Catholic bishops pray ‘all those in positions of power globally will stand up and demand an end to this cruelty’

Evangelical church in Tullamore, Co Offaly, was recently sued over remarks made during live-streamed Baptism

In Europe, after centuries of dominance, Christianity appears to be in retreat

Some survivors want Government to seize assets of religious orders who refuse to pay

Any attempt to force payment from church orders would be fraught with legal difficulty, expert says

Government negotiator Sheila Nunan has submitted a final report with conclusions from talks with seven Catholic bodies and the Church of Ireland

Among worshippers at the church in earlier times was writer George Bernard Shaw

Mummified remains burnt in medieval crypt left church facing up to €100,000 loss

Exciting times are ahead for Christian communities, based on joy, hope, energy and finding context and relevance in contemporary society

Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson says reaction to immigration in Ireland has been ‘physical and shameful’

Lobby group Education Equality says school's instruction breached children’s constitutional rights

Author connects particular concerns, often focused on Cork Protestantism, with wider debates

Rite & Reason: All Churches face huge challenges moving on from terrible abuses into an advancing secularism

A younger generation of Protestants ‘are flocking away from the church’ yet ‘becoming more spiritual’

Maynooth Community Church is among those bucking the trend of decline in church membership, boosting its congregation with people of faith from overseas

Diarmaid MacCulloch’s ambitious book looks at celibacy, marriage, homosexuality and trans issues from the perspective that there is no single consistent view of these in the Bible, Patsy McGarry writes

No injuries in blaze which began on Sunday night at Church of Ireland building and hall in Greenisland

Negotiator Sheila Nunan ‘will continue her work to its conclusion’, Department of Equality says

Both church and State create a situation where there is an expectation that insincere declarations are made

Archdeacon David Pierpoint says mummified bodies have been ‘destroyed’ and ‘damaged beyond repair’