# Catholic

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# Quiz

How Bad Are You At Being Catholic?

We can tell you.

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Apr 16th 2017, 9:30 PM

# devotees

Devotees nail themselves to crosses at Philippines' annual Good Friday ceremony

Men also have their backs whipped.

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Apr 14th 2017, 12:35 PM

# resistant to change

Abuse survivor Marie Collins resigns from Vatican commission

Collins said that some members of the Vatican hierarchy were unwilling to make changes.

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Mar 1st 2017, 1:31 PM

# school admissions

Catholic group says 95% of their schools don't have a baptism barrier

As it stands schools are legally permitted to select students based on their religion.

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Jan 16th 2017, 7:46 PM

# remember the children

Pope Francis makes mention of abortion during Christmas message

The Pontiff asked people to remember those “not allowed to be born”.

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Dec 25th 2016, 9:40 AM

# Attack

Bombing at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral kills 25

The attack came two days after a bomb elsewhere in Cairo killed six policemen.

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Dec 11th 2016, 11:00 AM

# the trocaire box

16 memories anyone who grew up Catholic will recognise

Figuring out what you were giving up for Lent on Pancake Tuesday.

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Sep 18th 2016, 9:41 AM

# divestment

Is a religious education better for students? We took a look

‘Catholic schools are more strict, the academic side of things follows in that pattern then.’

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Aug 3rd 2016, 9:05 PM

# Opinion

Remembering the woman who stood up to the Catholic Church over mixed marriage

Sheila Cloney was caught in the middle of a fight which saw Catholics boycott Protestant businesses, farms and schools.

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Jul 31st 2016, 6:00 PM

# youth festival

Pope urges 'drowsy and dull kids' to swap sofas and video games for walking boots

He said, “We didn’t come into the world to ‘vegetate’… We came for another reason: to leave a mark.”

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Jul 31st 2016, 8:49 AM

# Terrorism

Pope says the world is at war - but religion is not the cause

Pope Francis said all religions want peace, “it’s the others who want war”.

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Jul 28th 2016, 7:29 AM

# Abstain

US archbishop says divorced Catholics should avoid sex, live 'as brother and sister'

Archbishop Charles Chaput issued a new set of pastoral guidelines for clergy and other leaders of the archdiocese.

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Jul 7th 2016, 8:11 AM

# big spenders

Parents splash out €836 on their child's First Communion, while kids rake in over €500

Some children are making more than €800.

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Jun 20th 2016, 8:15 AM

# lapsed catholic

10 things all lapsed Catholics know to be true

You might be a lapsed Catholic… but you still pray to St. Anthony.

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Apr 28th 2016, 9:29 PM

'What is your religion?' People are being urged to think hard about that come census night

The Humanists Association of Ireland want people to consider how they really feel.

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Mar 26th 2016, 8:15 AM

# Lent

16 memories anyone who grew up Catholic will recognise

Ah memories.

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Feb 10th 2016, 9:30 PM

# regensburger domspatzen

At least 231 children abused at Catholic boys' choir run by Pope Benedict's brother

George Ratzinger, Benedict’s older brother, ran the famous Regensburg choir from 1964 to 1994.

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Jan 8th 2016, 8:42 PM

# Equality Tribunal

Teacher to be compensated after principal insulted gay son

She said her boss made derogatory comments about her son’s clothes, and members of the Catholic Church.

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Jan 5th 2016, 9:00 AM

# RIP

The mother of 'disappeared' Catholic woman Lisa Dorrian has died

Pat Dorrian (59) passed away in hospital yesterday. Her daughter Lisa disappeared in February 2005.

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Dec 29th 2015, 2:44 PM

# lovemaking

This eighties Irish sex education video is unbearably cringey

“Everything is based on love”.

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Dec 23rd 2015, 6:24 PM

# mercy on the mall

Priests visit shopping centre to hear confessions

Priests have been inspired by Pope Francis to reach out to people in new ways.

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Nov 26th 2015, 10:38 AM

# mass appeal

16 hilarious tweets anyone who grew up Catholic will relate to

Everyone else: “And with your spirit.” You, loudly: “AND ALSO WITH YOU.”

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Nov 21st 2015, 11:00 AM

# Catholic Church

Archbishop reveals concerns about recent cases of possible abuse by priests

Archbishop Eamon Martin said he has dealt with three or four situations in the last year.

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Nov 6th 2015, 6:00 AM

# Bishop and the nightie

Eileen Fox, who unwittingly rocked 1960s Ireland, has passed away

Gay Byrne has led tributes to the woman behind the ‘Bishop and the nightie’ incident.

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Nov 3rd 2015, 6:19 PM

# Bloody Politics

There is now a vial of John Paul II's blood in Poland's parliament

“This event is of a purely religious nature. We won’t use it for political ends.”

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Oct 18th 2015, 8:30 AM

# gino flaim

Italian priest suspended after saying he "understands" paedophilia

Fr Gino Flaim added that homosexuality was an “illness.”

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Oct 7th 2015, 7:50 PM

# Not amused

Vatican dismisses gay priest who came out on eve of meeting regarding homosexual believers

Polish priest Krzystof Charamsa says he’s “out of the closet and very happy”.

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Oct 3rd 2015, 3:54 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should Catholic priests be allowed to get married?

We could be left with “a tiny cadre of aged priests” within a generation. Would allowing marriage change anything?

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Sep 2nd 2015, 8:15 PM

# Joseph Zhang Yilin

China has just got its first Catholic bishop in three years

“I’m glad he is becoming our bishop. He has a very deep faith and I know he will be able to accomplish his ministry well.”

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Aug 8th 2015, 9:30 AM

# mass effect

#GrowingUpCatholic hilariously summed up everything about having to go to mass

WHAT were you going to say in confession?

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Jul 27th 2015, 10:17 PM

# Ring my bell

12 confessions of a former altar server

“Do this in memory of me.” DINGALINGALINGALINGALING.

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Jul 12th 2015, 1:00 PM

# nun shall pass

These elderly nuns want to stop dirty divil Katy Perry from buying a convent

They aren’t happy with her saucy videos. Not at all.

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Jun 30th 2015, 8:49 AM

# losing my religion

Artist says Catholic paper used image without permission to promote faith in the home

“They no longer live ‘happily ever after’ … Being the child of parents with no faith is tough.”

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Jun 5th 2015, 11:03 AM

# Right to die

European court rules French doctors can turn off Vincent Lambert's life support

The man’s parents had been fighting to keep him on life support though his wife had said he would not want to be kept alive.

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Jun 5th 2015, 11:00 AM

# eamon martin

Feeling of "bereavement" at gay marriage result - says leader of Ireland's Catholics

Eamon Martin was asked about that “defeat for humanity” remark from the Vatican this morning.

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Jun 2nd 2015, 11:53 AM

# marriage ref

'I was born in 1950s conservative Ireland and I'm asking people to make this happen'

The Taoiseach said 40,000 people who have never registered before have signed up to vote.

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May 14th 2015, 11:39 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you agree with the Good Friday alcohol ban?

Or will you be having a tipple today?

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Apr 3rd 2015, 9:01 AM

# marriage ref

'I am gay, I am Catholic and I am a primary teacher in a Catholic school'

Teacher David Mooney has written movingly about how the upcoming marriage referendum affects him.

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Mar 26th 2015, 1:04 PM

# Adelaide

Australian archbishop charged with concealing child abuse

This relates to offences that were committed during the 1970s.

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Mar 17th 2015, 9:17 AM

# give up your aul sins

Why are so many non-religious people still giving things up for Lent?

Many Christian traditions have lost their appeal but Lent remains popular, for good reasons, lifestyle experts say.

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Feb 18th 2015, 6:15 AM