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Archbishop Eamon Martin said that the reopening of churches will happen “slowly and tentatively”.
Jason Evert has described homosexuality as a disorder and is critical of contraception.
The victims were children and adolescents aged between four and 17.
Thirty others were injured in the incident.
The eyewitnesses to the resurrection were willing to die for their faith – but who would die for a lie, writes Thomas Finegan.
‘We can all help to change the outdated teachings, traditions and structures which repel many adults and young people,’ writes Joe Mulvaney.
Benedict has written a 6,000-word essay for Klerusblatt, a German monthly magazine for clergy.
Martin said that some of this anti-Islamic sentiment came from publications “purporting to be of Catholic inspiration”.
The cardinal was speaking at a landmark Vatican summit on tackling sex abuse in the clergy.
His admission followed a rare outcry last week from the Vatican’s women’s magazine over the sexual abuse of nuns.
A report launching today calls for a radical overhaul of how sex education is taught in both primary and secondary schools.
“I heard them saying, ‘Build that wall, build that wall.’ We’re not supposed to have walls here, we never did.”
Education Minister Joe McHugh said the figures reflect the changes taking place in the patronage of Irish schools.
Fr Gibbons – of Knock – writes about finding the true meaning of Christmas even when things feel hard.
It is not yet known how many jobs will be lost.
There have been calls for the Pakistani woman to be offered asylum, including in Ireland.
The suggestion of easing the rules on celibacy was raised by the Auxiliary Bishop of Brussels.
Donald Wuerl was due to speak on Wednesday.
Pope Francis will be in Ireland for two days, 25 and 26 August, as part of the World Meeting of Families event.
Single-faith religious instruction and all sacramental preparation needs to be parish-based and conducted outside of school hours, writes Peter Gunning.
The statue has been outside the church for 10 years.
The event is frowned upon by the Catholic Church.
The average age of grooms in Ireland is 36, while the average age of brides is 34.
The welcome was was removed from a video supporting the World Meeting of Families.
The inclusion of McAleese on the Voices of Faith speaker panel was opposed by Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
Pope Francis is set to visit the country next year.
He is expected to address claims of ethnic cleansing in the region.
Some people think it’s not appropriate in modern Ireland.
Security forces have been battling militants in Marawi, a major Muslim city in the predominantly Catholic country.
“With these religious images, drivers feel they are safer, that there is divine intervention and they are being guided and protected.”
There is a profound, far-reaching division in Irish society, writes Larry Donnelly.
The Arena clan, a family belonging to a powerful crime syndicate, allegedly syphoned off money from the state destined for migrants.
The ceremony will make a formal request for the beatification of Dublin man Fr John Sullivan, who died in 1933.
Health Minister Simon Harris has insisted the hospital will be independently run.
Men also have their backs whipped.
Collins said that some members of the Vatican hierarchy were unwilling to make changes.
As it stands schools are legally permitted to select students based on their religion.