"Unintended consequences" of the focus on the mechanics of safeguarding and zero tolerance highlighted.
Secularist approach to the study of faiths in new programme 'Education about Religions and Beliefs & Ethics' may even be imposed on faith-based schools.
Message of sympathy from Archbishop Eamon Martin read at the Funeral Mass of slain Garda, Anthony Golden.
“I believe that we have not yet come up with a profound theology of womanhood in the Church” - Bishop Donal McKeown of Derry.
“I would like, in the name of the Church, to ask for forgiveness for the scandals which recently have fallen both on Rome and the Vatican.”
In some cases, families and individuals entitled to support have spent time sleeping rough due to a lack of information: Crosscare.
“The common good seems to have gone off our national and ecclesiastical radar over the last half-decade" Archbishop Jackson warns.
Archbishop suggests it is too simplistic to infer that an authentic Christian culture of marriage has disappeared on the basis of the referendum.
Archbishop Eamon Martin describes double shooting as a "tragic incident which has devastated families" & rocked a "peaceful parish community.”
Fr Jacques Mourad released after five months as Pope says he is following with great concern what is happening in Syria, Iraq, Jerusalem and West Bank.
“The extended family, the Traveller community, which is very close-knit, and the wider community is feeling the enormity of this and the pain of it.”
“We in Ireland are not at all used to the humility demanded by the fact that we might have something to receive," IMU president Sr Kathleen McGarvey OLA.
‘Nurtured with Love’ shows Sr Patricia Speight from Belfast ministering at a centre which provides care and support for hundreds of HIV/AIDS patients.
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin elected as rapporteur of one English-speaking group, while Archbishop Eamon Martin elected as moderator of his group.
“It was an amazing experience and I met so many remarkable Irish missionaries doing incredible work" - former RTE journalist Charlie Bird.
Warns against the “atomistic, individualistic and deracinated existence” which has become increasingly prevalent in many parts of the Western world.
Pope tells delegates Synod is a space for the action of the Holy Spirit only if participants vest themselves with “apostolic courage, evangelical humility & trusting prayer”.
The number of older people coming to ALONE in need of housing increased by 90% in 2014.
God’s dream for his creation is to see it fulfilled “in the loving union between a man and a woman, rejoicing in their shared journey, fruitful in their mutual gift of self”.
“We are honoured that the Holy Father has expressed his prayerful support to us here in Ireland” - Archbishop O'Reilly.
“It seems to me that, in the Church, we don’t know homosexuality because we don’t know homosexuals, yet we have them all over the place" explains Vatican prelate.
Ad Gentes “Put the missionary agenda firmly at the heart of the life of the Church” - Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly SMA.
Bishops and catholic aid agency concerned over the pace of the EU and Irish response to the plight of thousands of refugees.
“Urgent reform is required to avoid the creation of an unjust two-tier system in which the needs of those waiting for status for many years are overlooked.”
Launching a book by Rev Gordon Linney, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin pays tribute to the Pontiff’s ability to “say things in a different way”.
Contribution of religious congregations to the efforts to eradicate human trafficking and provide care and support to victims recognised.
Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles denies clemency to Kelly Gissendaner despite papal letter.
Good communication is never merely the product of the latest or most developed technology but realised through deep interpersonal relationship.
New catholic preschool & primary school religious education curriculum launched as well as religious education programme 'Grow in Love'.
Top US catholic university, Notre Dame, and Benedictine community open centre to advance shared spiritual, cultural and educational missions.
