# pope-francis - Friday 4 January, 2019
In an eight-page letter, the pope hit out against attempts to regain church prestige through “marketing”.
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# pope-francis - Monday 31 December, 2018
The Vatican has yet to give an explanation for the resignation of Greg Burke and his deputy Paloma Garcia Ovejero.
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# pope-francis - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
Crowds came from all over the world, meanwhile, to mark Christmas Day in Bethlehem.
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# pope-francis - Wednesday 19 December, 2018
An objection sent to the Taoiseach said road closures inflicted ‘unnecessary hardship on local residents’.
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# pope-francis - Wednesday 12 December, 2018
George Pell and Francisco Javier Errazuriz were both removed from the C9 Council of Cardinals.
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# pope-francis - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
Documents released show that RTÉ received nearly 1,000 pieces of “feedback” over its coverage.
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# pope-francis - Tuesday 30 October, 2018
Bishop Kevin Doran blamed negative media coverage in the run up to the event for the shortfall.
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# pope-francis - Friday 26 October, 2018
The suggestion of easing the rules on celibacy was raised by the Auxiliary Bishop of Brussels.
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# pope-francis - Sunday 14 October, 2018
Higgins also visited the tomb of murdered Catholic archbishop while in El Salvador.
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# pope-francis - Saturday 13 October, 2018
Defrocking means the offender is forbidden from exercising any clerical duties at all, even in private.
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# pope-francis - Wednesday 10 October, 2018
Francis this year opposed a bill that would have legalised abortion in his home country of Argentina.
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# pope-francis - Monday 8 October, 2018
Pope Francis approved a study into how the US cardinal rose through the ranks of the Catholic Church despite allegations against him.
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# pope-francis - Saturday 6 October, 2018
The markings were located at the Capuchin Day Centre and read: “Welcome Pope Francis” and “Fáilte a Phapa Prionsias”.
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# pope-francis - Friday 21 September, 2018
An entire Chilean delegation of 34 bishops tendered their resignation to the pope in May. He has now accepted seven of them.
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# pope-francis - Thursday 20 September, 2018
The U2 frontman had a half-hour meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday.
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# pope-francis - Thursday 13 September, 2018
The meeting was called amid a crisis of confidence in church leadership following sex abuse and cover-up revelations.
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# pope-francis - Friday 31 August, 2018
A total of 167 bishops, priests and lay members of the church are now under investigation for sexual crimes committed since 1960.
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# pope-francis - Tuesday 28 August, 2018
That’s according to an Ipsos MRBI poll for the Irish Times.
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The papal visit saw many headlines about clerical abuse and about how survivor groups were unhappy with the Church’s response to it.
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# pope-francis - Monday 27 August, 2018
An average of 535,000 viewers watched the full Papal Mass on RTÉ One in the Republic of Ireland on Sunday.
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The “SCV 1″ number plate, which stands for Vatican city, will be changed.
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The pope was “not clear” on the issues during Saturday’s meeting, Collins said.
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Correspondents came to Ireland to witness how the Pope would be received.
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The claims were made in a letter by former Vatican envoy Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano.
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# pope-francis - Sunday 26 August, 2018
Demonstrators held a rally beforehand at Parnell Street in Dublin city centre.
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The pope met with the bishops before heading to the airport.
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He has been criticised for not going far enough in his comments this weekend.
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A vigil to remember babies who died at the home is being held this afternoon.
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Selfie game is strong.
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It was VERY wet. Even so, some pilgrims were here securing the best spots by 9.30.
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Pope Francis begged for God’s forgiveness for the “sins” by members of the clergy.
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Pope Francis is visiting today – but what’s reputed to have happened in the Mayo village?
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Pope Francis will leave Ireland later today.
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The pope will visit the shrine this morning ahead of his Phoenix Park Mass.
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Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has called on Pope Francis to resign.
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About 500,000 people are expected to attend the event.
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Darren McGavin called for senior Church figures who did not report abusers to be held to account.
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# pope-francis - Saturday 25 August, 2018
His packed itinerary took in quite a lot today.
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The pope met a group of eight survivors this evening.
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Vendors selling Vatican flags reported a slow day, as Pope Francis visited Dublin.
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Overcast with rain this afternoon
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Some sun returning; chilly with a shower
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Partly sunny and chilly
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