Beatification of Pope John Paul I likely to take place next year
Buenos Aires miracle attributed to pope who sat for 33 days and died in September 1978
Ireland’s first Paralympic team: ‘We were the central attraction’
The last surviving member recalls the group of five who went to Rome in 1960 for the inaugural Games
Gay Byrne unleashed tsunami of dialogue on unready Irish church
Broadcaster never thought of himself as theologian but he enhanced communion
Gay Byrne was a loyal, if questioning Catholic all his life
Byrne was the creation of two immovable forces of the mid-20th century – mother and church
Serious dialogue: How different churches can enrich one another
Rite&Reason: Receptive ecumenism seeks to learn from features of other denominations
Single mothers and their children paid price for ‘innate deference’ to Church
The State did not adequately oversee mother-and-baby homes says commission member
The faith of Ireland’s Catholics continues, despite all
What sort of country will Pope Francis encounter? One where Mass attendance – though falling – is still among the highest in Europe, where scandals have dented people’s faith in the church, but faith itself has not died
How ‘Humanae Vitae’ crushed the hopes of millions of Catholics
Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception
Vatican signals Pope Paul VI to be made a saint
Late pontiff best known for endorsing church’s prohibition on artificial birth control
Vatican approves second miracle needed for canonisation of Pope Paul VI
First miracle took place in California in the 90s while second took place in Italy in 2014
How Germany got its gold back
It was kept abroad to escape the Soviet Union. But then Germany decided to bring it home
Where did Theresa May’s new friends, the DUP, come from?
With anti-Catholic roots, the DUP is anti-gay and pro-Brexit
Pope Paul’s views on development 50 years ago important today
Pope’s encyclical challenged trickle-down theory and warned of uneven growth
Pope Francis: Visit to Ireland in 2018 may include North
Pontiff confirms intention following meeting with Taoiseach Enda Kenny in Vatican
Survivors of the emotional deep freeze – Maynooth’s class of ‘66 looks back
Students who gave up the seminary 50 years ago recall a suffocating atmosphere that infantilised seminarians, but also some rare acts of kindness and enlightenment
Brexit: Catholic Bishop warns against ‘Leave’ vote in referendum
Union’s ‘vision for Europe’s peoples’ is its saving grace, Noel Treanor says
Where now for Catholic Church as synod nears end?
No question of doctrine changing but pastoral response to new realities might
Meeting welcomes delay of male-only diaconate in Killaloe
Meeting of mainly women in Co Clare heard call for all to be accommodated
In the mould of an Old Testament prophet, Paisley founded his own church
Preacher first came to prominence in a religious context via a row
Ian Paisley: Timeline of his life and career
From firebrand preacher and unionist leader to powersharing Northern Ireland first minister
Ian Paisley: ‘Never! Never! Never!’ and other notable quotes
‘They breed like rabbits and multiply like vermin’ the late DUP leader said of Catholics
Call for speedy acceptance by Pope of Cardinal Brady’s resignation letter
Healing for Smyth abuse victims cannot begin until then, it is claimed
Thousands of Irish in Vatican for canonisation of popes
Cardinal Seán Brady and former archbishop of Dublin Desmond Connell among concelebrants
Taoiseach invites Pope Francis to Ireland
Tánaiste to bring name of new ambassador to Holy See to cabinet in coming days
Pope Francis meets Ukraine PM in Rome
Meeting with player in ongoing political crisis a throwback to ’cold war’ days of John Paul II
Man crushed to death by John Paul II statue in Italy
30 metre sculpture in northern town of Cevo collapsed
Concert to pay tribute to new Catholic saints
Over 2,000 students from 61 schools to sing in four languages at series of Dublin concerts
Pope Francis named ‘Time’ magazine Person of the Year
Pope selected ahead of Edward Snowden and gay-rights activist Edith Windsor
Let us celebrate our missionaries, those who have spent decades looking after strangers in strange lands
Opinion: Theirs has been ‘a poor church for the poor’
Canonisation of two popular popes start of healing process in church at war with itself
John XXIII and John Paul II represent both left and right factions in church
Pope seeks ‘new balance’ on abortion, women and gays
Pontiff would like to see ‘real, effective change’
Vatican confirms John Paul II will be made a saint
Pope John XXIII who called the Second Vatican Council will also be made a saint
Heroics came long after the hero
JFK’s contribution to Irish political concerns was minimal. On the national question, the true heroes were Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton
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