Order’s superior general confirmed Fr Flannery was under investigation for his views on ‘fundamental’ Catholic doctrine
Authors
Irish Church: proposed abortion law will lead to ‘direct killing of unborn’
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Bishops respond to government plan to legalise abortion in limited circumstances
Bishop: new law will make abortion widespread in Ireland
Friday, 30 November 2012
Government likely to introduce legislation to allow abortion in limited circumstances
Man whose wife was murdered on their honeymoon sets up Catholic foundation
Friday, 9 November 2012
John McAreavey, 28, says ‘without my faith, God knows where I would be’
Irish bishop appeals for prayers for a break in the rain
Thursday, 12 July 2012
Bishop of Ferns said many parishes have received requests for prayers for fine weather
Irish Church is on the path to renewal, Church leaders tell pilgrims
Monday, 11 June 2012
Archbishop Martin welcomes more than 12,000 pilgrims from 120 countries
Al-Qaeda official said Catholics in Ireland were ‘fertile ground’ for conversion
Friday, 4 May 2012
Suggestion to target Catholics contained in a letter to Osama bin Laden
Ireland to close embassy to Holy See
Friday, 4 November 2011
Ireland’s foreign minister says closure is for economic reasons and is not related to the Cloyne report row
Irish prime minister accuses Vatican of ‘narcissism’
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Enda Kenny launches extraordinary attack on the Vatican in parliament, saying its policy on abuse is ‘calculated’ and ‘withering’
Irish government seeks to compel priests to break seal of confession
Monday, 18 July 2011
Under new legislation priests would be punished with up to five years in prison if they did not pass on details of abuse heard in Confession
Tory party leaders have forgotten what a conservative outlook is all about
By Michael Kelly