Growing speculation that Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will step down

Question remains if Rome will allow the Dublin Archbishop to go

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

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

Housing cannot be left to market, say bishops

Local authorities must once more ‘take responsibility’ for building affordable homes

Church ethics permeate private not public hospitals

Controversy about ethical codes overstates church influence in healthcare

Pope urged to meet same-sex parents after ‘alarming’ comments

Lay Catholic group dismayed at Pope’s claim that ‘only heterosexual couples’ can form a family

McAleese will not go to confession over referendum Yes vote

Church hasn’t ‘come to terms with clash between people’s human rights and canon law’

‘The Angelus bells remind us of an Ireland that no longer exists’

Laura Kennedy: It is time that the values we actually live by inform our education system

Bishop condemns ‘jumping and roaring’ over poll result

Alphonsus Cullinan questions ‘the critical thinking ability of the Irish’

Edward Flanagan’s Boys Town a template for voluntary service

Irish priest’s work with homeless juveniles in US embodies practical holiness

Oireachtas committee criticised at anti-abortion convention

One speaker in RDS suggests British model would be replicated in Ireland

Repealing Eighth ‘removes constitutional protection for unborn’

Prof Gerry Whyte of TCD’s Law School addresses conference on abortion in Athlone

It is simply wrong to call a fertilised ovum a human

Objections to embryo modification defy logic: Law must welcome defeat of genetic diseases

IVF, sterilisation and morning-after pill banned by Sisters of Charity

Bishop Kevin Doran says Catholic hospitals have ‘special responsibility’ to Catholic teachings

National Maternity Hospital row played out like teenager’s tiff

Inside Politics: Exchange of text messages intemperate enough to qualify as shaming

Catholic bishop clarifies weekend comments on National Maternity Hospital

Dr Kevin Doran says report that Catholic hospitals must follow church’s teachings related to the disposal of existing properties

Catholic bishops voice their support for Maynooth

Leading clerics back St Patrick’s College amid controversy

Tens of thousands out all over Ireland for St Patrick’s Day parades

Strong sunshine drives numbers and exuberant atmosphere at events around country

IQ Issues and Questions: Further strain on relationship of church and State

Bishops see repeal of rule 68 as a new dilution of religious rights

National Eucharistic Congress at Knock next weekend will provide spiritual refreshment

Will also prepare pilgrims for the International Congress in the Philippines next year

Catholic parishes may take two refugee families, says Bishop

Kevin Doran rules out opening church premises for accommodation

Prince Charles completes ‘a pilgrimage of the heart’

Relatives of victims of the August 1979 Mullaghmore and Warrenpoint bombings attend ecumenical service with royal couple in Drumcliffe church in Co Sligo

Bishops urge their congregations to vote in referendums

‘Marriage as understood by the great religious traditions ... is that of man and woman’

Tusla denies Accord cut a ‘slap on wrist’ for Catholic Church

Decision ‘absolutely nothing to do with same-sex marriage referendum’ - James Reilly

State cuts funding for Catholic marriage agency Accord

Claims Tusla decision linked to Accord’s opposition to same-sex marriage is rejected

Religious group distributes referendum pamphlets to churches across Ireland

Cross-denominational body taking advice from bishops

Radio: Can Norman Tebbit, the Tory terminator, stop the Miriam O’Callaghan juggernaut?

Review: ‘Sunday With Miriam’, ‘Breakfast’, ‘The Right Hook’, and remembering Tony Fenton

Martin refuses to back Bishop Doran after interview

‘Unfortunate phrase’ used saying people with children not necessarily parents

Shatter calls for surrogacy to be dealt with in new Bill

Former minister feels adequate time must be allowed for debate on Child and Family Relationships Bill

Bishop of Killaloe delays introduction of male-only diaconate

Women in diocese had been ‘hurt and very disappointed’

Dublin priest appointed as the new bishop of the midlands and west of Ireland

Bishop-elect Kevin Doran, from the Donnybrook parish, said his new role was a ‘surprise’

Mater ‘won’t be performing abortions’, religious board member stresses

Resignation of Fr Kevin Doran from Mater Hospital a ‘great loss’, says colleague

Fr Kevin Doran resigns from Mater Hospital boards

Decision comes after institution agrees to implement abortion law

Mater hospital to comply with legislation

Hospital says it has carefully considered Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act

Funeral Mass celebrates ‘the beauty of Seamus Heaney...in his being’

He had many of the qualities of an ‘identikit portrait of the ideal Christian’

‘Don’t be afraid’ - funeral told of Heaney ’s last words

Hundreds of figures from worlds of arts, entertainment and politics attend moving Dublin service

Hundreds attend Dublin removal of Seamus Heaney

Funeral Mass for poet to be held in Donnybrook before burial in his native Co Derry

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