Church to encourage parishes to help with housing after Minister’s request

Archbishop questions whether Government’s house targets will meet demand

Church leaders ‘sorry’ for not doing more for peace in Northern Ireland

Event goes ahead without heads of state of either Ireland or United Kingdom

Boris Johnson to join queen at Armagh commemorative service

Simon Coveney and Jack Chambers to represent Government at Thursday's event

Eamon Martin: Why I am participating in service to mark partition

Rite&Reason: One has to take risks for peace regardless of hasty or ill-judged comments

Catholic Primate says he raised concerns about focus of Armagh event

Eamon Martin says issues were taken on board by other church leaders

Dromore redress scheme over clerical abuse unlikely to become a template

Most legal actions by abuse survivors have already been dealt with

The Irish Times view: Northern Ireland centenary

Unanswered questions

Invitation wording could have been changed to allay Higgins’s concern, church leaders say

Invitations to ‘controversial’ NI centenary event in Armagh to be sent today

Higgins told organisers of concern about event title in March

President said title of service marking partition was not a ‘neutral statement politically’

Anglo-Irish relations not damaged by President’s decision, says Taoiseach

Martin says the decision on whether to attend service was President’s to make

President’s refusal of Armagh invitation ‘unexpected’, say Church leaders

Attendance of Higgins at event would have been ‘very special’ – Archbishop Martin

Higgins not advised by Government as to attendance at centenary event

Taoiseach’s office rejects Donaldson suggestion about diary as ‘matter for the President’

DUP queries whether President is ‘snubbing’ North centenary events

Peter Weir writes to Michael D Higgins over decision not to attend church service

Government accused of being ‘profoundly disrespectful’ to church

Bishops expressed ‘deep frustration’ and ‘disappointment’ with handling of sacraments ban

Catholic bishops to ‘reflect’ on Minister’s request for land for housing

Primate to discuss Darragh O’Brien’s letter at bishops’ meeting next month

Government asking Catholic Church for land to build housing on is farcical

Eoin Burke-Kennedy: Is it going to ask the GAA, State’s other big landowner, same request?

Pat Hume remembered as a ‘determined force’ for peace in Northern Ireland

Wife of SDLP co-founder and Nobel Laureate John Hume dies ‘surrounded by family’ in Derry

Catholic Primate yet to receive letter from Minister about land for housing

‘Catholic social teaching recognises housing is a universal human right,’ says spokesman

Church should do everything it can to help housing crisis, says bishop

Willie Walsh says land owned by church is land belonging to the people

Church asked to identify property that could be used for housing

Minister’s letter sought update on lands and vacant buildings for his housing crisis plan

More bishops give go-ahead for Communions and to take place in August

Kildare bishop urges parishes in his diocese to abide by current official guidelines

Bishops condemn ‘unjust’ order to open full NI abortion services

Catholic leaders urge faithful to highlight issue ahead of next year’s Assembly polls

NI Assembly to be recalled to ‘send message’ over Troubles amnesty

Five Executive parties and Simon Coveney to meet Northern Ireland secretary over plan

Eamon Martin criticises British plans for Troubles-era ‘amnesty’

Five main political parties in North are set to discuss plan with Brandon Lewis on Friday

BAI upholds eight complaints over controversial RTÉ God sketch

Clip featured mock news item claiming God had been arrested for sexual harassment scandals

Baptisms, First Communions, Confirmations deferred due to Delta variant

Varadkar rejects claims that in an ‘off-the-cuff’ remark he had cancelled the ceremonies

Catholic Primate calls for the pastoral work of priests to be deemed essential

Catholic Church taking legal advice on ‘draconian’ ban due to Covid-19

Mother and baby homes: up to €1bn needed for ‘modest redress’

Church leaders asked to make significant contributions to a compensation scheme

Mother and baby homes: Government wants swift redress from churches

Government aim in complex talks is to move quickly and avoid mistakes of past

Catholic Primate appeals for information on remaining NI Disappeared

Archbishops asks for compassion and mercy by sharing it with Independent Commission

McAleese criticises pope as populist who raises then dashes hopes

Document on same-sex blessings shows that Pope Francis ‘toes the old hard line’

Taoiseach ‘surprised’ by Catholic bishops’ plea on Covid rules

Catholics urged to lobby TDs so that restrictions on worship are ‘proportionate’

Priests concerned at Archbishops’ request for public worship over Easter

Association has ‘significant misgivings about re-opening churches for Easter ceremonies’

Transcripts of all mother and baby home testimonies available

O’Gorman says disaster recovery tapes may contain the recordings of 549 survivors

DIY method proposed as Ash Wednesday blessings halted by Covid-19

Archbishop says some parishes sending ash to homes and notes Vatican call to sprinkle on head

Impugning the mother and baby commission does not serve victims

Commissions are imperfect mechanisms devised to provide some justice and redress

Independent inquiry to examine North’s mother and baby homes

Foster acknowledges pain caused to thousands as survivors seek public inquiry

Churches in North extend restrictions on public worship until March

Parishes encouraged to continue broadcasting services online, Archbishop says

Women and children in mother and baby homes ‘abandoned by church’

Priests around country address commission of investigation report during Sunday Masses

Oireachtas committee chair calls for RTÉ to remove ‘blasphemous’ sketch from player

Aengus Mac Grianna apologises over NYE item which prompted almost 6,000 complaints

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