There are just two seminaries left to train diocesan priests for Ireland: the seminary at Maynooth and the Irish College in Rome

Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception

Three new priests are being ordained in Ireland this week, in an era of dwindling vocations

Priest ‘re-energised by the promise and possibilities of Vatican II’ dies at 93

Fr Vincent Twomey says recent research shows ‘practical atheism’ has become norm in UK

Seminary and Pontifical University at St Patrick’s College to be separated

Maynooth seminary was subject of controversy around alleged ‘gay subculture’

This Co Kildare route takes in historic houses, the real home of Guinness and charming rest stops

Fall-off in Catholic priesthood vocations leads to unprecedented situation

Facility advertises for priest of ‘good standing’ aged over 35 to replace Msgr Hugh Connolly

Financial burden of Maynooth and Rome’s Irish College on church in Ireland too great

College mired in controversy after Archbishop’s remarks

Three former seminarians share their experiences at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth over the past decade. They describe an atmosphere of ‘psychological abuse’, a flawed complaints process, and ‘a lot’ of sexual activity

‘Culture of fear not compatible with seminary life,’ says St Patrick’s College president

Leading clerics back St Patrick’s College amid controversy

Maynooth seminary statement follows claim that some at college had used gay dating app

Three honorary doctorates in philosophy awarded at St Patrick’s College

Senior politicians kowtowing to the Catholic hierarchy today ‘utterly unthinkable’

Climate justice conference told that State ‘sheltering behind intransigent countries’

Former president says planet on track to be 4 degrees warmer than pre-industrial levels