturgical ceremonies into closed-door events

Thu Apr 09 2020 - 18:47

Vatican decrees plenary indulgence for all Catholics dealing with coronavirus

Bishops recommend no removal at funerals and advise priests against visiting sufferers

Mon Mar 23 2020 - 07:29

Religious services cancelled or curtailed due to coronavirus

Some Catholic services are to be live-streamed or aired on radio

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 13:14

Churches urge faithful to exert pressure on politicians over housing

‘The State built 8,500 social houses in 1975, but was able to build only 750 two years ago’

Tue Jan 21 2020 - 11:53

John Henry Newman canonised by Pope Francis

Founding rector of Ireland’s only Catholic university declared saint

Sun Oct 13 2019 - 15:19

Irish universities ‘lost Newman’s dream’, Archbishop of Dublin says

Colleges ‘shun any real place for religion in their culture’, Diarmuid Martin says

Fri Oct 11 2019 - 18:48

No official Irish presence at Cardinal Newman canonisation

Neither Government nor UCD expected to have official representation in Rome

Mon Oct 07 2019 - 03:00

Archbishop laments harsh treatment of people in Church-run institutions

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

Fri Apr 19 2019 - 19:57

Growing speculation that Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will step down

Question remains if Rome will allow the Dublin Archbishop to go

Sat Jan 12 2019 - 00:01

Archbishop of Dublin role likely to become vacant in 2020

There are a handful of contenders to take over from Diarmuid Martin when he retires

Wed Jan 02 2019 - 00:58

Abortion: 162 GPs enough to end need to travel abroad – Harris

Thirty doctors signed up do not want HSE to give their details out to avoid being targeted

Sat Dec 29 2018 - 10:47

Bishop warns against ‘inglorious watermark’ on abortion

‘Outrageous’ that doctors could be forced to contribute to an abortion against their will

Fri Dec 28 2018 - 18:22

Bishop calls for new beginning between Catholic Church and Ireland

‘I make a humble plea to all who want to begin with us again in a new way’

Thu Sept 06 2018 - 18:59

Clever speech to pope sets out new covenant for Leo Varadkar

The mastery of the Taoiseach’s address to Pope Francis was the balance he struck, being both gracious and grave, honest but never confrontational

Mon Aug 27 2018 - 06:16

Taoiseach tells Pope Francis there must be zero tolerance for those who abuse

Varadkar refers to ‘people kept in dark corners, behind closed doors’ whose cries for help went unheard

Sat Aug 25 2018 - 15:00

Widespread disappointment over letter from Pope Francis on abuse issue

‘Tired of meaningless apologies and expressions of solidarity’ that do not involve action

Tue Aug 21 2018 - 01:00

Pope’s visit: Bishop says church needs to recognise ‘dark aspects’ of its history

‘Cover-up and mismanagement compounded damage’

Wed Aug 15 2018 - 15:44

Pupils opting out of religion must not get extra tuition - bishops

Pupils studying religion will be at ‘disadvantage’ to others if change goes ahead

Tue Jul 17 2018 - 01:46

Church leaders dismayed at vote to lift restrictions on abortion

‘This country is now on the brink of legislating for a liberal abortion regime’

Sun May 27 2018 - 19:02

Dublin World Meeting of Families shows no tolerance of LGBTI+

Bishops clear on protecting unborn but why not those alive who are LGBTI+?

Tue Mar 27 2018 - 01:00

Pope in the park: Organisers deny people will pay to see pontiff

Bishop Brendan Leahy said there may be a ‘certain fee’ for attending Croke Park event

Thu Mar 22 2018 - 13:22

Referendum on Eighth Amendment ‘pivotal moment’ in Irish society, says Bishop

‘In our public commentary at the moment we are often forgetting the unborn baby’

Thu Feb 08 2018 - 21:29

Archbishop had ‘no prior knowledge’ of Vatican bar on McAleese

Call on Government to withhold assistance for papal visit unless LGBT assurances given

Fri Feb 02 2018 - 16:42

Images of same-sex couples removed from World Meeting of Families booklet

US website said booklet contained ‘promotion of homosexual relationships as a form of family’

Tue Jan 30 2018 - 02:00

Dangerous to believe worst of abuse behind us, says bishop

To relax would be ‘a profound error which would compound the historical failures’, conference hears

Sun Jan 14 2018 - 22:15

Nigerian bishop arrives in Ireland as Vatican’s new envoy

Archbishop Jude Okolo is a member of the Igbo community at the centre of Biafra conflict

Mon Aug 14 2017 - 19:38

Lay liturgy: ‘You miss Communion. You have to have a slice of bread’

Apart from that reservation, the laity who went priest-less in Limerick were enthused

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 17:37

No Mass to take place in Limerick diocese next Tuesday

Fall-off in Catholic priesthood vocations leads to unprecedented situation

Fri Apr 21 2017 - 18:54

Retrieving black box from Rescure 116 hinges on weather

Search for data device hampered by winds and currents but faint ping still audible

Sat Mar 18 2017 - 08:35