Attendences at Mass are back up again, say priests, but congregations are still anxious
‘Each one of us must accept our personal and collective need to change’, Archbishop says
Introductory programme of exploration now established first stage of pursuing vocation
Devotion has become fixated on Sunday Mass – but will many return to church when curbs fully lift?
Marriages in ‘non-Catholic churches, beaches, before Elvis impersonators’ considered invalid
Dermot Farrell assures change will follow consultation with priests and parishioners
Bishop of Ossory Dermot Farrell had been president at St Patrick’s College Maynooth
Current Bishop of Ossory will oversee archdiocese in which half of priests are over 70
If Amy Coney Barrett is acceptable to Catholic bishops, Joe Biden should be too
Allowing God to do what God does best: write straight with crooked lines
Fr Michael Mullaney says hostility being stoked towards the ‘other’ in public discourse
Senior figures at St Patrick’s College say Diarmuid Martin ‘not someone you can ignore’
Celibate gay men welcome in priesthood say senior Irish church figures
True apostles of the Church must be compassionate, warm and joyful, not cold and authoritarian
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