‘He’s clearly not well’: Donald Trump’s erratic behaviour revives mental health debate
As the US president threatens to wipe out Iran and attacks the pope, some former allies and advisers are questioning whether he has grown increasingly unbalanced
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Trump accused of ‘sacrilege’ over Jesus image by influential Irish-American organisation
Ancient Order of Hibernians says US president’s criticism of Pope Leo and AI-generated image has ‘deeply offended’ Catholics
No rest for JD Vance as Trump gets cross with the pope again
Just back from fruitless negotiations with Iran, the US vice-president found himself having to address a fraught new episode in the uneasy relationship between church and state in America
Only one winner between Pope Leo and Donald Trump
World leaders show very different kinds of qualities and abilities
Trump deletes post with AI image depicting him as Jesus: ‘I thought it was me as a doctor’
The US president’s conservative, Christian supporters decried the Truth Social post, calling it ‘disgusting’
Pope Leo vows to continue Iran war critiques after Trump attacks
Pontiff said he will ‘continue to speak out loudly against war’
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Inside Politics: Government defends plans as ‘most generous in EU’ while Opposition and protesters dismiss measures as insufficient
Trump attacks Pope Leo as being ‘weak on crime, terrible for foreign policy’
Trump takes credit for rise to papacy of Leo, one of the world’s most powerful critics of the US war with Iran
War and Peace: A tale of two Easter messages from Donald Trump and Pope Leo
Leo uses Easter Sunday address to urge peace; Trump threatens to bomb Iran’s civilian infrastructure in expletive-stuffed post
Pope marks first Easter as pontiff with call for hope amid global conflicts
Pope Leo condemns ‘idolatry of profit’ and ‘violence of war that kills and destroys’
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Reviews of works by Brian Heffernan; June O’Sullivan; and David Annand
Pope Leo’s Good Friday service offers prayer for deported children
Thousands of worshippers pray for war orphans, political prisoners and those who died in conflicts
In 1980s Dublin, the communists had the best Good Friday shindigs
The goo – a longing for draught Guinness which overtakes the sufferer – contributed to left-wing causes in Dublin city
Irish priest moves closer to sainthood after being declared venerable by Pope Leo
Fr Edward Flanagan, born in 1886, has passed the second of four steps to canonisation
Religious order to end near 800-year association with Cork when it closes church in city centre
‘Accelerating decline’ in vocations means St Augustine’s on Washington Street will shut its doors in July
Pope to tour four African countries in 2026
Leo’s first major overseas trip will involve visit to Algeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon
Dublin cathedral to close for two years for €25m refurbishment
St Mary’s was designated a cathedral by Pope Leo last year on its 200th anniversary
Welcoming the historic meeting between David Ryan and Pope Leo XIV
David and Mark Ryan inspired many others
After the floods, Micheál Martin makes a raft of promises
Residents of Enniscorthy were not shy about sharing their disappointment and scepticism with the Taoiseach
Pope apologises to Blackrock College abuse survivors David Ryan and his late brother Mark
‘What stood out was his sincerity, his empathy,’ says Ryan, who was abused as a child
David Ryan’s papal audience followed participation in 2022 radio documentary
Blackrock Boys broadcast led to hundreds of testimonies involving some of State’s best known schools
Some Catholic teaching is ‘rancid’ and needs updating, says Mary McAleese
A bunch of celibate male bishops will not make required changes, says former president
Abuse survivor David Ryan to put ‘tough questions’ to Pope Leo XIV during private audience
Former Blackrock College pupil says he intends to ask ‘tough questions about how the Catholic Church pushed the abuse issue under the carpet for so long’
Pope evaluating invitation to Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace as Netanyahu agrees to join
Board, originally envisioned as small group overseeing ceasefire plan for Palestinian enclave, has grown into sprawling concept
Archbishop Eamon Martin ‘saddened’ by online Christian commentators ‘armed for battle’
Catholic Primate of Ireland: Christians who dismiss others because of perceived differences ‘particularly disappointing’
Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in first Christmas sermon
Leo laments conditions for homeless across globe and conflicts in Ukraine, Sudan, Mali and Thailand and Cambodia
Ireland’s Catholic bishops criticised for silence on Vatican extending ban on women deacons
Group calls it ‘shocking’ that Vatican commission believes ‘masculinity of Christ is integral part of sacramental identity’
Bethlehem holds first Christmas celebrations for two years
West Bank city had suspended celebrations due to conflict in Gaza
No women deacons in the Catholic Church, Vatican Commission decides
Argument against female deacons includes wish to preserve ‘masculinity of Christ’ and of those who receive holy orders
Irish peacekeepers join thousands attending pope’s Mass in Beirut
Pontiff’s three-day trip to Lebanon ‘brings a lot of hope’
Pope Leo urges Lebanese leaders to persevere with peace efforts
Visit takes place amid heightened tensions as Israel says it is targeting Hizbullah’s rebuilding efforts
‘We are all very lucky that he is visiting’: Lebanon welcomes Pope Leo
Pontiff hails country as one where ‘peace is a desire and a vocation’ where its people have acted as peacemakers
Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
Head of Catholic Church visits Lebanon after leaving Turkey on first overseas trip
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