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It was women who stood by Jesus as he was dying and showed concern about his burial; women too were the early witnesses to the resurrection.

Thinking Anew – Listening to the women of God

Gordon Linney
November 17, 2018, 00:01

Pope Francis leaves at the end of his weekly general audience, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP Photo

Pope Francis denounces gossip as ‘form of terrorism’

November 14, 2018, 13:03

‘The tongue kills like a knife,’ pontiff tells Catholic faithful at audience in the Vatican

Emma Mhic Mhathúna, one of the women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy, who died last month aged 37 Photograph: Domnick Walsh

Saint Patrick’s College creates special award to honour Emma Mhic Mhathúna

Patsy McGarry
November 13, 2018, 15:08

Award named for CervicalCheck controversy campaigner will benefit mature students

St Laurence O’Toole’s heary will be housed in a specially designed piece by artist Eoin Turner in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.

Rehoused heart of St Laurence O’Toole to be unveiled at Christ Church

Patsy McGarry
November 13, 2018, 00:01

New enclosure for relic stolen in 2012 to be blessed in ecumenical service

Britain’s Prince Andrew, the Duke of York (right) is greeted by Archbishop Eamon Martin before a Service of Remembrance at St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, on the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Armistice: Catholic Primate tells Belfast of shared story of common suffering

Patsy McGarry
November 11, 2018, 17:47

Peace ‘means coming out of our own trenches; building bridges, not parapets’, Eamon Martin says

“The white poppy is a statement of peace as opposed to the red poppy which has become embroiled in UK politics,” the Quakers said. Photograph: iStock

Quaker white poppy event in Dublin gets ‘extraordinary’ response

Patsy McGarry
November 11, 2018, 17:16

White linked to peace as opposed to red poppy ‘embroiled in UK politics’, Quakers say

“People who have resources have little or no understanding of what life is like for those with little or meagre resources.”

Thinking Anew – Getting from A to B

Michael Commane
November 10, 2018, 00:01

Queens University Belfast historian, Professor Liam Kennedy said he had ‘little doubt that mothers who had miscarriages or still-births suffered mental anguish as a result of the death of an unbaptised foetus or still-birth’. File photograph: Alan Betson

Study examines why belief in limbo has declined through the decades

Gerry Moriarty
November 9, 2018, 01:04

Catholics in Ireland from 1960s onwards found idea of limbo incredible and even cruel, says historian

Ombudsman Peter Tyndall had warned the Department of Justice that it needed to move speedily to deal with compensation for the 200 women. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times

Magdalene women excluded from redress scheme to be paid

Patsy McGarry
November 5, 2018, 22:01

Government says it will resolve issue of 200 survivors whose awards were withheld

An art installation of 3,200 giant poppies made of artificial silk to remember the end of the first World War I at Koenigsplatz square in Munich, Germany. Photograph: Lennart Preiss/EPA

White poppy ceremony at Dublin’s Merrion Square to mark Armistice Day

Patsy McGarry
November 5, 2018, 15:39

Quaker organised commemoration will take place on centenary of end to World War I

The young people of Tullamore saw Nonso Muojeke as a neighbour, a person in need, and campaigned for him to stay. Photograph: Courtesy of RTÉ

Tullamore students take the message of the Good Samaritan to heart

Gordon Linney
November 3, 2018, 06:03

Thinking Anew: More than 2,500 years ago people were debating an issue that troubles us to this day

The Pew Research Centre has found religion “very important” to 23 per of Irish people, with 37 per cent attending religious services at least monthly and 19 per cent praying daily.

Stark east/west European differences on attitudes, religion and identity

Patsy McGarry
October 30, 2018, 19:20

Ireland tightly aligned to liberal values with 69% believing in God, Pew survey finds

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: “We had five new complaints alone in July about abuse by already-known Dublin diocesan priests, as compared with nine for all of 2017.” Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Clerical abuse complaints surged ahead of papal visit in summer

Patsy McGarry
October 29, 2018, 20:33

Archbishop tells conference focus on abuse prompted survivors to come forward

His Holiness Pope Francis with President Michel D. Higgins and his wife Sabena at Áras An Uachtaráin. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times

Catholic Church to hold fifth national collection to pay for papal visit

Patsy McGarry
October 29, 2018, 14:53

Bishop blames media’s consistent negative coverage for shortfall in fundraising

A man looks at the results of the blasphemy referendum. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Blasphemy is gone from Constitution but why should we stop there?

Patsy McGarry
October 29, 2018, 01:00

Time to expunge other dated articles to create inclusive document

In all the Dublin constituencies the Yes vote was over 70 per cent. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Ireland votes as one to remove blasphemy from Constitution

Patsy McGarry
October 28, 2018, 18:27

‘Ireland is rightly proud of our reputation as a modern, liberal society,’ says Flanagan

Faith is the thing that underpins all of our inventiveness and efforts to make a life good

Thinking Anew – Unwrapping the gift of faith

Fergal Mac Eoinín
October 27, 2018, 00:01

Church leaders in attendance at the meeting included the Church of Ireland primate Archbishop Richard Clarke. Photograph: Dave Meehan

Church leaders meet Tánaiste to discuss concerns over Stormont impasse

Patsy McGarry
October 26, 2018, 01:00

Deadlock ‘affecting community life, public services and cross-Border co-operation’

Former minister for justice Dermot Ahern: ‘Imagine the reaction if I proposed a referendum then.’ Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Ex-minister behind blasphemy reform will vote Yes in referendum

Patsy McGarry
October 26, 2018, 00:40

Dermot Ahern says 2009 law was designed to make prosecutions for the act impossible

The Bons Secours Mother and Baby Home, Tuam, Co Galway. Photograph: Tuam Home Graveyard Committee/ PA Wire

Tuam home’s infant mortality rates ‘like those of 1700s’

Patsy McGarry
October 26, 2018, 00:20

HSE papers also claim senior Church figures were involved in trafficking of children

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