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# catholic-church - Friday 9 September, 2016
Gay married couple to return to church choir in Kildare after 'overwhelming' public support
A local Catholic activist had objected to their presence.
# catholic-church - Sunday 4 September, 2016
Joyous scenes as Mother Teresa is now Saint Teresa of Kolkata
The nun was canonised today in front of about 100,000 pilgrims.
# catholic-church - Friday 26 August, 2016
Tom Clonan: The Catholic Church can either reform itself after the Maynooth mess - or risk looking like a Fr Ted episode
Change is hard in big organisations – but the Catholic Church’s approach to the problems in Maynooth have been less than encouraging.
# catholic-church - Thursday 25 August, 2016
'Maynooth seminary has to change, we are living in a different world'
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said “radical change” is needed within the Catholic Church.
# catholic-church - Wednesday 24 August, 2016
Social media use at priest training college to be reviewed after 'gay culture' allegations
The procedures for handing whistleblowers will also be looked at.
# catholic-church - Tuesday 2 August, 2016
Unbaptised and bottom of the list - frustrated and worried parents speak out
‘Baptise your child just to get into a school or don’t baptise but then fear your child may be ostracised from their class group?’
# catholic-church - Thursday 28 July, 2016
Top Vatican cardinal being investigated by police over child abuse claims
Police in Australia said they are investigating Cardinal George Pell.
# catholic-church - Monday 25 July, 2016
Irish priest takes key investigative role in examining $9 million Argentinian political scandal
A former government minister was caught throwing bags of cash over the wall of a convent.
# catholic-church - Tuesday 12 July, 2016
Judge tells religious order to hand over priests' files to abuse victim
Mark Vincent Healy is taking a legal case against the Holy Ghost Fathers.
# catholic-church - Thursday 7 July, 2016
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.
# catholic-church - Friday 20 May, 2016
Pope Francis set to visit Ireland - reports
It is thought that the visit will take place in 2018 during the World Meeting of the Families in Dublin.
# catholic-church - Monday 16 May, 2016
'Like most of my friends, I baptised my children so they could go to school': The anger of Ireland's non-religious parents
Documents released to TheJournal.ie under freedom of information show the anger of Ireland’s non-religious parents.
# catholic-church - Wednesday 4 May, 2016
Catholic priest visited girl's family home after she made abuse allegation
The latest tranche of child protection reviews found 288 allegations were made against the Catholic Church.
# catholic-church - Saturday 23 April, 2016
Given up on Catholicism? Why you should tick 'no religion' on the census tomorrow
Religion is all of our business when over 90% of state-funded schools remain in church hands, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
# catholic-church - Saturday 26 March, 2016
Priest suspended after being charged with paying teenage boy for sex
The teen had been a cocaine addict.
# catholic-church - Thursday 17 March, 2016
Teacher fired after anonymous letter said she was unmarried and pregnant settles case
The school said she breached her contract by going against the religious and moral teachings of the church.
# catholic-church - Monday 14 March, 2016
Secular Schools Ireland to apply to run three new primary schools in Dublin
Some 96% of primary schools are under religious control.
# catholic-church - Monday 29 February, 2016
The Catholic Church still doesn’t get the horror of child abuse
The Church – to quote the brilliant film “Spotlight” – thinks in centuries, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
# catholic-church - Wednesday 27 January, 2016
A clerical child abuse survivor’s experience of the movie Spotlight
“Spotlight is largely about journalists and journalism…”
# catholic-church - Friday 22 January, 2016
What did God do before the world was made? The Pope has given an answer
It’s part of a children’s book the Pontiff has written.
Pope changes rule to allow women have their feet washed on Holy Thursday
Shortly after he was elected, Francis raised conservative eyebrows by performing the rite on men and women, Catholics and Muslims.
The New York Times has put the spotlight on having to baptise a child to get them into school
We’ve made the front page.
# catholic-church - Monday 18 January, 2016
Britain looks like getting a fixed date for Easter… but what are the chances of it happening here?
Could we be set for Easter Sunday to happen at the same time of year each year?
# catholic-church - Sunday 10 January, 2016
Spotlight movie shines light on Catholic Church abuses that are all too familiar
The new Hollywood movie focuses on the Pulitzer Prize winning investigation carried out by The Boston Globe into the Catholic Church’s cover-up of child-molesting priests.
The Catholic Church does not promote an egalitarian ethic – it never has
The Catholic Church has a record of abuse, twisted morality and regressive politics, writes Julien Mercille.
# catholic-church - Saturday 2 January, 2016
The Irish organisation that made gains for the children of priests in 2015
Coping International has received commitments from the Catholic hierarchy around the world over the past year.
‘It’s insulting to parents to say they’re baptising their children to get them into a school’
The Primate of Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin said it was being overstated that this occurred regularly.
# catholic-church - Monday 28 December, 2015
Some Ryan Report recommendations yet to be implemented due to lack of resources
The report was released in May 2009.
# catholic-church - Wednesday 2 December, 2015
No convictions on over 50 abuse allegations against religious orders
The latest tranche of child protection reviews examines allegations against 20 orders.
# catholic-church - Friday 6 November, 2015
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.
# catholic-church - Thursday 5 November, 2015
Crowds turn out to support family of Dublin girl who failed to get place in local school
The case generated headlines when it came to light earlier this year.
# catholic-church - Monday 2 November, 2015
Would you baptise your child to get them into a school?
Minister for Education Jan O’Sullivan has said that she is not comfortable with the concept.
Irish priests are ignoring the Pope and calling for female clergy in churches
The 12-strong group now face the wrath of Vatican officials in Rome.
# catholic-church - Saturday 31 October, 2015
24 years ago a US television network aired an actual exorcism…
Uncomfortable viewing.
# catholic-church - Sunday 25 October, 2015
Catholic bishops have a new view on allowing divorced people receive communion
Their view on gay marriage, however, remains unchanged.
# catholic-church - Wednesday 14 October, 2015
Pope apologises after reports of priests using drugs and paying for sex with homeless men
The reports concern several priests in a Rome parish.
# catholic-church - Tuesday 13 October, 2015
Is ‘Vatileaks’ back? Machivellian cardinals are plotting against Pope Francis
A letter signed 13 by conservative cardinals accused the church of engineering procedures in favour of liberals.
# catholic-church - Friday 9 October, 2015
‘By getting on that train a group of brave women made the Catholic Church and the Irish state look ridiculous’
Playwright Arthur Riordan explains how two men go about writing a musical about feminism.
# catholic-church - Thursday 8 October, 2015
Poll: Should women be able to become priests?
Pope Francis has previously ruled out admitting women to the ranks of the clergy.
‘My religion lapsed three decades ago, but I am irritated by a-la-carte Catholics’
By staying Catholic I feel liberals hypocritically give tacit approval to behaviour and attitudes they find offensive, writes Donal O’Keeffe.
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THREE SEPARATE MOTION are going to come before the Dáil this term which will call for fracking in Ireland to come to an end.
Fracking is divisive. Opponents say that it’s environmentally unstable and can cause major negative effects. But supporters point out that there are deposits of shale gas in the northwest of Ireland worth more than €120 billion – and that fracking is a potentially viable method of extracting them.
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Hillary won because Trump was either not prepared or he grew tired and bored
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
The race for the White House remains Hillary Clinton’s to lose, writes Larry Donnelly.
Opinion: "I'm 22. She's 22. I'm in no position to care for a child. How the hell is this supposed to work?"
By Anonymous
We had nobody to help us. It’s a disgusting feeling, the feeling of exile.
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