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# Catholic Church

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Mary McAleese says her brother was 'seriously, physically, sadistically abused by Malachy Finnegan'
12 Mar 2018
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144
Diarmuid Martin says Mary McAleese's criticism of the Church was 'brutally stark'
9 Mar 2018
51.4k
132
'Male celibates advise the Pope on what women really want, that is ludicrous'
8 Mar 2018
34.0k
116
Mary McAleese says it's 'pure codology' that women can't become priests
8 Mar 2018
45.4k
195
Priests' group calls for statement from Archbishop after welcome to gay parents removed from church video
6 Mar 2018
18.4k
55
Priests say Mary McAleese being banned from Vatican conference is 'embarrassing'
2 Feb 2018
89.1k
336
No cash? No problem - This Paris church now takes bank cards
28 Jan 2018
16.0k
44
Pope Francis enrages Chile sex abuse victims as he accuses them of slander
19 Jan 2018
31.0k
101
Archbishop Eamon Martin: 'Abortion ends the human life of an unborn girl or boy'
7 Jan 2018
18.3k
568
Government plans to scrap provision allowing church to appoint teachers and principals
19 Dec 2017
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46
60,000 attend mass in Detroit clearing the way for sainthood of Irish-American priest
20 Nov 2017
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'We carry negativity in our bodies': Therapy sessions for priests affected by abuse scandals
14 Nov 2017
9.0k
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'Faith is not about the numbers': Two new priests to be ordained to replace the 15 that died last year
13 Nov 2017
26.2k
87
The Pope had to tell bishops to put down their phones in mass today
8 Nov 2017
27.9k
44
FactCheck: Is the Bishop of Waterford right to say the HPV vaccine is '70% safe'?
29 Sep 2017
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107
Mary McAleese says the Vatican is moving backwards on children's rights
13 Sep 2017
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Pope Francis has a black eye after falling in his popemobile
11 Sep 2017
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34
'Ireland is well placed to respond to the needs of migrants and refugees'
Bishop Kevin Doran
10 Sep 2017
10.9k
147
Funerals in Kerry will no longer be allowed to take place on Sundays
4 Sep 2017
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Bishops have 'constructive' meeting with Varadkar and ministers
31 Aug 2017
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One year to go before the world's Catholics descend on Dublin
20 Aug 2017
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111
Column: 'Is it possible to be Catholic and a feminist?'
Colleen Hennessy
23 Jul 2017
11.8k
105
Concern from Catholics, but gluten-free communion host IS available in Ireland
13 Jul 2017
14.6k
64
Archbishop says Church stubbornly reluctant to let go of the control of schools
10 Jul 2017
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156
Cardinal Pell returns to Australia to face abuse charges
10 Jul 2017
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South Dublin council attempting to rezone school grounds so Catholic Church can't sell them
5 Jul 2017
25.3k
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Galway Christian church leaders line up to condemn mosque attack
7 Jun 2017
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Netflix's The Keepers highlights harrowing sexual abuse in a 1960s US Catholic school
4 Jun 2017
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71
Philippine authorities ban hanging rosary beads off car dashboards
28 May 2017
20.7k
41
Mafia clan and Catholic group busted in migrant scandal
15 May 2017
19.8k
44
Vatican celebrates big bang theory to dispel 'science conflict'
9 May 2017
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150
'I’m sorry it’s come to this but I did try to warn you' - Texts between hospital bosses as row deepens
25 Apr 2017
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164
Bishop says new maternity hospital should obey rules of Catholic Church
23 Apr 2017
40.7k
164
Opinion: 'The government won't remove the Church from its authority over social services until we demand it'
Colleen Hennessy
20 Apr 2017
1.1k
63
Vatican confirms Pope Francis to visit Ireland, almost 40 years after John Paul II
30 Mar 2017
29.0k
157
'They’d put me in a room with nothing to eat and no windows. Then they would cut my hair to the bone'
20 Mar 2017
137k
112
Two nuns and priest arrested over cover up of baby born to girl allegedly raped by another priest
17 Mar 2017
52.7k
Eamonn Casey 'did much good' but revelations about son were 'profoundly upsetting for Church'
16 Mar 2017
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37
President Higgins leads wealth of tributes to 'pioneering' bishop Eamonn Casey
13 Mar 2017
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Controversial bishop Eamonn Casey has died aged 89
13 Mar 2017
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