When Pope Leo XIV sits down with the world’s cardinals this week for a two-day extraordinary consistory, the agenda may sound technical. In reality, it touches the nerve endings of the post-Francis Church. Governance, synodality and what the pope has called “liturgical peace” are not abstract themes. They are fault lines, unresolved tensions and open…
Archbishop Eamon Martin has said he’s not overly concerned that Catholic Emancipation commemorations don’t feature in the Irish Government’s programme for government. Speaking to this paper he said “I wouldn’t be too worried about seeing it in the program for government, I would like to do and we’re already having some conversations about this at…
The Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan has said that he is cautiously optimistic that the diocese is seeing a ‘turn’ in the vocations tide. “I think that the recent upturn, and we must be cautious here, in those entering Propaedeutic years, seminary or just enquiring, has been well reported and is very welcome. There are,…
Halfway through a sit-down interview with the Primate of All-Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin, there’s a knock on door and he excuses himself to go answer it. It’s a dark winter’s evening, it could be anyone. It turns out someone found a lost kitten. It was just one little thing on a spectrum of things that…
The Bishop of Meath Tom Deenihan has said that one of his hopes for 2026 is that Irish people will become less angry. Speaking to The Irish Catholic the bishop said, “I hope people become less angry in 2026! It might seem like a strange hope but there is too much anger in society. We…
Exclusive Responding to questions regarding diocesan mergers and episcopal appointments in Ireland the Papal Nuncio to Ireland Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor has said that “the reconfiguration of diocesan boundaries is not a matter that affects the Irish Church alone. In the rapidly changing circumstances of society, worldwide, it has become an object of urgent pastoral…
‘There will be a next chapter for the Irish Church’ – Primate Striking a hopeful note this Christmas, the Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, has said the Church in Ireland has a future, pointing to the growing involvement of committed lay people and young people as a source of hope, while acknowledging the…
As 2025 draws to a close, it is tempting to summarise the year the way the world’s gatekeepers do: by counting victories, tracking markets, naming winners and losers, tallying territory gained and lost. It has been, in that sense, a year of headlines and hard edges—a year in which many people feel the ground shifting…
The fruits of the Year of Hope in the diocese of Meath are an increase in Mass attendance in many parishes, consistent numbers at Adoration and continued engagement in parishes according to its Bishop Tom Deenihan. “I hope that the fruits of the Year of Hope will continue. There is an increase in numbers attending…
Archbishop Eamon Martin has said that the Church in Ireland is being called to a deeper, parish-rooted model of marriage preparation and support—one that sees marriage not as an isolated event but as a lifelong journey of faith. His comments come as bishops and Accord, the Catholic marriage care service, continue to reflect on how…