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Pope John Paul II holds the hand of Irish President Mary McAleese during their meeting in 2003 in the Vatican. File Photograph: Arturo Mari-Vatican Pool/Getty Images
Archbishop had ‘no prior knowledge’ of Vatican bar on McAleese

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said neither he nor his office were consulted by the Vatican prior to former President Mary McAleese being ba(...)

The Maynooth College trustees are the four Catholic Archbishops in Ireland and 13 diocesan bishops. Photograph: Getty Images
Maynooth trustees to discuss crisis at national seminary

The trustees of St Patrick’s College Maynooth are to meet before the end of August to address the crisis at the seminary. It is understood the Catho(...)

“That Patrick Pearse had been totally captured by that pre-Christian myth of redemptive violence is clear.” Photograph courtesy of the National Archives of Ireland
Rite&Reason: Time for bishops to speak out about 1916 violence

Jesus of Nazareth did not declare himself head of a sovereign Zion. He did not instruct his followers to seize control of Jerusalem, killing anyone wh(...)

Church should give some rural schools to State

The education of children with no religious belief is a problem for parents. It straddles the rural-urban divide – city schools under the patronage of(...)