James Joyce: ‘For a boy of his age in a Dublin day school, he seems to have had considerable sexual experience’
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Catholic Church
Republican priest Fr Patrick Ryan dies aged 95
First Catholic cleric to contest an election was accused of involvement in IRA activity
Children making Confirmation asked to include vaping in their abstinence pledge
Commitment linked to church leaders’ promotion of healthier lifestyles
Highest number of abuse allegations in 16 years received by Catholic Church’s safeguarding body
Board reports 50 per cent rise in number of claims lodged this year in wake of scoping inquiry into religious schools
Unbecoming Catholic. Being Religious in Contemporary Ireland: A sweet kind of freedom
For this writer, walking his dog in the countryside, sex, and practising yoga are all routes to ‘a wonderful infinite being, that I am happy to call God’
My friends tell me to stop discussing religion on first and second dates
Rite & Reason: Now in my late 20s, my return to Christianity seems inevitable. But what am I returning to?
Letters to the Editor, May 29th: On climate targets, religious education and marriage names
we continue to protect and encourage our biggest offenders, why?
‘Humanity has lost its heart’: Ireland’s churches react forcefully to `abandoned’ Gaza
Catholic bishops pray ‘all those in positions of power globally will stand up and demand an end to this cruelty’
Catholic education is not about indoctrination - it is about preparing pupils to contribute to the common good
Religious education fosters the ability to appreciate diversity without diluting one’s own beliefs
Why are people in their late 20s and 30s so disillusioned with religion?
One in four would be happy to see the Catholic Church vanish from society – but it’s 25- to 34-year-olds, not 18- to 24-year-olds, who are the most disenchanted
Church live-streaming likely to lead to more defamation actions, evangelicals warn
Evangelical church in Tullamore, Co Offaly, was recently sued over remarks made during live-streamed Baptism
A national convention more than 30 years ago changed Irish education. What lessons are there for today?
Helen McEntee is planning the ‘largest conversation on education in the State’s history’. She would do well to examine the legacy of a landmark report from three decades ago
Pope Leo XIV holds inaugural Mass at St Peter’s Square in front of 250,000
Pontiff arrives into St Peter’s Square on popemobile for service marking the official start of his papacy
The financial heavyweight, the media guru and the abuse investigator: What next for top Irish Vatican clerics under Pope Leo XIV?
Three Irish-born senior figures in the Roman Curia look set to remain in prominent roles under the new pontiff
Brendan Comiskey obituary: Bishop who resigned over mishandling of child abuse cases
He was part of a group of prelates seeking to create a moderate, more liberal church
Ireland is running out of priests. There is an obvious solution
Women priests: The Catholic Church is like a farmer complaining of a poor crop while ploughing only one depleted field and leaving the rest fallow
Inside the conclave: how a quiet American became pope
Cardinals and Vatican insiders tell the story of how a swift consensus built around the relatively unknown Robert Prevost
‘Never again war’: Pope Leo interrupts St Peter’s Square revelry with pleas for peace in Ukraine and Gaza
Visitors praise ‘humble, simple and very welcoming man’
Author Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin: ‘I’ll always be angry about the history of the church in Ireland’
Author’s debut novel, Ordinary Saints, celebrates the power of faith, even as it criticises the Catholic Church
Mary McAleese is right to call out Catholic Church over its exclusion of women from ordination
Former President of Ireland has a solid grounding in pointing out flawed arguments
Pope Leo XIV sets out vision for papacy and cites AI as critical challenge facing humanity
Leo tells first formal audience he will follow in the modernising reforms of Pope Francis
In pictures: When the showband era ended, Jas Fagan adapted and began making First Communion suits
Jas Fagan, a trombone player with showband The Cadets, started his tailoring business over 56 years ago. Joe Dolan was a client
The Irish Times view on Pope Leo: continuity and change
Leo may be a more reticent and measured leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics
In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV
In a world dominated by loud, divisive politics, the Cardinals found an antidote in Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV: who is he and what does he stand for?
In the News podcast: Patsy McGarry has reported on three conclaves; this one was different
Pope Leo XIV in Ireland: Unassuming and personable, he answered emails on the friary stairs
The key to understanding the former Bob Prevost, say those who met him in Ireland, is not as an American pope or a liberal or conservative one, but as a South American one
Pope Leo’s social conscience won’t go down well with JD Vance and Maga America
Pope Leo XIV accurately reflects the Catholic Church’s position in the developing world, where it is growing fastest
Pope Leo XIV: American cardinal Robert Prevost elected as new pope - as it happened
Cardinals choose new pontiff after fourth vote at the Vatican
Meet the ‘Papabiles’: The six men who could become the next pope
Conclave eligible to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis are expected to meet within weeks
Teachers want religion out of the classroom. Here’s what has to happen next
'Opted-out' children often just sit there – sometimes colouring a picture, listening to every word – segregated, othered and marked as different
Papal conclave: ‘I dread the day I think that’s about to arrive when I’m going to be older than the pope’
As the cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel took their oaths, a crowd of all ages gathered in St Peter’s Square
Papal conclave: Black smoke emerges from Sistine Chapel, signalling no new pope elected
Cardinals to reconvene tomorrow for further ballots
The papabiles: Who are the contenders to become the 267th pope?
Even at this late stage, it remains unclear who is most likely to become the Catholic Church’s next leader
Irish Times readers on the Catholic Church: ‘I am very proud to be a Roman Catholic in Ireland today’
As the conclave to choose the next pope begins, our readers share their views
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