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“My life-experience and my DNA makeup usually make me suspicious of ‘spectacular conversions’. Nevertheless, conversion is an intrinsic aspect of the Christian story.” Photograph: Getty Images

Thinking Anew – What it means to be changed

Michael Commane
February 27, 2021, 00:01

Fr Enda McDonagh was lauded by clerical colleagues for his warmth and humility. File photograph: The Irish Times

Archbishop Martin pays tribute to the late Fr Enda McDonagh

Patsy McGarry
February 25, 2021, 21:33

‘A colossus on Irish theological landscape,’ says Archbishop of Tuam Michael Neary

Ireland’s Catholic bishops have urged everyone to support the vaccination programmes

Covid-19: Catholic bishops call on all to support vaccination programme

Patsy McGarry
February 25, 2021, 13:14

Vaccines should be given ‘as a priority’ to carers, chaplains, and priests at funerals

The late Fr Enda McDonagh. File photograph: David Sleator

Influential liberal theologian Fr Enda McDonagh dies aged 90

Jack Power
February 24, 2021, 16:55

President recalls his involvement in campaigns for women’s and Travellers’ rights

Head of the commission Judge Yvonne Murphy: ‘The report is there, it is not going to be revised. What would they possibly ask the commission to do – redo the report?’ Photograph: Eric Luke

2:33 Mother and baby homes recordings should be destroyed – commission

Patsy McGarry
February 23, 2021, 04:45

Investigative body says it would be legally and morally wrong to retain testimony

Eamon Martin the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland has urged the Taoiseach to consider increasing the number of bereaved allowed to attend funerals. Photograph: PA

Priests concerned at Archbishops’ request for public worship over Easter

Patsy McGarry
February 22, 2021, 16:00

Association has ‘significant misgivings about re-opening churches for Easter ceremonies’

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman says he can understand the ‘very real anger’ of the survivors unhappy about the destruction of the recordings. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

3:24 Transcripts of all mother and baby home testimonies available

Patsy McGarry
February 20, 2021, 01:00

O’Gorman says disaster recovery tapes may contain the recordings of 549 survivors

A mural of the late Sir Tom Moore, by artist Robert Newbiggin, adorns a wall in Southport, England. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Thinking Anew – A promise that includes everyone

Gordon Linney
February 20, 2021, 00:01

Pope Francis sprinkles ashes on a cardinal’s head as he leads Catholics into Lent with the Ash Wednesday mass at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. Photograph:

Pope starts Lent as Ash Wednesday rites scaled back due to Covid-19

February 17, 2021, 10:35

Guidelines say priests should sprinkle ashes over heads rather than rub them on foreheads

Fr Brian Brady with the last container of ashes in St Mary’s Church in Clonmany, Co Donegal. Photograph: Joe Dunne

4:01 Clonmany parishioners receive their ashes in takeaway style

Freya McClements
February 17, 2021, 02:05

Blessed ashes are packed into plastic sauce pots and left at churches for collection

Trócaire says ‘the number of boxes sent to each parish has been reduced by up to 50 per cent’ this year. File photograph: Kim Haughton

Trócaire calls for support as lockdown restricts distribution of boxes

Patsy McGarry
February 16, 2021, 16:41

Virus curtails annual Lenten appeal that usually raises €8 million for overseas work

Church of Ireland Archbishop Michael Jackson of Dublin is among the signatories calling ‘for justice, to investigate these crimes, hold those responsible to account’. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Irish religious leaders seek action against China over persecution of Uighurs

Patsy McGarry
February 16, 2021, 16:00

Treatment of ethnic minority ‘one of most egregious human tragedies since Holocaust’

Former president of Ireland Mary McAleese: ‘Even people whose knowledge of the Catholic Church is negligible are aware of its views on abortion.’ File photograph: The Irish Times

Catholic teaching on unborn right to eternal life ‘pathetic’, says McAleese

Patsy McGarry
February 15, 2021, 16:35

Former president claims the church is failing those who die unbaptised before or at birth

With Catholic priests unable to mark people’s foreheads with ashes this Wednesday to mark the beginning of Lent due to Covid-19 restrictions, one diocese is offering advice on how to do so at home. File photograph: iStock.

DIY method proposed as Ash Wednesday blessings halted by Covid-19

Patsy McGarry
February 15, 2021, 11:28

Archbishop says some parishes sending ash to homes and notes Vatican call to sprinkle on head

Tommy Tiernan: his revealing interviews show the power of really listening to the other person. If we are open-minded and honest, important truths are revealed to us. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Thinking Anew – Let’s make it our business to respect others

Michael Commane
February 13, 2021, 00:01

The Irish Emergency Alliance says it can save on costs by sharing resources during appeals.

Trócaire joins Irish agencies to help victims of global disasters

Patsy McGarry
February 11, 2021, 16:31

Move set ‘to reduce costs’ and give the Irish public central fund to which they can donate

Archbishop Dermot Farrell (Right) at the Holy Spirit Church, Ballymun preparing for his his first mass since being appointed as Archbishop of Dublin, alongside Fr Ciaran Enright, Co PP and Fr Declan Blake. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times

Knife crime ‘must always be condemned’, says Dublin archbishop

Shauna Bowers
February 7, 2021, 13:18

Dermot Farrell says country ‘desensitised’ to knife violence and resulting deaths ‘which are far, far too numerous’

An image of Christ in the Aya Sofya, Istanbul. Getty Images

Thinking Anew – A universal and timeless significance

Gordon Linney
February 6, 2021, 00:01

Archbishop Dermot Farrell. Photograph: Alan Betson

Sunday Mass in every church to become a thing of the past, Dublin Archbishop says

Patsy McGarry
February 2, 2021, 18:25

Future of Catholic Church ‘must be different’, and active participation of laity is ‘essential’, says Dermot Farrell

The archbishop ‘faced many challenges in administration and necessary changes’, the President said. Photograph: The Irish Times/Dara Mac Dónaill

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin praised for ‘courage, tenacity and compassion’

Patsy McGarry
January 30, 2021, 10:58

‘We owe him a lot’: Political leaders, religious figures and abuse survivors pay tribute

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