Tony Flannery

His reform attempts have stalled and the abuse issue threatens to engulf his papacy

Mass-goers in Dublin and Cork on their relationship with God, Catholicism and the Pope

Norah Casey defends choice of speakers at World Meeting of Families’ ‘fringe event’

Archbishop says event will ‘spotlight the role of women within the family alongside their role as change agents’

Need to atone for Magdalene laundries and mother and baby homes, Tuam meeting hears

Future depends on returning to the radical equality of Jesus and early church

‘Ridiculous’ that six remain under sanctions given how pope has changed church’s culture

It is hard to point to anything Archbishop Martin has done to change the church’s attitude to women

Modern Irish Catholics, from the cultural to the a la carte and conservative

Fr Tony Flannery says efforts to explain Jesus’s presence in Eucharist not ‘very helpful’

People are ‘rejecting [traditional] doctrines as childish fantasies and walking away’

Galway priest says he believes change, to deal with shortage of priests, will happen

Hopes Taoiseach will be ‘courageous and forthright’ on refugees when meeting Trump

Banned priest: ‘It’s all falling apart so fast; it’s collapsing rapidly. Some say it’s too late’

Church has lost its power and must start listening to the people, priest tells crowds

Kenny took letter from priest, suspended for views on Catholic teachings, to pope during visit