# catholic - Monday 6 May, 2013
Giulio Andreotti — nicknamed “The Untouchable” and “The Black Pope” — was a divisive figure in Italian politics, with close ties to the Vatican and rumoured mafia links.
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# catholic - Friday 3 May, 2013
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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# catholic - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Emily Mulcahy and Edmond Roche (both 12) were chosen from the diocese of Cloyne to be confirmed by the Pope in St Peter’s Square.
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# catholic - Friday 29 March, 2013
The pope has attended the Passion of Christ in St Peter’s Basilica ahead of a torch-lit procession at the Colosseum later tonight.
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It’s true Northern Ireland has come a long way over the last fifteen years, but we cannot afford to hang the ‘mission accomplished’ banner over the peace process, writes David McCann.
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# catholic - Thursday 28 March, 2013
SuperValu says its supermarkets will sell about €1 million in fish this week – more than double the usual – ahead of Good Friday.
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Under Catholic tradition, many people abstain from alcohol and eating meat on Good Friday. Will you be among them?
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# catholic - Thursday 14 March, 2013
The new leader of the Roman Catholic church is a doctrinal conservative who believes strongly in social justice. How do you feel about Pope Francis?
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# catholic - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Here are all the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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The 115 cardinals under 80 were locked into the Sistine Chapel this afternoon to begin the process of choosing the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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# catholic - Saturday 9 March, 2013
The State has set up a compensation fund for survivors of the Magdalene laundries – but questions have been raised about whether the religious orders should pay up too.
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# catholic - Friday 22 February, 2013
Roman Catholic priests should be able to marry and have children, Britain’s most senior cardinal has said.
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# catholic - Friday 15 February, 2013
Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, the pope’s personal secretary, will keep his old job but will also oversee the new pope’s household.
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# catholic - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
The report published today includes a section devoted to survivors’ first-hand accounts of life in a Laundry.
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# catholic - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Cardinal Roger Mahony has been stripped of his administrative duties and court-ordered to release thousands of pages of confidential files on sexually abusive priests.
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# catholic - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
Unwanted gifts will taken into storage by Crosscare, who will distribute them as gifts to people in their homeless and residential projects for Christmas 2013.
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# catholic - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
David Cameron said that the report found that Pat Finucane could still be alive today had it not been for state involvement.
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The family of the murdered Belfast lawyer want a full public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death in 1989.
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# catholic - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
The report into the human rights lawyer’s death will be published tomorrow.
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# catholic - Monday 3 December, 2012
The Catholic Communications Office said that a recent sketch “is grossly offensive to all Catholics” as it shows a man spitting into a bucket before receiving Holy Communion.
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# catholic - Sunday 18 November, 2012
The rally was organised by conservative Catholic group Civitas and was marred by allegations of aggression towards women’s movement activists by some participants.
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Ding ding ding! It’s round one of Pope Benedict XVI versus the Mayan prophets of doom.
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# catholic - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Demonstrators sat on the ground during a moment of silence, while speakers argued for legislation on abortion.
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Savita Praveen Halappanavar died from septicaemia following a miscarriage which lasted almost three days. She repeatedly asked for the foetus to be removed but her requests were turned down.
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# catholic - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Be it private prayer or formal services, do you practise your religion if you have one?
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# catholic - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference said the amendment offers a ‘reasonable and balanced approach’ to children’s rights.
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# catholic - Saturday 3 November, 2012
Although the peace agreement came into effect in 1998, the pain didn’t stop for many, writes Richard Barklie.
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# catholic - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI today announced the unexpected appointment of six cardinals from outside Europe.
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# catholic - Monday 22 October, 2012
Surveys about local primary school patronage are being distributed in five areas today but Minister Quinn warned the process will be slow.
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# catholic - Thursday 18 October, 2012
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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3.86 million people describe themselves as Catholic (84.2 per cent) while 277,237 people say that they have no religion.
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# catholic - Thursday 11 October, 2012
Bishop of Down and Connor Noel Treanor said the clinic undermines the dignity of human life in society.
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# catholic - Monday 8 October, 2012
Here are the things we learned, shared and loved today.
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It had been reported that Bishop John Kirby had knowledge that a priest abused children after he was moved to a new parish following abuse allegations.
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# catholic - Saturday 6 October, 2012
The butler said he had “acted out of visceral love for the Church of Christ and of its leader on earth”.
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# catholic - Wednesday 5 September, 2012
Summary of the main findings of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland into Limerick diocese.
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# catholic - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
Diarmuid Martin has said that there were “questions still to be answered” in relation to the abuse scandal.
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