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# Catholic Church

This month
July 2024
Italian teenager who died of leukaemia in 2006 approved as the first millennial saint
2 Jul
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Last month
June 2024
Former Christian Brother jailed for one year for abusing two pupils more than 45 years ago
11 Jun
18.1k
Ardal O’Hanlon, Patrick Kielty and Tommy Tiernan are all meeting Pope Francis next week
8 Jun
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Dublin archbishop to ask Pope to designate new cathedral and basilica in city centre
3 Jun
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This year
2024
Pope Francis apologises after reported use of homophobic slur
28 May
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London-born teenager to become first millennial saint after Pope recognises second miracle
24 May
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Three primary schools will no longer be under patronage of Catholic Church come September
23 May
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Pope urges Italians to have more babies to tackle low birth rate
10 May
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‘Sign of the times’: Two dioceses in the West to lose Bishops as part of Church restructuring
10 Apr
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31
Seven dead in Philippines clashes with Islamist militants
19 Feb
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Irish Catholic Bishops sank €400,000 into loss-making Veritas in 2023, ahead of recent closure
13 Feb
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19
'Getting ready for the next thousand years': What to expect from conclusion of the Church's Synod
2 Jan
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Last year
2023
Pope Francis formally approves allowing priests to bless same-sex couples
18 Dec 2023
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53
Aide reads speech for unwell Pope Francis
29 Nov 2023
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11
Pope Francis cancels trip to Dubai for COP28 climate talks on doctors’ orders after getting flu
28 Nov 2023
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34
Transgender people can be baptised in the Catholic Church, Vatican says
9 Nov 2023
9.7k
Concerns raised that parents of pre-schoolers had no say in Catholic school divestment scheme
29 Oct 2023
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131
Spanish clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children, independent commission estimates
27 Oct 2023
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115
‘I don’t give instructions to the Pope’: Higgins on his latest audience with Pope Francis
19 Oct 2023
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75
President Higgins: Israel must not fall into same 'category' as Hamas by breaking international law
19 Oct 2023
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President Higgins has private audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican
Updated 19 Oct 2023
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100
Hope, fear and change: Inside the Vatican's historic Synod as the first phase comes to an end
‘Often people have told me: “This Synod will not change anything.” Some with hope and some with fear.’
18 Oct 2023
10.6k
27
‘Medieval misogyny’: Women’s ordination group hopes something ‘tangible’ will come from Synod
18 Oct 2023
9.8k
An historic Synod is taking place in the Vatican, but what is a 'Synod' and why is it important?
15 Oct 2023
20.7k
71
Pope Francis signals openness to blessing same-sex unions in response to conservative cardinals
2 Oct 2023
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Initiative encouraging men to join priesthood launched as numbers dwindle
24 Sep 2023
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113
Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong
9 Jul 2023
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25
'Significant' increase in allegations of Catholic Church abuse reported to safeguard board
13 Jun 2023
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12
Women given right to vote at upcoming meeting of Catholic Bishops
27 Apr 2023
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'Here's a group who risked everything for others, but didn't tell anyone about it'
10 Apr 2023
29.7k
12
Pope Francis extends 2019 sex abuse law to cover lay leaders
25 Mar 2023
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11
Tributes paid to Irish auxiliary bishop shot dead in Los Angeles yesterday
19 Feb 2023
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5
Independent commission finds Catholic clergy in Portugal abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950
13 Feb 2023
9.5k
Pope Francis: Those criminalising homosexuality are 'wrong'
28 Jan 2023
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19
Pope calls for bishops to welcome LGBTQ people into church
25 Jan 2023
21.1k
16
Pilgrims keep streaming to Vatican to honour Pope Benedict
3 Jan 2023
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All time
Irish and world leaders pay tributes as former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95
Updated 31 Dec 2022
60.1k
60
Pope Benedict XVI dead at 95: From the Nazi Youth to the papacy
31 Dec 2022
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26
Pope removes entire leadership of Vatican-based Caritas charity
23 Nov 2022
22.6k
18
'We were a pure Catholic nation - and anyone who challenged that in any way was punished'
20 Nov 2022
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