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The UK’s highest court ruled on the matter this morning.
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The UK’s highest court ruled on the matter this morning.
Dr McAleese is going to be a professor in Irish studies at the largest Catholic university in the UK.
The move is a blow to Pope Francis.
Pope Francis has offered his condolences after the horrific murders.
Twice a day, we should all stop and listen to those bells. Let them serve as a reminder of what happens when we outsource our thinking to anyone else.
After meeting two Irish survivors, the Pontiff condemned “execrable acts of abuse.”
The history of Ireland’s legal adoption battle is fraught with examples of church-state collusion, even after 1952 when legislation for it was finally enacted in Ireland.
The misogynistic meddling of the Catholic church in affairs of this young state was detrimental to the blossoming of a whole, enlightened and fulfilled society – and nobody bore the brunt of that more than vulnerable women and their babies.
Fr Seamus McEntee, who is 48 ,was ordained by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin today.
Let me warn you now about those who may try to get you spending against your will – and help you to defend yourself.
Instead of spending 20-30 hours of curriculum time focusing on the Sacraments, preparation should take place after school hours.
Older people are far more positive towards the role of religion in society.
Churches around Dublin city centre are opening for over eight hours today. Catholics are being urged to come along, even if its been decades since their last confession.
Invited to a First Communion? Are you in a state of dread? Don’t worry. Let me guide you through the etiquette of the modern Big Day, writes Avril O’Reilly.
Reliance on ex gratia redress schemes should be read against a backdrop of Government reluctance to allow these victims – and others like them – to speak on their own terms about the recent past, writes Máiréad Enright.
Bishop Brennan of Wexford has written to priests urging them to sign couples up for Accord courses.
However the Pope also warned internet users not to isolate themselves from society.
Friends and colleagues of the murder victim gathered at a Dublin city centre church last night to share their grief and their memories…
Some nine million Catholics packed the streets of the Filipino capital to honour a statue of Jesus they believe has miraculous powers.
Over 935,000 people have been displaced across the country over the past year.
The new Pope has delivered his first Christmas ‘urbi et orbi’ message.
The second-largest diocese in the country has dealt with cases involving 14 living priests in recent years, dealing with each of them properly, a report by the Church’s child safety watchdog has found.
The largest audit of Church bodies to date will be published today, with Christian Brothers particularly under the microscope.
Pope Francis is looking for suggestions on how his role should change, and has called for powers to be taken away from the Vatican.
A jury found Finian Egan guilty of the rape and indecent assault of three girls over the course of almost three decades.
If you were dragged to Mass on a weekly basis these things will sound familiar.
The thirteen councillors say that changes to pupil/teacher ratios are “putting Protestant schools beyond the means of ordinary Protestants”.
The Pope made the comment during a visit to one of the most important shrines in Latin America.
This is his first trip abroad since becoming pontiff.
A group representing survivors of the Magdalene laundries has asked people to withhold donations to their local Catholic church this weekend.
Pope Francis has called for structural renewal in the Catholic church to keep up with the times – but also advised priests and nuns to shun costly trappings so they can use more resources to help the poor.
Do you know why shoes are taken off in Buddhist centres?
A senior Vatican official has said that TDs should resign rather than support abortion legislation.
There are calls for a monument or museum to be built on the site to remember the women forced to stay in the institution in Dublin’s inner city.
Giulio Andreotti — nicknamed “The Untouchable” and “The Black Pope” — was a divisive figure in Italian politics, with close ties to the Vatican and rumoured mafia links.
Emily Mulcahy and Edmond Roche (both 12) were chosen from the diocese of Cloyne to be confirmed by the Pope in St Peter’s Square.
The pope has attended the Passion of Christ in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of a torch-lit procession at the Colosseum later tonight.