What will Ireland’s costly five-year schools abuse inquiry achieve?
Rite & Reason: It’s time the Catholic hierarchy handed schools back to the State
Catholic Church
How a controlling cult and a strangling Catholicism ruined lives in Britain and in Navan
Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army, on the BBC, and Pray for Our Sinners, on RTÉ, document the grip of religions
Sydney got the Opera House and we had Ardnacrusha. It’s time for that kind of ambition again
Megaprojects from supergrids to forests and ambitious railway schemes need to be part of our climate goals
George Houston on Catholicism: ‘It’s traumatic growing up loving all that, knowing they hate you back’
The Donegal musician on his mixed feelings about the Catholic Church, his preternaturally assured songwriting, and having Paul Weller in his corner
‘It’s sad’: Veteran laments fall in people climbing Croagh Patrick on Reek Sunday
The days of 30,000 pilgrims are gone - but local priest says more people than ever before scale Mayo’s holy mountain during the year
TV guide: the best new shows to watch in the coming week
Shows to watch this week including Impact: The Anatomy of a Crash; Inside the Cult of the Jesus Army; and Jason Mamoa’s Chief of War
Some people knew about the Magdalene Laundries, some didn’t - but the silent majority knew not to know
In a fourth universe, those who knew insist no ordinary people had any agency to take on the Church and the State
Garda will not reopen Bishop Eamonn Casey investigation
Former Bishop of Galway, whose remains were removed from cathedral crypt, had been accused of sexually abusing multiple children.
As a teacher in my 20s, I am excited to be part of the revival of Christian faith
Rite & Reason: Catholic influencers and digital missionaries are bridging faith and tradition with modern culture in dynamic, creative ways
Remove statute of limitations to encourage churches and orders to pay sex-abuse redress - expert
It is in the interest of religious organisations to contribute to schemes as way of reducing costs, says Prof Conor O’Mahony of Child Law Clinic
‘Here comes everybody’: Connemara fishermen lead seafaring pilgrimage to patron saint MacDara
About 500 people on 85 boats made the annual journey to the saint’s uninhabited island off Co Galway’s western shores
What did you do if you were young, Irish and idealistic 60 years ago? Join the missions
Unthinkable: Irish missionaries have left an example of positive evangelisation, even if we are seeing the last of them
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
July 14th-18th: including The Last Irish Missionaries, The Couple Next Door and The Veil
Cork woman recruited to Opus Dei at age 15: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever come to terms with the enormity of what happened to me’
The Women’s Podcast with Róisín Ingle
Br Kevin Crowley obituary: Founder of Capuchin Day Centre and champion of the homeless
Through goodwill and connections, Br Kevin raised millions and fed thousands every year
‘Dublin city centre is turning into an unadulterated kip’: Joe Duffy’s Liveline highlights
The veteran presenter was always adept at tapping into his audience’s concerns. People talked to Joe, after all
Principal of school in Blackrock, Dublin, given further 16 months for indecent assault charges
Aidan Clohessy (85) was member of Order of St John of God and principal of St Augustine’s School
Gavin Friday: ‘U2 and I are almost like brothers – you very rarely blow smoke up your brother’s ass’
The musician on positive changes in Ireland, his enduring friendship with Bono and co, and how he never made money until Jim Sheridan came calling
Serve: My Lost Years at the Heart of Ireland’s Opus Dei: ‘Catholicism on cocaine’
Anne Marie Allen’s strikingly angry memoir recalls the years she spent working as an unpaid skivvy for the Catholic Church institution
James Joyce: ‘For a boy of his age in a Dublin day school, he seems to have had considerable sexual experience’
In a Word ... Precocious
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
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