Eamon Martin
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Maynooth seminary to be overhauled after turbulent period
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 16, 2017, 20:33
Fr Michael Mullaney has been appointed president of the national seminary, St Patrick’s College in Maynooth, for the next three years as the Catholic(...)

Catholic bishops in Northern Ireland warn of perils of Brexit
- Irish News
- May 29, 2017, 17:23
The Catholic bishops in Northern Ireland, while urging people to vote in the June 8th Westminster general election, have warned of the potentially des(...)

State and Church leaders in Ireland express heartfelt solidarity with Manchester
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 23, 2017, 16:30
President Michael D Higgins has described the murder of so many young people in Manchester on Monday as a “cowardly attack on innocent citizens” which(...)

Dubliner, who was Protestant, declared ‘Blessed’ by Catholic Church
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 13, 2017, 00:00
It should not happen in Ireland and certainly not in a year which commemorates the beginnings of the Reformation 500 years ago, when Martin Luther nai(...)

Catholic Church’s good deeds are being erased, says archbishop
- Religion & Beliefs
- May 9, 2017, 01:00
Decades of service by countless nuns and priests in education and healthcare are being “almost obliterated by a revised and narrow narrative that reli(...)

IVF, sterilisation and morning-after pill banned by Sisters of Charity
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 28, 2017, 01:00
Bishop Kevin Doran may have been speaking “in general terms” last Sunday about healthcare provision in Catholic-run institutions, but he accurately re(...)
‘The Disappeared’: search for closure goes on
- Editorial
- April 11, 2017, 00:02
Burial of the dead with appropriate ceremony has been a core component of civilised behaviour for thousands of years. That is why the abduction, murde(...)

Current attitudes to truth are similar to those of Pontius Pilate, church leaders say
- Religion & Beliefs
- April 10, 2017, 18:37
Attitudes to the truth in today’s world echo those of Pontius Pilate at the trial of Jesus, the Catholic and Church of Ireland primates have said in a(...)

Tell us where the final four ‘Disappeared’ are, pleads Archbishop
- Irish News
- April 9, 2017, 17:19
The Catholic primate Archbishop Eamon Martin has urged anyone holding “secrets” about where the bodies of the remaining four members of the “Disappea(...)

Dáil, Seanad refuse to have Hindu prayer at opening sessions
- Religion & Beliefs
- March 30, 2017, 20:25
The Dáil and Seanad have rejected requests that a Hindu prayer be read at the opening session of debate in each chamber. Expressing his disappointme(...)