Women in love with priests seek optional celibacy Twenty-six women who say they are in love with Catholic priests have written to Pope Francis urging him to make celibacy optional. News • 19 May 14
Church watchdog issues child protection reviews The Catholic Church's child protection watchdog has begun publishing reviews of four dioceses and five other church entities. News • 12 May 14
Lifting of restrictions on Irish priest welcomed The Association of Catholic Priests has welcomed the lifting of restrictions on an Irish Marist priest who had been ordered to stop writing and commenting … News • 29 Apr 14
John Paul II and John XXIII declared saints Pope Francis has proclaimed John Paul II and John XXIII as saints of the Catholic Church to applause from the crowd of pilgrims in St … News • 27 Apr 14
Pope defends church's record on tackling abuse Pope Francis has defended the Catholic Church's record on tackling the sexual abuse of children by priests. News • 05 Mar 14
Archbishop says church disconnected from families Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said Catholic teaching on marriage and the family is poorly understood and poorly accepted in his dioceses. News • 27 Feb 14
McAleese comments on homosexuality welcomed A member of the Association of Catholic Priests has said he is glad former president Mary McAleese made public comments concerning the Catholic Church's attitude … News • 08 Jan 14
Pope Francis named Time Person of the Year Time Magazine has named Pope Francis as its Person of the Year for 2013. News • 11 Dec 13
Call for independent inquiry into NI child abuse Amnesty International in Northern Ireland has said yesterday's audits of two Catholic dioceses there strengthen the case for an independent investigation into clerical child sexual … News • 11 Dec 13
Reports on church child protection published An audit by the Catholic Church's child protection watchdog has found only 12 Christian Brothers were convicted of crimes between 1975 and today. News • 10 Dec 13
Church child protection watchdog to publish audits The Catholic Church’s Irish child protection watchdog is to publish reports tomorrow morning on eight church entities. News • 10 Dec 13
Vatican to set up committee on child sex abuse The Vatican is to set up a special committee to improve measures to protect children against sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. News • 05 Dec 13
Benedict denies cover up of child sex abuse Former Pope Benedict XVI has denied he tried to cover up sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests, in his first direct published comments since … News • 24 Sep 13
Martin says Pope dealing with church's challenges Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said Pope Francis is a man who had opened his soul on a wide range of issues and was … News • 20 Sep 13
Church told of 'duty to legislate on abortion' Taoiseach Enda Kenny has responded to Cardinal Seán Brady's comment that the Catholic Church would be "mobilising" in relation to the draft legislation on abortion. News • 07 May 13
Report highly critical of retired Clogher bishop Retired bishop of Clogher Joseph Duffy consistently missed opportunities to prevent clergy from sexually abusing children, according to the Catholic Church's watchdog. News • 24 Apr 13
Cardinal: Paedophilia 'not a criminal condition' Survivors of sexual abuse have reacted angrily to comments by a Roman Catholic cardinal that paedophilia is an illness and not a criminal condition. News • 19 Mar 13
Conclave to elect new pope to start on 12 March The Conclave to elect a new pope following the resignation of Pope Benedict will begin on 12 March. News • 08 Mar 13
Cardinals begin discussions on papal election Talks on the process of electing the next pope have begun in Rome but the starting date of the closed-door conclave to choose Benedict's successor … News • 04 Mar 13
Catholic bishops urge people to vote in referendum Catholic bishops said the wording of the proposed Children Referendum is not intended to undermine the current Constitutional balance between the rights of parents and … News • 05 Nov 12
The legacy of Vatican II Former RTÉ Deputy Head of News Desmond Fisher looks back at the Second Vatican Council and its impact five decades on. Special Reports • 10 Oct 12
Taoiseach attends Pope Benedict address Taoiseach Enda Kenny has attended an address by Pope Benedict with his European political allies in Italy. News • 22 Sep 12
Pat Rabbitte says church should not dictate to TDs Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte has said it would be a retrograde step if the Catholic Church went back to dictating to elected representatives how … News • 27 Aug 12
US Cardinal denies he is endorsing Mitt Romney The most senior Catholic Cardinal in the United States, Timothy Dolan, is to give the Benediction at next week's Republican Party National Convention on the … News • 24 Aug 12
200 attend vigil in support of censured priests At least 200 people have taken part in a silent vigil in support of priests who have been censured by the Vatican. News • 30 Apr 12
