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# Catholic Church

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Bishops: We are reminded of a time when unmarried mothers were rejected by Church
10 Jun 2014
11.3k
148
Archbishop calls for 'full-bodied investigation' into all mother-and-baby homes
8 Jun 2014
23.3k
431
Opinion: Horror doesn't belong to the past, Ireland's most vulnerable are still marginalised and neglected
Aoife Nolan
8 Jun 2014
317
41
Aaron McKenna: The nation, not just the Church, bears responsibility for horrors of the past
Aaron McKenna
7 Jun 2014
125
161
Opinion: Tuam's 800 babies – a legacy of shame and horror beyond words
Elaine Feeney
5 Jun 2014
1.4k
144
Multiple government departments to deal with 'deeply disturbing revelations' of child burials
4 Jun 2014
17.8k
106
Dublin's newest priest spent ten years as a car saleman
3 Jun 2014
25.9k
85
Opinion: Mass grave 'filled to the brim with tiny bones and skulls' shows how we cherish children
Donal O'Keeffe
31 May 2014
2.3k
282
Column: How the Catholic Church and the media thought Satanic cults were a real danger to young people in the 1980s
Barry Sheppard
31 May 2014
2.0k
183
Pope Francis made an unexpected stop at the Western Wall to pray and leave a note
26 May 2014
9.4k
43
Opinion: First Holy Communion etiquette for sensible spenders
Avril O'Reilly
17 May 2014
791
44
Bishop says there can be over-reliance on Churches to provide when people are failed by social policy
16 May 2014
8.1k
19
One in Four welcomes today's audits but says church must never become complacent again
12 May 2014
5.6k
24
Responsibility to safeguard children taken with "utmost seriousness" in Diocese of Meath
12 May 2014
5.0k
16
Case files not kept by religious order on priest that abused in mission countries
12 May 2014
5.1k
6
Child protection review recommends Cloyne Diocese set up whistle blowing policy
12 May 2014
3.8k
15
Dublin Archdiocese commended for 'exemplar' child abuse allegation reporting system
12 May 2014
5.2k
23
Over 160 new allegations of clerical sex abuse in last year
2 May 2014
7.5k
31
Opinion: Priests should break the seal of confession when someone admits to child abuse
Peter Ferguson
29 Apr 2014
2.3k
165
Column: Let's take the Sacraments out of class time (and out of teachers' hands)
Catherine W
22 Apr 2014
1.3k
175
Over 150,000 people attended the Pope's Easter mass
21 Apr 2014
5.7k
28
Column: Louise O’Keeffe ruling shows Ireland's school patronage system is unworkable
Peter Ferguson
3 Apr 2014
488
130
Vatican turns to social media as two popes - including John Paul II - to be made saints
2 Apr 2014
8.2k
91
Priest cleared of sex assault allegations quits two weeks after return
31 Mar 2014
14.3k
33
Could Mona Lisa have been a feminist who wanted more women in the Church?
15 Mar 2014
8.0k
27
Indian court convicts 3 over gang rape of Catholic nun
14 Mar 2014
17.5k
45
How would you rate Pope Francis' first year in office?
13 Mar 2014
9.4k
133
Memorial event remembers women incarcerated in Magdalene laundries
2 Mar 2014
8.6k
22
Church's teachings on marriage and family 'disconnected from real life'
27 Feb 2014
16.9k
187
Priest says Iona Institute didn't handle homophobia debate well
24 Feb 2014
12.9k
61
Martin: There's a danger marriage will lose originality if gay marriage allowed
9 Feb 2014
22.9k
373
"Immediate State action" needed on Magdalene justice scheme
5 Feb 2014
5.2k
46
Vatican says it will protect children - but criticises UN for 'interfering'
5 Feb 2014
7.5k
92
United Nations denounces the Vatican for allowing priests to rape children
5 Feb 2014
12.2k
91
Pope Francis says the internet is a gift from God
23 Jan 2014
10.5k
138
Spain's new cardinal says homosexuality is a 'defect'
20 Jan 2014
12.8k
255
Former Pope Benedict defrocked nearly 400 priests in two years for child abuse
17 Jan 2014
55.6k
92
McAleese: Catholic Church 'in denial over homosexuality for decades'
8 Jan 2014
16.1k
275
Column: Pope Francis is considering the needs of survivors of clerical child sexual abuse
Mark Vincent Healy
1 Jan 2014
48
77
Column: Have we become numb to the figures on clerical child abuse?
Mark Vincent Healy
18 Dec 2013
603
45
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