Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations deferred due to Delta variant
Varadkar rejects claims that in an ‘off-the-cuff’ remark he had cancelled the ceremonies
Bishops concerned about impact of North tensions on social cohesion
Catholic leaders affirm committment to greater diversity of schools’ patronage
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
Women and children in mother and baby homes ‘abandoned by church’
Priests around country address commission of investigation report during Sunday Masses
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
Easter liturgies move online in response to Covid-19 restrictions
As hundreds of priests cocoon, crisis turns liturgical ceremonies into closed-door events
Vatican decrees plenary indulgence for all Catholics dealing with coronavirus
Bishops recommend no removal at funerals and advise priests against visiting sufferers
Religious services cancelled or curtailed due to coronavirus
Some Catholic services are to be live-streamed or aired on radio
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’
John Henry Newman canonised by Pope Francis
Founding rector of Ireland’s only Catholic university declared saint
Irish universities ‘lost Newman’s dream’, Archbishop of Dublin says
Colleges ‘shun any real place for religion in their culture’, Diarmuid Martin says
No official Irish presence at Cardinal Newman canonisation
Neither Government nor UCD expected to have official representation in Rome
Archbishop laments harsh treatment of people in Church-run institutions
Churches take part in ecumenical ‘Way of the Cross’ processions in Limerick and Dublin
Growing speculation that Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will step down
Question remains if Rome will allow the Dublin Archbishop to go
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
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
Bishop warns against ‘inglorious watermark’ on abortion
‘Outrageous’ that doctors could be forced to contribute to an abortion against their will
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’
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
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
Widespread disappointment over letter from Pope Francis on abuse issue
‘Tired of meaningless apologies and expressions of solidarity’ that do not involve action
Pope’s visit: Bishop says church needs to recognise ‘dark aspects’ of its history
‘Cover-up and mismanagement compounded damage’
Pupils opting out of religion must not get extra tuition - bishops
Pupils studying religion will be at ‘disadvantage’ to others if change goes ahead
Church leaders dismayed at vote to lift restrictions on abortion
‘This country is now on the brink of legislating for a liberal abortion regime’
Dublin World Meeting of Families shows no tolerance of LGBTI+
Bishops clear on protecting unborn but why not those alive who are LGBTI+?
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
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’
Archbishop had ‘no prior knowledge’ of Vatican bar on McAleese
Call on Government to withhold assistance for papal visit unless LGBT assurances given
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’
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
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
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
No Mass to take place in Limerick diocese next Tuesday
Fall-off in Catholic priesthood vocations leads to unprecedented situation
Retrieving black box from Rescure 116 hinges on weather
Search for data device hampered by winds and currents but faint ping still audible
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