Former IRA man seeks decree lifting excommunication over his 1950s Border mission
Cork man Jimmy Linehan (90) wants the Catholic Church to remove the censures imposed on Irish people ‘since 1169’
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Catholic education sector recognises greater plurality of choice is required
Political will is needed to adequately invest in publicly funded services
M9 crash: Society ‘must never glorify wild behaviour’, says bishop
Bishop Denis Nulty says crash ‘a sharp reminder that all of us share an enormous responsibility when we sit behind a wheel’
Dramatic drop in Catholic baptisms across island of Ireland
Iona Institute says falling birth rates account for about 60 per cent of decline, with secularisation accounting for the remainder
Parents of schoolchildren in Dublin and Cork back religious-ethos change
Irish Times analysis shows counties with the lowest demand for change are Monaghan and Longford
Christian Brothers are an easy target but I am slow to stand in judgment
Rite & Reason: I think of what it must be like for the small number of men who are still in the Order now to have all this ignominy poured on them
The Leitrim woman on a mission to revive sean-nós dancing around Ireland
Dancer and choreographer Edwina Guckian on The Devil’s in the Dancehall, how angry her research into the show made her, and the liberation of dance
Seamus Heaney and Catholicism: An astute account of religion’s afterlife in poet’s work
Chapters in Gary Wade’s book study clusters of collections by Heaney, with Station Island the pivot around which the whole turns
Dublin’s new Catholic cathedral to close for €17m renovation
Move to ‘preserve one of Dublin’s most important church buildings’ comes less than a year after its elevation
Do you sit on the fence? It could be your Irish Mind (but I’m not sure)
For philosopher William Desmond, being Irish is bound up with a ‘sense of doubleness’
Christian Brothers’ pursuit of this cynical legal strategy is abuse by other means
But then, assertions of moral purity have always been selective and hypocritical
Christian Brothers says it settles most claims ‘without the stress of a court appearance’
Congregation adopted controversial legal strategy in response to man’s allegation he was sexually abused by former member
Flirting with Evil – The Catholic Church in the Age of Total War and Globalisation: A sprawling but intelligent history
Book is essentially a 400-page charge sheet of blunders and scandals that resulted from identity crisis in organisation
Pope Leo is right. There is no such thing as a ‘just war’
Rite & Reason: As John F Kennedy put it: ‘Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind’
Religion in Irish Literature and Culture: Original and thought-provoking essays
Timely collection covers a range of topics from gothic fiction to poetry and women of the diaspora
‘It is vulgar to drink from your saucer’: 37 rules for life by the Christian Brothers
Christian Politeness and Counsels for Youth was published in Dublin by the Irish Christian Brothers for the instruction of lower-class Catholic boys like me
Meet the bestselling Irish author you may never have heard of
Cork-based Jean Grainger writes Irish historical fiction books, popular in the US among the diaspora
Pure filth! Ireland’s banned films – and why the censor didn’t want you to see them
The Irish Film Censor’s Office cut some of the greatest lines in cinema, to the dismay of the last censor, John Kelleher
Former Christian Brother ‘likely to die in prison’ after being jailed for five years
Christian Brothers’ ‘morally bankrupt and totally unfair’ approach to victims criticised by judge in case of Liam Coughlan (90)
Plea for religiously mixed schools bound to fall on deaf ears
Family experience in Co Down brings Monty Python to mind
Fr Mike Schmitz show in Dublin: ‘It’s like going to see a celebrity and the celebrity we’re talking about is God’
Fr Schmitz, the social media star, digital evangelist and Catholic chaplain, attracts youth groups, culture warriors and apolitical people seeking some form of healing at the National Stadium
‘It it should be very Irish, not only Catholic, to be welcoming’: Massgoers on immigration
Massgoers in Dublin share their views on immigration. For some, the issue is personal
Knock on the wall: A vision of Irish America in New York’s St Patrick’s Cathedral
Rite & Reason: A new mural at the cathedral was commissioned by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, retired archbishop of New York, and is by the American artist Adam Cvijanovic
Sr Colette Hickey obituary: Ireland’s oldest woman and carer for the homeless
Co Waterford native left a legacy of compassion and support for the vulnerable on Leeside
Forbidden Ireland: Church and State 1951 to present day
A timely first draft of history for future scholars examining Catholic Ireland’s eclipse
Breith, Beatha, Bás on RTÉ One: Charming snapshots of ordinary lives in a changed Ireland
Television: The simple stories unpacked here depict an Ireland that has undergone huge upheavals
Alleged sexual abuse by nun at NI mother and baby home should be investigated, says report
Truth Recovery Independent Panel says claims made against ‘Sister Z’, now deceased, merit ‘special attention’ at upcoming inquiry
Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story on RTÉ One – A national celebrity in the US shunned in Ireland
Television: Fascinating story of an Irishman who became a pioneering advocate for the downtrodden in the US but was quietly written out of the history of his homeland
‘It happened before’: Irish-based priest unperturbed after excommunication by Vatican
Traditionalists have ‘irregular canonical situation’ with Rome, says Dún Laoghaire priest
Is there a connection between the Virgin Mary and the EU flag?
Rite & Reason: The design of the flag was part of a collaboration involving French artist Arsène Heitz, who worked for the Council of Europe
Vatican excommunicates followers of global Catholic sect
Ultra-traditionalist right-wing Society of St Pius X was established in 1970 and denies key Church teachings
Facing the music: St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir School struggles to attract boy singers
A decline in the number of boy choristers at St Patrick’s Cathedral Choir School in Dublin has led to a recruitment drive
I read my daughter stories and hoped she tasted the strawberries. Our time was precious
Rite & Reason: To hear that your baby may not make it even to birth is utterly shattering
Why the Phoenix magazine failed after 43 years of pestering those in power
I used to work for the Phoenix, and I felt its lash plenty of times in recent years. I always thought: fair enough
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