# Religion

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# Germany

South Korean family charged with murder over brutal hotel exorcism

A 41-year-old woman was “severely” beaten, allegedly by a group including her own son.

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Dec 9th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Religion Lessons

The Archbishop of Dublin says parents who don't want their kids to do religion have a point

But he says Catholic education is “not poison”.

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Dec 7th 2015, 6:09 PM

# word of life

Seven charged with murdering teenager in secretive church "confession" beating

19-year-old Lucas Leonard was trying to leave the “Word of Life” church in New York, when he was beaten to death over six hours.

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Nov 25th 2015, 8:40 PM

# Poll

Poll: Should schools require students to study religion?

What do you think?

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Nov 23rd 2015, 9:36 AM

# Child Abuse

'Quite startling': €31m of church property for redress fund yet to be transferred

€83 million of donations has been made from congregations since the Ryan Report.

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Nov 23rd 2015, 6:00 AM

# rigid priests

Pope Francis: 'If you're unstable, see a doctor - don't become a priest'

“I’m scared of rigid priests. I keep away from them. They bite!”

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Nov 20th 2015, 9:01 PM

# perpetual adoration

Meet the order of nuns who have been praying non-stop for 137 years

At 11 am on 1 August 1878, a group of Franciscan sisters began praying at a convent in Wisconsin. They’re still going.

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Nov 7th 2015, 3:00 PM

# 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

# Belgium

Scientologists go on trial charged with fraud and extortion

Eleven members of the Belgian branch have been charged with fraud, extortion, running a criminal organisation and violating the right to privacy.

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Oct 27th 2015, 3:00 PM

# stick it in the angelus

11 things that definitely should feature in the new Angelus

Doooong. Doooong.

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Oct 20th 2015, 6:00 PM

# New York

Parents charged after teenager is beaten to death in secretive church "confession" ritual

Lucas Leonard’s parents and sister are accused of beating him to death at the isolated Word of Life church.

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Oct 17th 2015, 10:15 AM

# baby pope

Pope Francis roared laughing at a tiny baby pope and it was simply adorable

BABY POPE IS EVERYTHING.

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Sep 28th 2015, 8:10 PM

# ya wha' gay?

Hozier has been explaining to Gay Byrne why he thinks baptism is ridiculous

The veteran presenter also asked the singer if his generation was ‘cross and resentful’ about the Catholic church.

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Sep 23rd 2015, 7:40 PM

# a river ran through it

Fatal flood opens old wounds for an isolated, polygamous sect with a dark past

A divided religious community led by a convicted child abuser lost 12 women and children this week.

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Sep 19th 2015, 10:00 PM

# baa baa baa

7 Alive-O songs from primary school that are still absolute bangers

CONNECTED! Connected! You and I connected!

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Sep 3rd 2015, 12:03 PM

# India

100,000 people protest for the right to starve themselves to death

They are members of the Jain religion.

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Aug 24th 2015, 5:26 PM

# Video Blog

Couple from viral pregnancy video tearfully announce wife's miscarriage

In their viral video, Sam surprised Nia about her pregnancy.

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Aug 10th 2015, 2:10 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

# Dominican Order

Priest described gay people as "intrinsically disordered" in homily

The remarks came over the weekend of Dublin Pride.

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Jul 30th 2015, 7:14 PM

# Reek Sunday

Three-year-old child treated for hypothermia on Croagh Patrick

Hundreds of people ignored warnings not to climb the mountain yesterday.

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Jul 27th 2015, 8:00 AM

# a family affair

Barack Obama has been greeted by his family in Kenya

The US President has said that he will be speaking out about gay rights during his trip.

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Jul 24th 2015, 9:27 PM

# Catholicism Wow

There won't be enough priests for Ireland - but regular people will step in?

So says a bishop, anyway.

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Jul 22nd 2015, 6:01 AM

Voices

What I've learned from volunteering in Palestine

A member of Tipperary’s 2010 hurling All-Ireland winning squad writes about volunteering with Palestinian youth as part of the Palestine Summer Encounter Project.

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Jul 20th 2015, 12:01 PM

Voices

What I've learned from going to a Quaker school

To me, a Quaker education is about learning to let your inner light shine, respecting people from different walks of life and not resorting to violence to solve problems.

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Jul 17th 2015, 4:00 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

Voices

A year after my historic meeting with Pope Francis, progress in Rome has been achingly slow

During my audience with Pope Francis, I asked for support in providing services to survivors of clerical child sexual abuse and their families. I reissue that request to His Holiness one year on.

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Jul 7th 2015, 11:44 PM

# not in our name

Irish Muslims plan protest to condemn 'slaughter' of Tunisia victims

“Islamophobia is increasing rapidly due to the atrocities of terrorists.”

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Jul 3rd 2015, 11:25 AM

# charleston shooting

WATCH: Obama sings 'Amazing Grace' at funeral for Charleston church leader

He said the Charleston shooter was “blinded by hatred.”

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Jun 26th 2015, 9:02 PM

# 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

# Discrimination

America's highest court just sided with a Muslim girl denied an Abercrombie 'model' job

Samantha Elauf, then 17, was rejected because her headscarf didn’t fit with the company’s “look policy”.

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Jun 1st 2015, 5:55 PM

Voices

Young people are powerful. Let's harness our newfound voting spirit to change Ireland.

The number who recently registered to vote was enough to elect six TDs…. There’s a new politicised generation that politicians must pay heed to.

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May 29th 2015, 8:30 PM

# Netherlands

Dutch government plans to ban the burqa (sort of)

“It has nothing to do with religion,” says the Prime Minister.

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May 22nd 2015, 11:11 PM

# harman singh

This Sikh man removed his turban to help save a 5-year-old boy

Men of the Sikh religion are required to keep their heads covered in public.

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May 18th 2015, 9:44 PM

# harman singh

This story of a Sikh man who removed his turban to save a boy's life is going viral

Men of the Sikh religion are required to keep their heads covered in public.

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May 18th 2015, 10:15 AM

# Notre Dame

Kylemore Abbey is NOT for sale, but it's teaming up with a top US university

A new spiritual centre will be housed at the iconic location.

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May 11th 2015, 3:28 PM

# gotta have faith

Christians are leaving the faith in droves and the trend isn't slowing down

If the current trends continue beyond 2050 then by the year 2070 the world’s population of Muslims would roughly equal that of Christians.

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May 5th 2015, 5:55 AM

Voices

Can you name one gender-specific parenting attribute? Me neither.

Peel away the fluffy platitudes behind the ‘complementarity’ of men and women in marriage and you’ll find a troublesome ideology.

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May 1st 2015, 1:00 PM

# Stephen from dungannon

LISTEN: BBC presenter 'made a mistake' by revealing he's an atheist on air

One caller was none too pleased.

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Apr 30th 2015, 8:33 PM

# Passion

One RTÉ viewer was 'highly offended' about talk that Jesus had a wife

Would You Believe spoke to someone who believed he was married to Mary Magdalene.

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Apr 30th 2015, 6:03 AM

# symbolic

'Homeless Jesus' is coming to Dublin

A cast of the well-known statue is being presented to the people of Dublin by an anonymous benefactor.

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Apr 24th 2015, 6:40 PM