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Fr Brian D’Arcy is made an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) by the Duke of Cambridge Prince William at Buckingham Palace. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Fr Brian D’Arcy receives OBE for cross community work

Jack Power
January 14, 2020, 22:30

Accepting award, the priest told Prince William he was praying for his family

Jason Evert had been due to speak at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church on Merrion Road in Dublin. Photograph: Google Maps

Evangelist Jason Evert cancels remaining Ireland tour dates ‘due to illness’

Sean McCárthaigh
January 14, 2020, 21:51

Catholic preacher promotes chastity among teenagers, was to speak at schools, churches

Benedict, when he was pope, in 2005. Photograph: Reuters/Max Rossi

Former pope Benedict ‘doing and saying things he opposed in the past’

Patsy McGarry
January 14, 2020, 06:04

‘Questions over whether he is completely in charge of his faculties’

Pope Francis with former pope Benedict at the Vatican in December 2018. Photograph: Vatican Media/AFP via Getty

Former pope Benedict warns Francis against ordaining married men

January 13, 2020, 15:29

Move could jeopardise potential plan by Pope Francis to change rules in Amazon

Pope Francis (left) meeting Benedict XVI at the Vatican in 2018. File photograph: Vatican Media/AFP via Getty Images

Former pope Benedict defends clerical celibacy after synod

January 12, 2020, 22:31

Ex-pontiff’s new book seen as appeal to Francis amid pressure to change rules on marriage

Jason Evert was due to speak at the ‘Incite 2020’ student retreat event. File photograph: Alan Betson

Irish talks by controversial US Catholic preacher Jason Evert cancelled

Patsy McGarry
January 12, 2020, 16:01

US preacher was due to speak in UCD and Blackrock College

“Tomorrow’s readings bring us back to everyday life and remind us that ours is an adult faith for an adult world facing enormous challenges but that there is also hope.”

Thinking Anew – The season of Epiphany is about discovery

Gordon Linney
January 11, 2020, 00:01

At Tuam the fifth interim report found that scientific analysis on underground chambers 'suggests that at least some of the chambers in which human remains were found were at some stage used to receive sewage'.

Inquiry report into mother and baby homes may be delayed

Patsy McGarry
January 7, 2020, 02:10

Exceptional length and general election flagged as reasons that could stall publication

“Kind words to the sick and fragile bring a comfort and ease that we might never fully appreciate, until we are the recipients.” Photograph: iStock

Thinking Anew – Words to live by

Michael Commane
January 4, 2020, 00:01

Former president Mary McAleese says Pope Francis has prompted debate within the church but has not been the ‘great reformer’ many expected. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Mary McAleese says Pope Francis has not turned out to be ‘great reformer’

Mark Hilliard
January 3, 2020, 23:58

Former president says pontiff has managed to stir debate within Catholic Church

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin: “Lack of respect for difference can undermine even peaceful societies. Fear of the immigrant can be exploited in terms that support narrow populism.” File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Racism and intolerance are ‘dangerous explosives’ – Diarmuid Martin

Patsy McGarry
January 1, 2020, 16:03

Fear of immigrants can be exploited in terms to support narrow populism says archbishop

A frame grab taken from a hand out video made available by Vatican Media shows a woman grabbing at Pope Francis’ hands in Vatican City. Photograph: Vatican Media/AFP Photo

Pope apologises for slapping arm of pilgrim who grabbed him

January 1, 2020, 14:22

Woman had tugged pontiff’s arm during a walkabout in Vatican

The Tullamore parish Facebook post drew numerous comments, the great majority from women, strongly criticising the message and calling for the author to be identified. File image: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Catholic parish under fire for Christmas message condemning IVF

Patsy McGarry
December 29, 2019, 20:29

Facebook page of Tullamore’s Catholic parish in Offaly was taken down amid criticism

Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson: Politics and their cruelty are part of our adult life and they affect children and young people. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh

Archbishop calls for alliance to combat ‘the right’

Patsy McGarry
December 29, 2019, 13:53

Increasingly hatred, racism, and a creeping anti–Semitism, are part of this world

Édith Piaf: a woman of faith

Thinking Anew – Songs of regret and songs of hope

Gordon Linney
December 28, 2019, 00:01

A file image from 2004 showing Pope John Paul II (right) blessing Father Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legionaries of Christ, during a special audience at the Vatican in 2004. Photograph: Reuters

Legionaries founder sexually abused 60 boys, order’s report finds

Shauna Bowers
December 23, 2019, 12:22

Mexico-based Legionaries of Christ has a chapter in Leopardstown, Co Dublin

In 2018, former president Mary McAleese revealed that Cardinal Sodano tried to secure agreement that Ireland would not attempt to access church documents surrounding the handling of allegations of clerical sex abuse then underway. Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images/Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Cardinal (92) who ‘sought deal’ to bury sex abuse documents resigns

Patsy McGarry
December 21, 2019, 15:27

Mary McAleese described encounter with Angelo Sodano as ‘devastating moment’

Christmas for us in the 21st century can be an intense time. Photograph: iStock

Sometimes we may not be happy at Christmas

Wendy May Jacobs
December 21, 2019, 06:05

We are invited in to joy – regardless of what may be going on in our lives

Phrases in hymns such “a calm, bright and holy night” and “a child so tender and mild” were “holy smoke to most people today”. Photograph: Getty Images

Priest says most Christmas hymns a load of ‘holy smoke’

Patsy McGarry
December 21, 2019, 01:00

Ten most used hymns have words and phrases ‘unhelpful or meaningless even to thoughtful believers’

St Iberius Church, Wexford, the site of a four-day Christmas fast. File photograph: Paddy Whelan

Rector and priest embark on joint Christmas fast for charity

Maria Pepper
December 21, 2019, 01:00

The two clergymen will stand outside a Wexford church during four-day fast

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