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Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times Archbishop of Dublin warns against polemics and nastiness in public debate
  • Patsy McGarry
  • October 23, 2017, 14:00

Pluralism and democracy no licence to silence diverse views - Diarmuid Martin

Protesters at the opening of an “Ideal Org” Irish base by the Church of Scientology in Firhouse, on the site of the former Victory Centre. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times ‘Keep Tom Cruise out of Firhouse’: Scientology centre sparks protest
  • Tim O'Brien
  • October 14, 2017, 19:54

Demonstrators at opening of €6m facility in Dublin hit out at church’s practices

In tomorrow’s reading Isaiah tells us: “See this is our God in whom we hoped for salvation; the Lord is the one in whom we hoped.” Thinking Anew – The nature and promise of hope
  • Michael Commane
  • October 14, 2017, 00:01

David Miscavige, who heads the Church of  Scientology, is   expected to be in Dublin on Saturday to open the organisation’s new  premises.  Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Why are Scientologists setting up a European hub in Ireland?
  • Mario Danneels
  • October 13, 2017, 22:36

Centre opening in country with only 87 Church of Scientology members

The Church of the Annunciation in Finglas, Co Dublin, which is being demolished to make way for a smaller church. Photograph: Alan Betson Some churches should close over manpower gap, says ‘Irish Catholic’ editor
  • October 13, 2017, 16:11

Michael Kelly says it’s ‘not practical’ to sustain the current church network

Adelaide Road synagogue in  Dublin 2. Photograph: Paddy Whelan/The Irish Times Ireland’s Jewish population rises by almost 30%
  • Patsy McGarry
  • October 13, 2017, 07:17

Number of Jews in State reaches 2,557 with over half of them living in Dublin

The crude divorce rate in Ireland is 0.6 per cent, according to the Eurostat. Ireland’s divorce rate remarkably low compared to wider world
  • Patsy McGarry
  • October 13, 2017, 06:52

Couple must prove they are living apart for four years before they can divorce

Almost 90% of people in Co Offaly declared as Catholic in Census 2016. File photograph: Thinkstock Images Offaly’s Catholics face uphill struggle despite Census revelation
  • Eoghan MacConnell
  • October 12, 2017, 19:41

Locals are realistic about the church’s challenges in ‘Ireland’s most Catholic county’

Ruairi O Siochru from Tralee, Co. Kerry: “People in cities just don’t have time for religion.” ‘People in cities just don’t have time for religion’
  • Jenna Clarke-Molloy
  • October 12, 2017, 19:09

Students give their perspective on how the country is changing in light of the census data on religion released Thursday

The proposed design for the site of Warrenstown House, a former HSE site in Blanchardstown. Appeal against Dublin mosque over call to prayer ‘noise pollution’
  • Olivia Kelly
  • October 12, 2017, 15:42

Islamic centre granted permission last month by Fingal County Council

Fr Pierre Pepper delivers mass at St Rynagh’s Roman Catholic Church in the village of Banagher County Offaly in March 2nd, 2015. File photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters It’s official: Offaly is the most Catholic county, Dún Laoghaire the least
  • Patsy McGarry
  • October 12, 2017, 12:54

People with no religion fastest growing part of Irish population

 Archbishop  Michael Jackson:  Photograph: ‘We were told two years ago that what happened to Jonathan Corrie would never happen again.’ Photograph: Matt Kavanagh / THE IRISH TIMES Homelessness in Dublin an ‘international scandal’, says C of I Archbishop
  • Patsy McGarry
  • October 10, 2017, 20:37

‘People who were promised housing two years ago can expect to die on the street’

‘An exception was Pope Francis, widely recognised as “a good man driven by the basic insights of the gospel of Jesus Christ – mercy, justice, peace, love, reconciliation”.’  Photograph:  Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images Bullies among clergy contributed most to fall of Catholic Church in Ireland, says priest
  • Patsy McGarry
  • October 10, 2017, 20:27

A general failure exists to respect individual in Rome and within religious congregations

Catholic Primate Archbishop Eamon Martin emphasised the need for reconciliation between Christian faiths  at the Church of Ireland St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Hostility between Christian faiths ‘source of scandal’ – Archbishop
  • Patsy McGarry
  • October 8, 2017, 18:12

Catholics and Protestants should ‘combine’ efforts in speaking out on key ethical issues

No matter how much we learn about God objectively through our observation of the natural world, we are left with key questions Thinking Anew – ‘The heavens are telling the glory of God’
  • Gordon Linney
  • October 7, 2017, 00:01

 Former president of Ireland Dr Mary McAleese and Prof Jim Lucey of Trinity College Dublin  with Archbishop Michael Jackson. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times Mary McAleese installed as lay canon at Christ Church Cathedral
  • Fiona Gartland
  • October 1, 2017, 20:32

Professor of psychiatry, Jesuit priest and Presbyterian minister also installed

Bishop Kevin Doran was speaking during a homily at Mass in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Sligo on Sunday. File photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times Bishop asks congregation to pray for politicians who ‘promote abortion’
  • Tim O'Brien
  • October 1, 2017, 20:28

Association of Catholic Priests asks that cleric withdraw comments on HPV vaccine

Every one of us has the power to decide to avoid unfairness Thinking Anew – The quality of mercy
  • Fergal Mac Eoinín
  • September 30, 2017, 00:01

Ideology must not be allowed dominate debate over education in Ireland, Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said.  Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/ The Irish Times Children, not ideology must be ‘at centre’ of education debate
  • Patsy McGarry
  • September 26, 2017, 21:33

Archbishop of Dublin says Catholic schools have an imperative to serve the poorest

Six men have begun training for the Catholic priesthood at St Patrick’s College Maynooth this autumn, the lowest number since its foundation in 1795. Photograph: iStock Number of new trainee priests at Maynooth hits record low
  • Patsy McGarry
  • September 26, 2017, 01:00

Church of Ireland has twice as many students starting ministry studies

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