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Poor Clare Nun Sr Colette Marie pictured in the Poor Clare’s Convent, College Road, Cork city. Photograph: Clare Keogh/The Irish Times

Life in a closed convent: ‘There is a sense of peace’

Olivia Kelleher
September 17, 2018, 01:00

Sr Colette Marie of the Poor Clare in Cork says she has heard all shades of human pain

Former president of Ireland Mary Robinson at Concern Worldwide’s 50th anniversary conference. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Thinking Anew: ‘Who do people say that I am?’

Michael Commane
September 15, 2018, 00:01

File image of Pope Francis in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican. File photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Pope Francis summons bishops to Vatican to discuss child abuse

September 12, 2018, 16:04

Pontiff announces summit on the protection of minors amid continuing crisis

Teresa Devlin of the National Board for the Safeguarding of Children in the Catholic Church. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Kilmore diocese review finds claims against six priests

Patsy McGarry
September 12, 2018, 06:00

Pilot test of new review methodology takes place at Kilmore diocese and Glenstal Abbey

Canon Shane McCaughey: newly appointed parish priest in Castleblayney

Shame over abuse scandals a ‘fundamental stress’ for priests

Patsy McGarry
September 11, 2018, 01:00

‘We are in a new place, smaller, more humble,’ says Clogher diocesan secretary

The number of Masses in the Catholic diocese of Clogher will fall to 96 from next month. Photograph: iStock

Number of Masses to be reduced in Border diocese

Patsy McGarry
September 11, 2018, 00:09

Clogher has just 58 active priests, 28 of whom are over 65, for its 85 churches

Pope Francis: Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin (centre) says the people of Dublin responded with generosity and enthusiasm to his visit. Photograph: Vatican Media/via Reuters

Pope’s visit not the end of church in Ireland, says archbishop

Patsy McGarry
September 10, 2018, 05:33

Many commentators missing what the church is, claims Diarmuid Martin

Senator Joan Freeman says that if elected president her “personal conviction would have absolutely no impact” on her public duty. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Presidential election: Joan Freeman’s No vote and Knock cure

Patsy McGarry
September 9, 2018, 21:53

Áras hopeful speaks of miracle cure and No in abortion referendum

Former Green Party leader Trevor Sargent said it was an amazing day. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Former Green Party leader Trevor Sargent ordained a priest

Conor Kane
September 8, 2018, 20:01

Cleric will make tackling homelessness and climate change ‘key issues’ in his service

Racial discrimination and economic injustices are imposed on vast numbers of already struggling people on this planet

Thinking Anew: Law and justice are not necessarily the same thing

Gordon Linney
September 8, 2018, 00:01

Cross on the top of Bray Head: 68 per cent of American Christians pray daily, compared with 19 per cent in Ireland. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Belief and practice among Christians in US differ hugely from western Europe

Patsy McGarry
September 6, 2018, 21:20

Americans twice as likely as western Europeans to believe in God of Bible

Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy: “We must do more to encourage those who have been abused in any way but have not already come forward, to report their abuse.” Photograph: Arthur Ellis

Bishop calls for new beginning between Catholic Church and Ireland

Patsy McGarry
September 6, 2018, 18:59

‘I make a humble plea to all who want to begin with us again in a new way’

Pope Francis bids farewell to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin as he prepares to leave after his visit to Ireland. Photograph: WMOF2018/Maxwell Photography via Getty Images

Archbishop asks Dublin parishes to reflect on what it means to be Christian

Patsy McGarry
September 3, 2018, 21:36

Martin says aim is to ‘set out a realistic agenda for renewal’ of Catholic Church

The one who is truly wise can reject the acceptable prejudices

Thinking Anew: When rules are not enough

Fergal Mac Eoinín
September 1, 2018, 00:01

Pope Francis arrives at his General Weekly Audience in St Peter’s Square, Vatican City, Vatican on Wednesday. Photograph: Getty Images

Pope blames low number of Irish vocations on clerical sexual abuse scandals

August 29, 2018, 21:45

Speaking at his general audience in the Vatican, pontiff says meeting surviors left ‘profound mark’

Pope Francis bids farewell to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin as he prepares to leave on Sunday after his visit to Ireland. Photograph: Maxwell Photography via Getty Images

In his own words: Pope Francis’s address to Irish bishops

Pope Francis
August 29, 2018, 21:20

‘The upheavals of recent years have tested the traditionally strong faith of the Irish people’

Pope Francis addresses an audience including senior politicians and members of the clergy at Dublin Castle last weekend. Photograph: Vatican Media/Reuters

In his own words – speech by Pope Francis at Dublin Castle

Pope Francis
August 29, 2018, 18:18

This was the pope’s first speech on his arrival in Ireland on Saturday, August 25th, 2018

A gust of wind catches Pope Francis’s cassock as he addresses crowds at Knock Shrine in Co Mayo at the weekend. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

In his own words – Pope Francis speaks at Knock Shrine

Pope Francis
August 29, 2018, 18:18

‘None of us can fail to be moved by the stories of young people who suffered abuse’

Pope Francis: 'We ask forgiveness for cases of abuse in Ireland'

Pope Francis
August 29, 2018, 18:04

In his own words: What the pontiff told congregation at Mass in Phoenix Park

Cardinal John Dew, who is the Archbishop of Wellington, New Zealand, has said Pope Francis did “extremely well” in his handling of the clerical abuse issue.

Cardinal insists Church will take ‘concrete action’ on abuse

Colin Gleeson
August 28, 2018, 19:58

Senior cleric coy on whether allowing priests to marry might solve shortage of priests

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