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Unspoken realities: The Great Famine eroded moral values in Ireland

Hunger and suffering drove attacks on food carts and murders for bags of meal

‘Great change’ needed in Dublin’s ageing Catholic Archdiocese, says report

Pandemic highlighted priest shortages and greatly reduced income to church

A ban on godparents in the land of the Godfather. ‘It has lost all spiritual significance’

Catholic Church says tradition has become way to strengthen family – and mob – ties

Irish priest remembers David Amess as a man who took his faith seriously

Fr Pat Browne was due to officiate at wedding of murdered UK MP’s daughter this year

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

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

Twelve big ideas for the future of education

The Government has pledged to establish a citizens’ assembly to reform the education system – but what issues should we address? We asked a dozen public figures in the arts, media, business and education for their views

Thinking Anew – The importance of acceptance

Vatican’s ethical contortions to avoid same-sex blessings ‘pitiful’

Rite & Reason: Much broader Catholic community has more common sense

The battle for Irish babies’ souls: ‘It ruined two lives, hers and mine’

‘Illegitimate’ babies of the 20th century were seen as property of churches

Church and Covid: There is a whole ecclesiastical world which is disappearing

Participating in a Zoom Eucharist is a bit like walking on water

A president of consequence – Felix M Larkin on reassessing Kennedy

An Irishman’s Diary

Presbyterian Church trying to retrospectively justify homophobia

I was dismissed as a church elder because I married my same-sex partner

Sunday Mass in every church to become a thing of the past, Dublin Archbishop says

Future of Catholic Church ‘must be different’, and active participation of laity is ‘essential’, says Dermot Farrell

Declan Ganley case over restrictions on religious services adjourned

Businessman claims Covid-19 restrictions in breach of rights in Constitution

Efforts to calm North’s business sector ahead of post-Brexit grace period’s end

‘Some sections of the community are starting to sense they are sitting on a powder keg’

Thinking Anew – ‘That they may be one’

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