The Irish Times

Trial of alleged accomplices in jihadist slaying of priest opens in Paris

Witnesses include man (92) who survived stabbing and throat-slashing in same attack

Mon Feb 14 2022 - 19:41

France mourns priest allegedly killed by man he had sheltered

Police in Vendée say man awaiting trial for Nantes cathedral fire confessed to murder

Mon Aug 09 2021 - 21:16

Breda O’Brien: Persecuted Christians merit progressives’ support

West often neglects anti-Christian bias, seeing them as unenlightened leftovers

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 02:00

Inquiry into intelligence failures around French priest’s murder

Agency warnings of imminent church attack unheeded ahead of Fr Jacques Hamel’s death

Wed Jan 31 2018 - 19:20

Many migrant holding centres are ‘concentration camps’ - pope

Francis praises countries helping refugees, thanks them for ‘bearing this extra burden’

Sat Apr 22 2017 - 21:22

Radicalisation not the only factor in recent terrorism

World in 2016 review: three distinct types of terror attack hit the West this year

Thu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00

Evidence of co-ordination of European terrorist attacks

A computer found in a bin in Brussels points to concerted efforts to orchestrate attacks

Fri Oct 07 2016 - 01:00

Pope agrees to expedite sainthood process for murdered priest

French priest stabbed by Islamist militants at altar is on fast track to possible beatification

Sun Oct 02 2016 - 19:17

Reporting terror: France learns the hard way

Between the Charlie Hebdo and Nice massacres, French media changed their approach to such violent attacks, and the public’s reaction changed too

Sat Sept 24 2016 - 06:00

Archbishop criticises France’s attitude to religion

Church of Ireland primate accuses the state of lacking an understanding of faith

Mon Sept 12 2016 - 20:06

Woman charged over foiled Paris attack

French authorities charge 29-year-old with involvement in a terrorist act and attempted murder

Sun Sept 11 2016 - 06:48

Tales of heroism emerge from horror of France terror attacks

Many individuals risked their own lives to save others, or tended to the wounded

Tue Aug 23 2016 - 11:51

French PM vows plan to tackle jihadist-related prison crisis

Sharp increase in prisoner numbers fuels overcrowding and appalling conditions

Tue Aug 09 2016 - 01:00

Church of Ireland notes

Sat Aug 06 2016 - 00:00

Failure to tackle terror in France points to sociological solution

Given the war with Isis could take years, French society must look beyond security

Thu Aug 04 2016 - 23:39

Slain priest’s funeral asked: ‘Must there be further slaughter?’

Fr Jacques Hamel eulogised in Rouen, but what does future hold for France’s Muslims?

Tue Aug 02 2016 - 19:24

Murdered French priest said ‘go away, Satan’ to attackers

Thousands attend funeral of Fr Jacques Hamel amid tight security at Rouen Cathedral

Tue Aug 02 2016 - 15:47

Priest’s killers were Isis apprentices who met through app

19-year-old Normandy attackers knew each other only four days before they struck

Tue Aug 02 2016 - 01:00

Pope urges young people to ‘download’ compassion

Final address by Francis at Catholic youth rally focuses on technology and activism

Sun Jul 31 2016 - 15:05

Francis condemns ‘cruelty’ in prisons after Auschwitz visit

‘Cruelty did not end at Auschwitz, at Birkenau: today too, people are tortured,’ says Pope

Sat Jul 30 2016 - 19:14

Breda O’Brien: Proposed changes to the way religion is taught make no sense

Apparently, learning about religion is fine but not praying

Sat Jul 30 2016 - 12:37

Why France has become the prime western target of Isis jihadis

Successive governments have failed to get to grips with the grievances of the children of the north Africans who came to France in more prosperous times

Fri Jul 29 2016 - 10:28

Second attacker in French hostage killing identified

Second attacker named as Abdel-Malik Petit Jean (19), who was born in Vosges, France

Thu Jul 28 2016 - 09:38

Islamic State posts video of ‘Normandy attackers’

Isis claims the two men in the clip were responsible for assault on French church

Wed Jul 27 2016 - 20:50

France church attack: tensions mount in town after priest killing

Murder of Fr Jacques has destroyed fragile ethnic balance in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

Wed Jul 27 2016 - 17:56

Normandy attack: France’s Hollande meets religious leaders

Criticism intensifies over security after attack by jihadist wearing electronic tag

Wed Jul 27 2016 - 13:22

French church killer Adel Kermiche: ‘A ticking time bomb’

Family of teenager who killed priest in France ‘tried to stop him joining Isis’

Wed Jul 27 2016 - 12:25

Normandy attack: France aims to prevent ‘war of religions’

François Hollande to meet faith leaders after murder of priest by Islamic State supporters

Wed Jul 27 2016 - 08:33

‘Unnameable’ Islamic State atrocity stirs fears of escalation

Right-wing figures pounce after priest’s throat is slashed in Normandy town

Wed Jul 27 2016 - 01:00

Muslim leader Ali Selim urges media to avoid linking attacks to Islam

Irish religious leaders express solidarity and condolences after murder of priest in France

Tue Jul 26 2016 - 19:22

Murdered by Islamic State in his Normandy church, who was Fr Jacques Hamel?

Despite being retired, he had asked to remain in French parish to help when necessary

Tue Jul 26 2016 - 18:09