# catholic-church - Wednesday 23 July, 2014
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.
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# catholic-church - Thursday 17 July, 2014
There are serious concerns about the forthcoming mother-and-baby home inquiry; there is no international judge and a glaring lack of public debate.
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It was such an important and historic moment for Irish survivors, where the Pope was left in no doubt about the human and spiritual cost that clerical child sexual abuse causes.
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# catholic-church - Sunday 13 July, 2014
Francis also condemned child sex abuse as a “leprosy” in the Church.
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# catholic-church - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
I shudder to imagine what those mothers and their beautiful babies went through. But we need to ask the difficult question: is this the correct use of funds that children living today so badly need?
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# catholic-church - Monday 7 July, 2014
The Archbishop said that the Catholic Church must “do more” to help victims of abuse.
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# catholic-church - Saturday 5 July, 2014
In Dublin diocese there are now just two priests under the age of 40.
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# catholic-church - Sunday 29 June, 2014
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.
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# catholic-church - Saturday 14 June, 2014
Interestingly, in all the coverage about mother-and-baby homes over the past few weeks, the role of the fathers hasn’t been addressed to any extent.
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# catholic-church - Friday 13 June, 2014
Victims of mother-and-baby homes as well as the Bethany Homes must finally have their voices heard.
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Good morning! Here are the nine stories you need to know.
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History will judge us every bit as harshly as we are now judging the society which condemned women and children to mother-and-baby homes.
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In the court’s view, it was not unreasonable for the Church to expect particular loyalty of religious education teachers.
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# catholic-church - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
They encouraged all those who ran these homes to gather and offer up any documents that might be of assistance.
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# catholic-church - Sunday 8 June, 2014
Diarmuid Martin said that any investigation needs to ensure that the culture that existed in past has been stamped out.
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These are the unpalatable facts: we are living at a time of growing homelessness and food poverty, and we allow vulnerable children to socially excluded, neglected and ignored.
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# catholic-church - Saturday 7 June, 2014
For Irish people who lived through these times to claim no knowledge of what went on in places like Tuam is disingenuous – and smacks of “I was only following orders”.
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# catholic-church - Thursday 5 June, 2014
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.
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# catholic-church - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
The issue has come to light as a result of research which found death records for 796 infants in an unmarked grave beside a children’s home.
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# catholic-church - Tuesday 3 June, 2014
Fr Seamus McEntee, who is 48 ,was ordained by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin today.
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# catholic-church - Saturday 31 May, 2014
The bodies of 800 “illegitimate” children, ranging in age from nine years to two days, have been uncovered in Tuam. But do people care any more now than they did then?
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If reports were to be believed, the Ouija Board rivalled the Game Boy in the popularity stakes with young people in Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s.
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# catholic-church - Monday 26 May, 2014
The Pope’s note was different to that left by Pope John Paul II over a decade ago.
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# catholic-church - Saturday 17 May, 2014
Let me warn you now about those who may try to get you spending against your will – and help you to defend yourself.
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# catholic-church - Friday 16 May, 2014
He also said that families should not have to rely on charity to feed themselves.
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# catholic-church - Monday 12 May, 2014
Counselling services are available to support people impacted by today’s child protection reports.
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However, in one previous case, the diocese took 18 months before making formal contact with the HSE over a case of abuse.
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Specialist assessments of this priest in 1985, 1997 and 2004 were not kept on file by the Society of the Divine Word.
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The Diocese was told an overarching child safeguarding plan should be drawn up and published.
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The latest review commends the roles of Priest Support Co-ordinator and Priest Delegate – both roles being unique to the Dublin Diocese.
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# catholic-church - Friday 2 May, 2014
Most of these allegations related to abuse in the 60s, 70s and 80s.
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# catholic-church - Tuesday 29 April, 2014
The most sacred thing in any civilised society should be the protection of children.
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# catholic-church - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
Instead of spending 20-30 hours of curriculum time focusing on the Sacraments, preparation should take place after school hours.
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# catholic-church - Monday 21 April, 2014
He called on the international community to “prevent violence” in Ukraine.
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# catholic-church - Thursday 3 April, 2014
The State is responsible for the rights of students in the national school system even if the schools are run by patron bodies, writes Peter Ferguson.
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# catholic-church - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
Millions of people are expected to attend the mass later this month at which the two popes will be canonised.
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# catholic-church - Monday 31 March, 2014
Father Eugene Boland attended therapy to prepare him for his return to public ministry but his diocese said today it quickly became clear “he was not ready”.
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# catholic-church - Saturday 15 March, 2014
One amateur art historian believes he has the story behind that smile…
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# catholic-church - Friday 14 March, 2014
One of the accused was found guilty of rape while two others were convicted of “outraging the modesty of a woman”.
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# catholic-church - Thursday 13 March, 2014
The pontiff took up the role on this date last year.
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