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Nigerian forces hunt gunmen who killed 50 at church
No-one has claimed responsibility for the killings.
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Jun 6th 2022, 8:43 PM
Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals
Many of the names are figures from outside Europe, keeping with Francis’s determination to have church leaders reflect the global face of the Catholic Church.
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May 29th 2022, 5:00 PM
Churchgoers on island of Ireland raise €3.25 million for Ukraine
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh and Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin paid tribute to the generosity of parishioners.
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Apr 14th 2022, 10:55 PM
Pope Francis apologises to Canadian Indigenous people for abuse at church-run schools
Numerous investigations into the former residential schools are underway across Canada after the discovery of mass unmarked graves.
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Apr 1st 2022, 4:32 PM
Declaring thousands of baptisms in US invalid due to word error 'over the top', Irish priest says
Thousands of Catholics in the US and Brazil may have to be re-baptised because the priest in question said ‘we’ instead of ‘I’.
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Feb 17th 2022, 2:51 PM
Dublin archdiocese saw 10% decline in christenings in the year after 'baptism barrier' was removed
Baptisms in Dublin dropped from 13,234 to 11,922 between 2018 and 2019.
In Dublin, the rate of baptisms decreased by roughly 10% between 2018 and 2019.
In that same year, Ireland’s birth rates fell from 61,016 to 59,796, according to the CSO.
Ireland in 2018 amended legislation to remove the so-called “baptism barrier”.
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Feb 5th 2022, 12:05 AM
'Significant' plans announced to move sacramental preparation away from schools
'No more baptism barrier': Catholic schools won't use religion as admission criteria, says Bruton
93 potential graves found at Canada school site
Since May, more than 1,000 anonymous graves have been found near former schools run by religious groups.
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Jan 26th 2022, 9:14 AM
Retired priest accused of assaulting boy over 50 years ago in High Court bid to halt trial
The judge adjourned the matter to a date in March.
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Jan 24th 2022, 3:50 PM
Ex-pope Benedict failed to act in four child abuse cases, report finds
The report analyses how abuse cases were dealt with in the archdiocese of Munich and Freising between 1945 and 2019.
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Jan 20th 2022, 3:32 PM
Rome church condemns funeral with swastika-draped coffin and fascist salute
The parish priest and the church distanced themselves from ‘every word, gesture and symbol’.
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Jan 11th 2022, 6:28 PM
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Pope warns of 'demographic winter' and advises married couples to use 'please, thanks and sorry'
Francis has acknowledged how some relationships may have become strained during lockdown.
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Dec 26th 2021, 2:47 PM
Pope Francis urges humility as he chides cardinals and bishops in Christmas address
As he has before, the pontiff used his annual Christmas address to take Vatican administrators to task for their perceived moral and personal failings.
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Dec 23rd 2021, 12:24 PM
Opinion: 'I spent fewer than six months in a mother and baby home and I was traumatised'
Mother and baby home survivor Beth Wallace says no one can suggest those who spent fewer than six months there were not traumatised.
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Nov 26th 2021, 7:00 AM
Two priests cleared after Vatican sex abuse trial
The case was the Vatican’s first criminal trial for such allegations.
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Oct 6th 2021, 1:13 PM
330,000 children victims of church sex abuse in France, report estimates
The report said an estimated 3,000 child abusers – two-thirds of them priests – have worked in the church during the past 70 years.
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Oct 5th 2021, 3:29 PM
Cardinal on trial as Vatican financial scandal case resumes
Cardinal Angelo Becciu served as the equivalent of chief of staff for Pope Francis at the time of the deal.
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Oct 5th 2021, 9:48 AM
Catholic diocese in Northern Ireland opens redress scheme for survivors of 'abhorrent' child abuse
A 2011 report found 35 allegations made against 10 priests in the Diocese of Dromore.
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Sep 29th 2021, 1:35 PM
Catholic Church to 'reflect' on O'Brien's request to use land for housing
The Government last week launched its ‘Housing for All’ plan which aims to create 300,000 new homes by the end of the decade.
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Sep 8th 2021, 2:35 PM
Vatican sanctions Polish archbishop for cover-up of child sexual abuse
The retired archbishop has been banned from public service.
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Aug 21st 2021, 5:22 PM
It's bishop's 'right' to hold communions despite Covid advice, says Catholic Comms Office
“The mission of the church cannot be put on hold indefinitely”, Bishop Kevin Doran said.
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Jul 30th 2021, 1:59 PM
Vatican indicts 10, including Cardinal, on charges including extortion and abuse of office
Cardinal Angelo Becciu is among those facing an indictment.
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Jul 3rd 2021, 2:02 PM
Churches set ablaze as nearly 200 unmarked graves found at Canada indigenous school
The Catholic Church operated the school on behalf of the federal government from 1912 until the early 1970s.
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Jul 1st 2021, 7:42 AM
Remains of hundreds of children found at second Catholic-run indigenous school in Canada
It follows a similar discovery at a Catholic school in the country last month.
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Jun 24th 2021, 7:59 AM
State on a go-slow in moving primary education from majority Catholic grip
Noteworthy spotlights a lack of coherence, communication and progress in the State promise to provide 400 multi-denominational primary schools by 2030.
In this first of a two-part deep dive into the promised creation of better educational choice, Peter McGuire finds a process in paralysis.
Just 13 multi-denominational schools have been established under divestment Catholic schools in the past 8 years.
Completed reports and surveys on school patronage lie unpublished while the Department continues to meet with the Irish Episcopal Conference every month.
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Jun 14th 2021, 12:23 PM
Pope refuses to accept resignation of German cardinal over sex abuse scandal
German Cardinal Reinhard Marx offered to resign as archbishop of Munich and Freising over the church’s mishandling of abuse cases
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Jun 10th 2021, 1:28 PM
Catholic Church urged to 'take responsibility' for abuse of indigenous children in Canadian schools
The remains of 215 children were recently discovered in unmarked graces.
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Jun 4th 2021, 9:36 PM
German cardinal resigns over Church's 'failure' in abuse scandal
Criticising colleagues who “refuse to believe there is a shared responsibility in this respect”, Reinhard Marx said the Church is at “a dead end”.
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Jun 4th 2021, 12:13 PM
Pope updates canon law to address sexual abuse of children by priests
It came after repeated complaints by victims of sexual abuse and others that previous wording within the code was outdated and opaque.
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Jun 1st 2021, 6:10 PM
Academic report, signed by Mary McAleese, 'disproves' Christian objections to same-sex relationships
The group of Christian theologians and academics are appealing directly to Pope Francis to make the change.
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May 4th 2021, 2:06 PM
Dublin Archdiocese 'committed to protecting children' despite halving staff at safeguarding service
Five people have been let go from the unit, as part of a wider redundancy programme in the Archdiocese.
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Apr 28th 2021, 9:10 PM
'Pay us and acknowledge what happened': Mother and baby home survivors want compensation and a remembrance day
Some survivors have also called on the government to take legal action against the religious orders who ran the institutions if they refuse to pay financial compensation.
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Apr 4th 2021, 12:05 AM
'I have heard voices of sorrow and loss': Pope Francis leaves Iraq after historic trip
During the first ever papal trip to Iraq, the Pope called for an end to violence and extremism.
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Mar 8th 2021, 9:41 AM
Intense preparations being carried out ahead of Pope's visit to Iraq
Pope Francis is set to meet the revered Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf.
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Mar 3rd 2021, 9:56 AM
Catholic Church leaders urge Taoiseach and government to allow Easter celebrations
Archbishop Eamon Martin also urged Ministers to allow more people to attend funerals of loved ones during the pandemic.
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Feb 20th 2021, 11:20 AM
How a God-fearing Ireland shamed, abandoned and punished its 'fallen' women and girls
‘My mother had been conditioned to feel grateful for the sanctuary of the home as she had committed a terrible sin in having sex outside of marriage and they would take care of her bastard child, me.’
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Jan 12th 2021, 11:13 PM
Aengus Mac Grianna apologises for role in controversial 'God is rapist' skit on RTÉ
RTÉ has received thousands of complaints about the comedy sketch, which was broadcast on New Year’s Eve.
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Jan 5th 2021, 5:45 PM
RTÉ apologises for mock broadcast which depicted God sentenced for rape
The clip is still currently available on the RTÉ player.
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Jan 2nd 2021, 1:38 PM
UK Catholic Church leader says he won't resign over report into child sex abuse allegations
It found Cardinal Nichols “seemingly put the reputation of the church” above his duty to sex assault victims.
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Nov 10th 2020, 2:43 PM
Q&A: Why was the Commission into Mother and Baby Homes set up and what did it examine?
The commission is due to submit its final report today, over five years after it was set up.
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Oct 30th 2020, 4:20 PM
'The beatings were regular and we worked until our fingers bled': My childhood in an industrial school
Mary Harney shares her personal story on a day where the fate of records of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was debated on the Dáil floor.
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Oct 22nd 2020, 7:30 PM
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