Bishop ‘scapegoated’ by clerical abuse report, funeral told

Celebrant compares Dermot O’Mahony’s suffering in final years to that of some saints

Church ‘dragging its feet’ over divestment process - Martin

Archbishop of Dublin says there will be no future for Catholic schools if there isn’t a viable alternative to them

Study of religion devoid of faith blinkered, says Archbishop

Diarmuid Martin critical of research on religion that is limited to history and sociology

Where now for Catholic Church as synod nears end?

No question of doctrine changing but pastoral response to new realities might

Same-sex marriage campaign used ‘our’ language, bishops told

Rome synod hears campaign based on ‘equality, compassion, respect and tolerance’

Patsy McGarry: Pope Francis sows confusion among bishops at synod

‘Are we writing to the Holy Father, to the families of the church, or to the world?’

‘Religion is in a mess. We really don’t have a credible message ’

The churches are ‘hugely out of touch’ with ordinary people, says Gordon Linney, clergyman and author of ‘Thinking Anew: Faith in a World of Change and Doubt’

Pope upset US Catholics with change message, says Martin

Archbishop of Dublin received letters from people unsettled, ‘even angry at change’

Visit of Pope Francis to Ireland to be discussed at Rome synod

Speculation mounts that visit will coincide with 2018 ‘World Meeting of Families’ event

Archbishop Martin regrets saying church needs ‘reality check’

Historians should look at religious roots of 1916 leaders’ thinking, he said

Berkeley tragedy: Families prepare to bring bodies home

Fr Aidan McAleenan visits two of the injured, Conor Flynn and Jack Halpin, in hospital

Threat to separate church and civil ceremonies was a crude scare tactic

Expense and inconvenience involved would have one certain outcome: the abandonment of Catholic church weddings by even more couples in favour of civil weddings

Analysis: Commissions seek to simplify investigations

Adversarial approach eschewed in effort to avoid drawn-out process, writes Harry McGee

Archbishop ordains nine deacons at Maynooth

Fourteen ordinations to the Catholic priesthood in Ireland are expected in a year described by college president as ‘remarkable’

Same-sex marriage vote an ‘unmitigated disaster’ for Church

People ‘no longer willing to listen to speeches and sermons on morality from the church’

President attends Mass celebrating Oscar Romero’s beatification

El Salvador has ‘special place in my heart and my political consciousness’

Murdered El Salvador archbishop Oscar Romero to be beatified

Óscar Arnulfo Romero was assassinated by a right-wing death squad during Mass in 1980

Catholic priest advises Protestant guidance on referendum

Priest ‘unconvinced by many of arguments offered by both sides’

Archbishop declines to tell Catholics how to vote in referendum

Diarmuid Martin stresses ‘people should be informed’ about about same-sex marriage

Iona Institute claims a Yes could hinder religious freedom

Institute commends Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin for raising concerns

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