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1. Pope Francis the student - fellow Jesuits remember a 'quiet man’
2. Iron fists and velvet gloves
3. Irish teenagers just don't 'do religion': Will Pope's Dublin visit bring renewal of faith to young catholics
4. Illuminating faith at the speed of light
5. School bells toll for Communion classes in Ireland
6. Pope Francis' visit to Ireland offers a chance to start over       
7. Hopes and fears as Francis flies in
8. Scholars call for end to church ban on artificial contraception
9. Irish bishop lukewarm on new vocations initiative
10. Irish Church made mistakes on abuse, Martin admits
11. Irish Church to develop new resources for married life
12. O’Loan rejects grammar school option for Northern Ireland
13. Local churches ‘failing to engage’ with groups fighting human trafficking
14. Papal visit seen as historic opportunity for all communities
15. Irish bishops urge Citizens’ Assembly to retain pro-life amendment
16. Irish diocese trains lay people to lead liturgies
17. Censured priest to defy Vatican ban and celebrate public Mass
18. Irish hierarchy to meet Pope Francis in Rome
19. Schools face admissions shake-up
20. Irish bishops share fears of sharp decline in faith with Pope Francis
21. ‘Unpredictable’ Francis will make visit unique, says Martin
22. Communication failures at heart of many difficulties in marriages
23. Irish cardinal implicated in Murphy Report dies aged 90
24. Martin reveals extent of abuse cover-up
25. Leader of Irish Church sounds warning over Brexit consequences for Ireland ahead of polls
26. Irish church leaders defend Connell’s record on abuse
27. Inquiry into Tuam deaths to be broadened
28. Bishop who resigned after fathering child dies aged 89
29. Orders ‘must pay fair share of compensation for abuse’
30. Bishops reflect on scandal of mother and baby homes
31. Irish diocese predicts big fall in number of priests
32. Catholicism in decline in Ireland
33. 'Judgmentalism' of Irish Catholics is causing people to reject faith, Archbishop Martin says
34. Row over nuns’ involvement in maternity hospital escalates
35. Limerick’s day without Masses highlights priest shortage
36. Good done by the Catholic Church in Ireland at risk of being 'obliterated' by secularisation, says Archbishop
37. Sisters of Charity end 183-year involvement with healthcare group in 'historic' move, following protests
38. Farrell says ‘Amoris Laetitia’ does not change church teaching
39. Varadkar offers Ireland new kind of conservatism
40. Country’s first Jesuit bishop an expert in communications
41. Maynooth to undergo major restructuring programme
42. Survey finds that pupils oppose separation by faith
43. Limerick youth petition Pope via social media in bid to prevent priest moving to Dublin
44. Martin ‘frustrated’ by failure to relinquish control of schools
45. Cardinal Schönborn rejects Cardinal Müller's criticism that his handling of Amoris Laetitia debate is 'not convincing'
46. Schönborn says vocations ‘could blossom’
47. Focus on safety for Croagh Patrick pilgrimage
48. Rights of indigenous peoples ‘embraced by Pope Francis’
49. Catholics should ‘stop talking’ of transubstantiation
50. Ireland’s first Jesuit bishop ordained in Donegal
51. Ireland family gathering to focus on tech
52. McAleese criticises Vatican over UN children’s charter
53. Sixty years of the Irish chaplaincy in London
54. Catholics ‘must defend right to life’
55. Martin's Evensong homily boosts Irish ecumenism
56. Census shows Catholic numbers falling sharply in Ireland
57. Ireland: Vote threatens 8th Amendment protection for unborn child
58. Martin says Catholic schools must fight to keep religious ethos
59. Robinson gives Pope an Irish view of his encyclical
60. Church has ‘no objection’ to Enniskillen memorial
61. Pay 'greatest attention' to protection of minors in Seminarian training
62. Irish bishops reject claim they are failing to provide exorcists
63. Abortion law reform committee ‘weighted in favour of repeal’
64. Irish bishops reflect on Missal translation
65. Ireland moves closer to abortion referendum
66. Archbishop Martin looks to state for help with €20m cost of papal visit to Ireland
67. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin leads tributes to Peter Sutherland
68. Ireland's national seminary must 'change if it is to survive'
69. Safeguarding campaigners dismayed by Pope’s comments
70. Ireland to hold abortion referendum in May
71. Former President of Ireland fears World Meeting of Families will marginalise LGBTs
72. Mary McAleese writes to Pope Francis over Vatican ban
73. Nuncio tells Church’s critics we don’t ‘reprove parents in public’
74. Collins regrets loss of key personnel in new papal commission
75. Voices of Faith organisers waiting for response from Pope
76. McAleese calls for inquiry into church handling of Fr Finnegan abuse allegations
77. Pope Francis Northern Ireland visit still possible, says bishop
78. Catholic and Church of Ireland Archbishops make impassioned defence of Good Friday Agreement
79. Dutch archbishop tells Irish Church to prioritise financial management
80. Irish bishops rally pro-life support
81. Heart of St Laurence O'Toole returned to Dublin cathedral
82. Martin maps out approach for sex education in Catholic schools
83. Thousands gather to protest liberalisation of Ireland's abortion laws
84. Irish ban on priority places at Catholic primary schools
85. Collins says Church needs a ‘process’ for handling abuse
86. Pope Francis to visit shrine of Knock when in Ireland
87. Irish Conservative Catholics to hold alternative conference on marriage and family in August
88. Mary McAleese stands by Ireland abortion referendum 'yes' vote
89. Dr McAleese 'seriously mistaken' on infant baptism
90. Irish Catholic hospitals who perform abortions 'fail to be Catholic'
91. Archbishop Martin reproaches government minister who led service
92. Martin laments alienation of the young in Ireland
93. Cardinal Farrell claims laity best placed to advise couples
94. Archbishop warns of threat to Gospel values posed by relativism
95. Pope must address abuse, says Martin
96. MP calls for married and women priests
97. Tough times ahead for global leaders of Catholic universities
98. Is the priesthood becoming too ritualistic?
99. Asylum process in Britain 'deeply and profoundly flawed', says JRS head
100. Abuse survivor says senior clerics 'complicit' with McCarrick
101. Irish Church must confront issues to avoid 'decline into irrelevance'
102. Doran reaffirms Humanae Vitae teaching
103. Sodano offered McAleese secrecy deal on abuse files
104. Catholic marriage agency agrees to help all-comers
105. Majority in Ireland support married clergy and women priests
106. Cardinal withdraws from WMF to investigate alleged 'sexual misconduct'
107. Irish diocese loses one third of its priests over 20 years
108. Coalition of LBGT Catholics complains of exclusion at WMOF2018
109. Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington withdraws from WMOF2018
110. Pope urged to ‘make zero ­tolerance more than a slogan’
111. McAleese: Church must accept responsibility for LGBT pain
112. Pope visit to Ireland overshadowed by sex abuse scandal
113. Abuse survivors voice frustration over meeting with Pope
114. Pope offers alms amid his see of troubles
115. Martin condemns Church discrimination against gays
116. Families speak of their struggles at WMOF2018
117. Accountability is key to safeguarding, says Archbishop of Armagh