Catholic Church hierarchy has admitted concerns about an "unhealthy atmosphere" at the country's main seminary amid claims trainee priests there are using the gay dating app Grindr.

THE decision by the Taoiseach to publicly support same-sex marriage will mean he is about to have a fight on his hands, firstly from conservative Fine Gael backbenchers but, more volubly, from the leaders of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

The new Catholic archbishop of San Francisco has assumed office without referring to the distress his appointment has aroused in this gay-friendly city, but offering self-deprecating jokes about his recent drunken driving arrest.

THE Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has urged solicitors and politicians to work towards achieving a more just, equal and caring society.

THE Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has warned that “uncontrolled growth” dominated by personal and intellectual greed and ambition inevitably leads to a divided society.

A group representing survivors of clerical and institutional abuse are due to meet with Dublin's Catholic Archbishop today.