In his Christmas homily Archbishop Eamon Martin made timely reference to the scourge of human trafficking for which Ireland now appears to be a significant route.

Students at Catholic schools in Northern Ireland should be encouraged to join the PSNI to help balance community representation in the force, the leader of the DUP has said.

The new Bishop of Clonfert has said people of faith must prepare for a much changed world and become navigators of a new and ever deeper evangelisation.

Archbishop Eamon Martin has paid tribute to journalist Lyra McKee "whose life was so cruelly and pointlessly ended by violence" in Derry on Friday.

Eoin English Promises to open dialogue with the young — ‘future of the Church’

The newly-ordained Bishop of Ossory has weighed into the debate on abortion on his first day in office, describing as “paradoxical and in some ways the ultimate delusion” the proposal to “extinguish” the right to life of a child.

SPEAKING in Dublin this week, Catholic primate Archbishop Eamon Martin told a conference that principals and boards in Catholic schools would “ensure that religious education is given a high priority in curriculum planning and resourcing”. 

Catholic parents may have to do more to help their children’s faith formation as schools’ share of the duties risks being removed, the Church’s leader in Ireland said.

Church leaders have urged the North's politicians to strike a powersharing deal for the common good of everyone.

Latest: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Association Ireland has condemned the attack in Manchester.

Archbishop Eamon Martin delivered a lecture at the University of East Anglia in Norwich yesterday evening on the theme ‘The Church in the Public Sphere – a perspective from Ireland’. Here is an extended extract from his speech.

Ireland is moving rapidly from a society in which it was “virtually impossible not to believe in God” to one in which faith “is one human possibility among others”.

The way has been cleared for the Government to allow a referendum on abortion without restriction early next year after a series of wide-ranging recommendations were made by the independent Citizens’ Assembly.

Latest: Archbishop Eamon Martin has said it is with great sadness that he learned of Bishop Casey's death and has commended him for his work with Trócaire.

Politicians must have the courage to put the most challenging issues at the centre of the negotiations, church leaders in the North warned.

The prevalence of suicide, declining vocations, and Mass attendance are just some of the issues that the country’s bishops will discuss with senior Vatican officials when they travel to Rome tomorrow for a 10-day pilgrimage.

A papal visit to Ireland could be on the cards after Taoiseach Enda Kenny confirmed he has been invited to attend the World Meeting of Families.

ATONEMENT is one of the most powerful ideas — it requires honesty, forgiveness, generosity, and above all, great courage and humility. 

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AS the celebrations marking the centenary of one of the seminal events in the foundation of this evolving Republic begin to wind down, we must consider how we might mark the Civil War that followed without renewing the deep divisions that made that great tragedy inevitable. 

Bishop of Derry Edward Daly has died a hero after he raised a blood-soaked handkerchief and guided a dying teenager through British army gunfire on Bloody Sunday, a grateful relative said.

Retired bishop of Derry Edward Daly was a peacemaker during some of the darkest days of Northern Ireland’s Troubles.

Ireland’s Catholic primate Archbishop Eamon Martin joined in the voicing of global shock as he offered prayers to those affected by the terrorist murder of an 86-year-old priest at his church in France.

A University College Cork campaign group for refugees is calling on all Catholic bishops to “confirm publicly” that they have the resources to provide shelter for refugee families.

President Michael D Higgins has urged people not to let terrorists believe they can strike fear into lives.

Pope Francis may visit Ireland in 2018 after announcing the world’s largest gathering of Catholic families is to be held in Dublin.

Political instability in the North is hurting the most vulnerable, church leaders warned.

The Primate of All Ireland has waded into the row in Britain over the ‘Assisted Dying Bill’, which is to be debated in Westminster next week.

A senior civil servant predicted chaos in the system if Church leaders followed through on a threat to stop registering marriages after the marriage equality referendum passed.