King Charles and Pope Leo pray together in a 500-year first
Last joint worship including an English monarch and Catholic pontiff was in 1534, after Henry VIII broke away from Rome
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Joseph O’Connor on celebrating a Kerry priest who became a war-time hero
He assembled a network of activists that hid thousands of fugitives, including many escaped Allied prisoners of war
Malachy Clerkin: All hail Pope Leo XIV, the world’s most famous sporting trash-talker
His Holiness didn’t allow the fact that his own team is terrible stop him from zinging a Chicago Cubs fan. Amen to that
From Gaza to AI, Pope Leo is taking the papacy in a different direction
In the News podcast: Why does the outspoken Pope rarely speak his native English?
Carlo Acutis: Pope Leo XIV canonises ‘God’s influencer’ as first millennial saint
The teenager, who died in 2006, used digital technology to spread the Catholic faith
First saint of 21st century, who died aged 15, to be canonised in Rome
‘God’s influencer’ Carlos Acutis died aged 15 in 2006
Pope Leo’s first 100 days: ‘He is returning to what was normality before’
Cautious communications and sparse use of English have helped the first US pope to keep a low profile while returning to the more formal Vatican structure of the past
Never heard of St Phoebe? Here’s why
False information is being spread about the tradition of ordaining women as Catholic deacons
Wildfires fanned by heatwave and strong winds rage across Europe
About 7,700 people evacuated near Greek city of Patras, while Spain is on course for one of its longest heatwaves on record, with almost all of country deemed to be at extreme or very high risk of fire
Pope tells crowd of one million young Catholics ‘a different world is possible’
Vatican says more than a million young people were present, along with 7,000 priests and 450 bishops
Israeli strike on Gaza Catholic church kills two and injures priest who spoke daily with pope
Fr Gabriel Romanelli used to receive daily calls from the late Pope Francis
The Irish diaspora setting up and running businesses abroad
There are bittersweet elements to emigration too, such as re-learning to be Irish, as Laura Kennedy learns
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
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’
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
‘Bob the Pope’ considered ‘a safe pair of hands’ by Irish priest who knew the new Pope Leo XIV
Pontiff’s successor as head of Augustinians recalls a man who is ‘humble, listens, lets everybody do their jobs’
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 says Catholic Church must illuminate ‘dark nights of this world’
Pope laments the valuing of money, success and power over Christian faith
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 XIV: Irish-American Catholic community celebrate the rise of one of their own to the papacy
On Chicago’s southeast side election of first US pope seen as ‘a great message of hope’
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
‘I don’t think he’ll be the silent one’: Pope Leo XIV‘s brother reflects on his values and roots
John Prevost said that his brother was ‘simple, really. He’s not going to go out for a 19-course meal’
Skorts: Newstalk’s Andrea Gilligan gives the Camogie Association’s pig-headedness short shrift
Radio: The Newstalk host covers the camogie controversy in her signature style
Pope Leo XIV: American cardinal Robert Prevost elected as new pope - as it happened
Cardinals choose new pontiff after fourth vote at the Vatican
Pope Leo XIV: First US-born pontiff addresses the faithful in St Peter’s Square
Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago unlikely choice as 267th pope, but seen as champion of migrants and poor
‘It’s like our Olympics’: Irish priests among stunned faithful in St Peter’s Square as Pope Leo XIV emerges
Many were surprised at choice of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, but hoped he would carry on legacy of Pope Francis
Who is Robert Prevost? The American cardinal who is the new Pope Leo XIV
Chicago-born moderate served in Peru for two decades before taking influential Vatican posts
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
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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