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The Bishops prayed for people who have experienced grief and loss of a loved one during the pandemic. Photograph: iStock

Bishops ‘strongly encourage’ people to view Christmas Masses online

Patsy McGarry
December 3, 2020, 13:17

Christmas Mass can be attended in church between December 24th and January 6th

‘If we don’t come out of this pandemic more determined than ever to devote our best brains and substantial resources to a properly integrated health and care system then I wonder when we ever will.’ File photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Treatment of elderly during Covid-19 ‘not far short of a disgrace’ says C of I Primate

Patsy McGarry
December 2, 2020, 14:42

John McDowell: ‘Safety is important but it’s not everything in such circumstances’

Crosscare, the care agency of Dublin’s Catholic archdiocese, has appealed for online support this December as it cannot run its annual food-drive. Pictured is Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin appeals for online donations to Crosscare agency

Patsy McGarry
December 2, 2020, 10:10

Organisation’s annual December food-drive cannot go ahead due to Covid-19 pandemic

File photo. Photograph: Getty

Bishops should direct that all Christmas Masses be online, says priest

Patsy McGarry
December 1, 2020, 16:20

‘The best and safest option’ to avoid overcrowding and turning people away

‘Who the hell do they think they are giving us permission to have 50 people in?’ Fr PJ Hughes at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Mullahoran, Co Cavan. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell

Cavan priest will not be ‘dictated to by pagan government’

Marese McDonagh
November 30, 2020, 21:21

Fr PJ Hughes criticises State and archbishops for Mass restrictions around Covid-19

St Fin Barre’s Cathedral in Cork. Photograph: Google Street View

President praises Church of Ireland for making St Fin Barre’s a place of inclusion

Barry Roche
November 30, 2020, 21:14

Ceremony held in Cork to mark the 150th anniversary of consecration of cathedral

The Church of Ireland’s first woman deacon, Rev Katharine Poulton, was ordained to that role three years previously in June 1987. Photograph: iStock

Church of Ireland to mark 30 years of women priests

Patsy McGarry
November 30, 2020, 02:30

Ordination of women priests and bishops was approved by General Synod in May 1990

Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said ‘we have witnessed during the shock of this pandemic a resurgence of some of the things that are central to human community.’ Photograph: Getty

Archbishops welcome return of public worship but ‘testing times’ for North

Patsy McGarry
November 29, 2020, 12:49

Vital to show solidarity with doctors, health workers and carers, says Eamon Martin

Interior of Coventry Cathedral. Photograph: Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Thinking Anew – The light of Christ will not be dimmed

Gordon Linney
November 28, 2020, 00:01

The family of Irish-born Margaret Keane want the words ‘In ár gcroíthe go deo’ to be on the headstone on her grave. File photograph: iStock.

Family fighting for Irish on gravestone in English churchyard to have legal bill covered

Colin Gleeson
November 25, 2020, 22:56

Relatives of Irish-born Margaret Keane were told of risk epitaph could be seen ‘as a political statement’

Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin says that ‘while the Government seems to be showing an openness to move towards a modified Level 3, much will depend on what the situation is like at the beginning of December’. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien

All faith communities call for public worship to be allowed if Level 3 introduced next week

Patsy McGarry
November 23, 2020, 21:49

Move is important as pandemic crisis will continue well into 2021, says archbishop

As followers of Jesus, there is a clear, narrow path for us to take. We must side with the bullied ones, whether this be on a private or a corporate or a global scale. Photograph: Getty Images

Thinking Anew – God is always on the side of those being bullied

Wendy May Jacobs
November 21, 2020, 00:01

Online Masses from Knock during both lockdowns have been attracting worldwide audiences from as far apart as Ho Chi Minh City to Anchorage in Alaska. File photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons

Finances at Knock shrine hit hard since March by Covid-19 pandemic

Patsy McGarry
November 18, 2020, 11:03

Mass for all on island who died from virus to take place at Basilica on November 22nd

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Many pre-Covid worshipers will never return – Diarmuid Martin

Colin Gleeson
November 14, 2020, 18:30

Lower attendances expected: Church faces major challenges, says Archbishop of Dublin

Reinhold Niebuhr: warned that “religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values”. Photograph: Bachrach/Getty Images

Thinking Anew – Religion can be a source of error as well as truth

Gordon Linney
November 14, 2020, 00:01

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: ‘vital that everyone takes his or her responsibilities seriously’. Photograph: Bryan O Brien/The Irish Times

Sharp rise in Covid infections justifies restrictions on Masses, says Archbishop

Patsy McGarry
November 10, 2020, 12:37

Advance bookings for Christmas Masses may be necessary, according to Diarmuid Martin

Greta Thunberg and other young climate activists have forced the world to think again about the catastrophic climate change crisis that is facing us. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

Thinking Anew – Time to heed the wisdom of the young

Michael Commane
November 7, 2020, 00:01

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

People bereaved by Covid-19 remembered on All Souls Day

Patsy McGarry
November 2, 2020, 11:32

Archbishop of Dublin said many were left to grieve alone due to pandemic restrictions

Known unto God is a phrase engraved on the gravestones of over 200,000 soldiers who died in the two world wars and who were never identified. The words were suggested by Rudyard Kipling (above) who worked for the UK War Graves commission. Photograph: Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Thinking Anew: Evoking all the saints known and unknown

Gordon Linney
October 31, 2020, 06:34

When the Saints Go Marching In was a Christian hymn before it became a jazz classic

A lone worshipper in the Church of St Thérèse, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin. Churches remain open private prayer during Level 5 restrictions. File photograph: Bryan O Brien

Restrictions on religious services to stay after archbishops meet Taoiseach

Patsy McGarry
October 29, 2020, 21:52

Catholic clerics stress importance of gatherings as source of hope at Christmas time

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