Roy Donovan

Attendences at Mass are back up again, say priests, but congregations are still anxious

Diarmuid Martin advises avoiding risk and gathering in crowds beyond what is approved

‘The best and safest option’ to avoid overcrowding and turning people away

Sunday Mass obligation remains dispensed with under new Catholic Church guidelines

Bishops are meeting this week to finalise plans

Institution likened to an old car that has gone off the road and ‘sunk into a bog and is stuck’

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Priestly brotherhood backs Fr O’Reilly in sermon row after assault on Kevin Lunney

Woman who feels calling to priesthood says daughter asks: ‘How can you follow such an institution?’

‘Our bishops have absolutely no authority apart from ordaining’