Former president should say she never intended to imply Pope John Paul II endorsed marital rape

Broadcaster never thought of himself as theologian but he enhanced communion

Former president of Ireland presented with prestigious award for leading Catholics

Teachings on conscience had a big influence on Catholicism

Award recognises ground-breaking 2018 doctoral thesis on children and canon law

Rite&Reason: Receptive ecumenism seeks to learn from features of other denominations

Benedict argues change led some to believe paedophilia acceptable

Ex-president says institution prizes the clerical male above women, truth, and abused children

Nuns have accused clerics of sexual abuse in in India, Africa, Latin America and in Italy

Surveys show Irish faithful want participatory church the pope propounds

Fifty years ago encyclical laid down terms of church’s ban on artifical contraception

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

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

Abortion vote: Bishop of Kilmore Dr Leo O’Reilly says church no longer dominant in society

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

As Catholics we must now decide on what type of civic society we wish to create

Late pontiff best known for endorsing church’s prohibition on artificial birth control

First miracle took place in California in the 90s while second took place in Italy in 2014

‘It’s Satan who leads us into temptation, that’s his department,’ says Pope Francis

Enthusiastic young people in orders were moulded to accept rules and practices

Dominance of sectarian ethos ‘had negative effects on realisation of ideas of Proclamation’

Obituary: ‘Don’t just stand there, do nothing’ was a constant refrain of his when it came to crisis management

Pope’s encyclical challenged trickle-down theory and warned of uneven growth

There are still powerful bureaucrats in the Vatican who think they know best

Church’s relationship to British empire and the Fenians are among subjects covered

Malachi Martin detailed the four stages of the process of possession

Alone in northern Europe, Ireland remained Catholic following Luther’s revolution

Pope should revoke ancient designation of Christ Church as Dublin’s cathedral

Changes to Christianity not implemented as these involved loss of clerical power

Catholic Priests rail against Archbishop Charles Brown over selection of bishops

Teachings, rather than any ‘strange goings-on’, are main source of contention

Leading clerics back St Patrick’s College amid controversy

Church exclusion is throwback to Middle Ages and causing many women to leave

Still no answer to the question posed by ‘Time’ magazine 50 years ago

Key points for devout will be situation of divorced and civilly married on communion

Opinion: Catholic schooling has much to offer a more pluralist society, including a spirit of inclusivity and social justice

A scholarly and informative collection, of definite interest to many who have lived with the after-effects of Vatican II, but it lacks a sharper Irish focus and dissenting voices

Layman voting at synod shows it is possible laywomen could be next

Synod on the Family