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Prior Fr La Flynn says: “We have to go back almost 200 years to the 1820s, 1828 to be exact, to find a time when the summer pilgrimage season was last suspended”.

Lough Derg memorial to Covid-19 victims launched as pilgrimage season suspended

Patsy McGarry
June 2, 2020, 15:28

People offered opportunity to do pilgrimage from afar over three days at end of June

The Church of St Therese, Mount Merrion, in Dublin: the reopening of churches is currently set by the Government for July 20th. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Catholic priests warn against any rush to reopen churches

Patsy McGarry
May 31, 2020, 18:30

Bishops are meeting this week to finalise plans

New Moderator Rev Dr Bruce (63) was ordained in 1984 and served in Ballymena Co Antrim, Dublin and Belfast.

Installation of new Presbyterian Moderator to be attended by just four due to Covid-19

Patsy McGarry
May 31, 2020, 17:10

Church’s annual General Assembly postponded for first time in 180 years

Screen grabs from Irish Blessing video

Over 300 church groups unite for online Irish Blessing video

Patsy McGarry
May 31, 2020, 11:52

Musical project is dedicated to local healthcare workers dealing with Covid-19

Clerical abuse survivor Marie Kane says when she was ill ‘I found comfort in my little ritual of lighting a candle and praying to a God I thought had no time for me as a young girl.’: Photograph:Thomas Nolan

‘I have no faith in the Catholic Church but I prayed when I’d Covid-19’

Patsy McGarry
May 31, 2020, 11:30

How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting religious beliefs, or the lack thereof?

“Many are rediscovering a sense of community and our dependence on each other.” Photograph: Getty Images

Thinking Anew – Silver linings under the darkest of clouds

Gordon Linney
May 30, 2020, 00:01

Members of the public have been physically attending mass at the Church of the Guardian Angels in direct violation of the restrictions. Screenshot from google maps

Church closes its doors after flouting public health rules

Colin Gleeson
May 28, 2020, 14:30

Priests were contacted by Dublin Archdiocese and reminded of their responsibilities

Pandemic restrictions in place on the pews at the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians on Dublin’s Navan Road. Photograph: Alan Betsonimes

Bishops speed up preparations to re-open churches for public Masses

Patsy McGarry
May 25, 2020, 20:33

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: ‘We suffer through not being able to celebrate our faith through public worship’

A computer-generated image of the planned new national maternity hospital.

No ‘vested interest’ to veto procedures at new national maternity hospital

Patsy McGarry
May 23, 2020, 01:00

All medical procedures permitted in Irish law will be provided for, hospital group says

The St Roch statue has become a focus of prayer at the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians on Dublin’s Navan Road since it re-opened for private prayer recently. Photograph: Alan Betson

Statue credited with saving Dublin parish from Spanish flu has been returned

Patsy McGarry
May 23, 2020, 01:00

‘Constant stream of people’ praying to statue at Church of Our Lady Help of Christians

Barack Obama: “Let’s be honest, a disease like this just spotlights the underlying inequalities and extra burdens that black communities have historically had to deal with”.

Thinking Anew – A story of love and respect

Michael Commane
May 23, 2020, 00:01

The consultants said they were ‘hugely excited’ at the relocation of the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street to Elm Park. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Consultants say Rome assent to deal clears way for new National Maternity Hospital

Patsy McGarry
May 21, 2020, 02:49

Catholic Church teachings will have ‘no authority ’ at Elm Park, says canon lawyer

St Vincent’s University Hospital and St Vincent’s Private Hospital at Elm Park, will transfer to a new ‘not for profit’ body.

Sisters of Charity lists St Vincent’s properties it will transfer to new entity for €1

Patsy McGarry
May 19, 2020, 15:06

Transfer is seen as removing an obstacle to building the new National Maternity hospital

“God is present in every loving word or thought or action.” Photograph: Getty Images

Thinking Anew – Love is the most powerful gift

Gordon Linney
May 16, 2020, 00:01

Dr Ali Al Saleh (centre, in white) said that Covid-19 spared no race, no region and ‘has put us away from our churches, our mosques, our prayer places’ but it was also ‘an opportunity to show the strength of our faith.’ File photograph: Cyril Byrne

Religious leaders unite in prayer for end to Covid-19 crisis

Patsy McGarry
May 14, 2020, 22:22

Recovered Muslim leader thanks healthcare staff for ‘sacrificing themselves to save us’

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said preparations should be made for a full reopening of Catholic churches in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times

Covid-19: Dublin’s Catholic churches advised to prepare for full reopening

Patsy McGarry
May 12, 2020, 11:25

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin says churches should begin ‘preparing a detailed plan’

Priests do not qualify for the Government Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment. Photograph: iStock

Coronavirus: Priests turn to parishioners for help as church incomes collapse

Patsy McGarry
May 12, 2020, 01:00

Dublin archdiocese facing mounting financial crisis with priests’ wages cut by a quarter

Photograph: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty Images

Thinking Anew – ‘Blessed be the name of the Lord’

Wendy May Jacobs
May 9, 2020, 00:01

Dr Peter Boylan: Governance arrangements for the new National Maternity Hospital should be the same as those for the new National Children’s Hospital which is co-located with St James’s Hospital. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons / THE IRISH TIMES

Mixed reaction to announcement of Rome assent to transfer of site at St Vincent’s

Patsy McGarry
May 8, 2020, 16:20

Call for correspondence between Sisters of Charity and Vatican to be made public

National Maternity Hospital at the St Vincent’s University Hospital campus

Vatican approves transfer of lands at St Vincent’s hospital site

Patsy McGarry
May 8, 2020, 12:18

Formal approval removes one of remaining barriers to building new maternity hospital

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