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Pope apologises to Blackrock College abuse survivors David Ryan and his late brother Mark
‘What stood out was his sincerity, his empathy,’ says Ryan, who was abused as a child
David Ryan’s papal audience followed participation in 2022 radio documentary
Blackrock Boys broadcast led to hundreds of testimonies involving some of State’s best known schools
Some Catholic teaching is ‘rancid’ and needs updating, says Mary McAleese
A bunch of celibate male bishops will not make required changes, says former president
Abuse survivor David Ryan to put ‘tough questions’ to Pope Leo XIV during private audience
Former Blackrock College pupil says he intends to ask ‘tough questions about how the Catholic Church pushed the abuse issue under the carpet for so long’
Pope evaluating invitation to Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace as Netanyahu agrees to join
Board, originally envisioned as small group overseeing ceasefire plan for Palestinian enclave, has grown into sprawling concept
Archbishop Eamon Martin ‘saddened’ by online Christian commentators ‘armed for battle’
Catholic Primate of Ireland: Christians who dismiss others because of perceived differences ‘particularly disappointing’
Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in first Christmas sermon
Leo laments conditions for homeless across globe and conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, Mali and Thailand and Cambodia
Ireland’s Catholic bishops criticised for silence on Vatican extending ban on women deacons
Group calls it ‘shocking’ that Vatican commission believes ‘masculinity of Christ is integral part of sacramental identity’
Bethlehem holds first Christmas celebrations for two years
West Bank city had suspended celebrations due to conflict in Gaza
No women deacons in the Catholic Church, Vatican Commission decides
Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders
Irish peacekeepers join thousands attending pope’s Mass in Beirut
Pontiff’s three-day trip to Lebanon ‘brings a lot of hope’
Pope Leo urges Lebanese leaders to persevere with peace efforts
Visit takes place amid heightened tensions as Israel says it is targeting Hizbullah’s rebuilding efforts
‘We are all very lucky that he is visiting’: Lebanon welcomes Pope Leo
Pontiff hails country as one where ‘peace is a desire and a vocation’ where its people have acted as peacemakers
Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
Head of Catholic Church visits Lebanon after leaving Turkey on first overseas trip
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Pope Leo condemns violence in name of religion at landmark event in Turkey
Pontiff urges Christian leaders to overcome centuries of heated divisions
Pope Leo says global conflicts are putting humanity’s future at risk
Pontiff visits Turkey on first trip outside Italy as pope, bringing message of peace
Pope Leo’s first trip outside Italy as pontiff is diplomatically delicate
Trip to Turkey and Lebanon could be revealing about the character and style of this still-elusive new pope
Pope Leo set to visit Middle East on first international trip as pontiff
First papal journey of US pontiff centres on Turkey and Lebanon as regional tensions persist
Israel says it killed Hizbullah official in first strike on Beirut in months
Iran-backed militant group warned not to rearm and rebuild
Fifty kidnapped Catholic school students in Nigeria escape
More than 250 children and 12 staff still held by kidnappers, church association says
Pope Leo designates St Mary’s Pro Cathedral as Dublin’s Catholic cathedral
It brings the number of cathedrals in Dublin to three, with the two others belonging to the Church of Ireland
New Bishop of Raphoe named by Pope Leo
Bishop of Ossory Niall Coll to take up position in the Co Donegal diocese
Orange Order sends letter of complaint to King Charles after he prayed with Pope Leo
Vatican visit marked first joint worship with a British monarch and a Catholic pontiff since Henry VIII’s rule
The Catholic thinker behind JD Vance’s religious conversion
Unthinkable: French philosopher René Girard developed a theory of scapegoating. The US vice president has weaponised it
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Anglican schism as traditionalists reject first female Archbishop of Canterbury
Church of Ireland archbishops have reasserted their loyalty to Canterbury
King Charles and Pope Leo pray together in a 500-year first
Last joint worship including an English monarch and Catholic pontiff was in 1534, after Henry VIII broke away from Rome
Malachy Clerkin: All hail Pope Leo XIV, the world’s most famous sporting trash-talker
His Holiness didn’t allow the fact that his own team is terrible stop him from zinging a Chicago Cubs fan. Amen to that
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Pope Leo recounts being attacked by man in Ireland in resurfaced video
‘Never in my life ... have I been physically attacked as I was in Ireland,’ then-bishop told 2019 conference in Peru
Carlo Acutis: Pope Leo XIV canonises ‘God’s influencer’ as first millennial saint
The teenager, who died in 2006, used digital technology to spread the Catholic faith
First saint of 21st century, who died aged 15, to be canonised in Rome
‘God’s influencer’ Carlos Acutis died aged 15 in 2006
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