If Ireland’s Catholic leaders can’t even pretend to offer young people Christ, then the youth will seek out a church that will. by S.A. McCarthy May 24, 2025, 10:20 PM mark gusev ...

A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 24, 2024, Section A, Page 10 of the New York edition with the headline: Ending Decades of Silence on Abuse in Ireland’s Catholic Schools.

Annie Murphy, whose affair with a bishop changed attitudes in Ireland about the Catholic Church, now lives in New Lebanon, N.Y. (Jessica Chappe / For The Times) ...

Still, the Catholic faith and Ireland have been inextricable for 1,500 years. “You can’t say, ‘Hello, how are you?’ in the Irish language without invoking God’s name.

LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Archbishop Dermot Farrell says “the growing diversity of Irish society” led to the transfer of a Catholic primary school in Dublin to a multi-denominational patron.

It is among these 734,300 people that the hope of the Catholic Church in Ireland’s resurrection is active and alive. And it is in this spirit of hope that we must pray daily for our bishops ...

The Dublin-based Iona Institute for Religion and Society has released a comprehensive report that highlights significant shifts in religious attitudes and practices in Ireland. Updating findings ...

Last year, Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO) published data gathered during Ireland's 2022 Census that showed the percentage of the Irish population who identified as Roman Catholic fell ...

A recent Eucharistic procession in Derry, Ireland, highlighted an inspiring revival of Catholic faith in a city synonymous with some dark days in Ireland’s troubled history.

David Smyth, Head of Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland, told Christian Daily International that churches had been filing in the gaps in the provision of public services.

Newly elected Prime Minister Michelle O'Neill of Northern Ireland speaks during a meeting of the legislative assembly in Belfast Feb. 3, 2024. O'Neill is Northern Ireland's first Catholic prime ...