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Church to condemn state in a hard-hitting campaign to oppose the irish government Irish bishops call on priests to respond to new abortion legislation from the pulpit during weekend Mass

The Catholic Church will chastise the Irish state from the pulpit this weekend when, at the request of the bishops, priests across the country will read out their latest response to the Irish government's proposed legislation on a ...

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Pope Francis I Pope Francis confirms ‘gay lobby’ and corruption in Vatican during private meeting

Pope Francis reportedly made comments during a private meeting with Latin American Catholic clerics where he acknowledged there is a “gay lobby” in the Vatican and that there is a “stream of corruption” present. ...

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Pope Benedict has slammed Ireland's attempts at clarifying abortion law Today's Irish news roundup

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Pope Benedict has slammed Ireland's attempts at clarifying abortion law Pope Benedict XVI is very ill say close friends and clergy members based in Rome

Pope Benedict is in very poor physical condition and may not have long to live, reports say. ...

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Fr Brendan Hoban, a founding member of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) has said that in 20 years there will be no more priests being ordained in Ireland Ireland will have no Catholic priests in twenty years predicts a senior cleric

Catholic priests in Ireland will have almost disappeared within the next two decades, a leading cleric has claimed. ...

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‘Singing Priest’ who pleaded guilty gets 15 months extra jail time for more abuse of boys

Tony Walsh, a former priest known as the ‘Singing Priest’, is currently serving a 16-year sentence for the rape and abuse of school boys and has had a further 15 months added to his sentence due to two more victims coming forward. ...

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Father Andrew Greeley ‘Hearts heavy with grief’ at funeral of late Chicago priest Andrew Greeley - VIDEO

The Rev. Andrew Greeley was laid to rest on Wednesday at Chicago’s South Side at Christ the King Church by Cardinal Francis George. ...

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Bishop Robert J. McManus has been arrested after a hit and run incident while under the incident DUI and hit-and-run charges dropped for MA Bishop despite failing three sobriety tests

Charges against Bishop Robert McManus of the Worcester Diocese in Rhode Island have been dropped after McManus entered a guilty plea. ...

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Christa Dias Archdiocese expected to appeal teacher’s victory in pregnancy discrimination case

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati is expected to appeal a recent court decision to award $171,000 to Christa Dias, the teacher who was fired from her Roman Catholic school for allegedly breaching her contract by becoming pregnant thro ...

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Irish woman apologizes for falsely accusing priest Irish woman apologizes in court for false allegations of sexual abuse against Catholic priest

Eileen Culloty, of Currow in Killarney, Co Kerry, apologized in the High Court this week for making false allegations of abuse against Fr Liam O’Brien in 2008. ...

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Father Andrew Greeley’s powerful faith - remembering the larger than life Chicago priest

The late Father Andrew GreeleyThe only thing harder than imagining a world without Father Andrew Greeley is traveling back in time - say, to around 1954 - and imagining a character such as Andrew Greeley.That was the year Greeley ...

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Ohio State University president Gordon Gee announces his retirement a week after Notre Dame ‘Catholic’ gaffes Ohio State University president Gordon Gee retires after Notre Dame ‘Catholic’ comments

Gordon Gee, president of the Ohio State University, announced on Tuesday June 4 that he will be retiring. ...

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Pope Francis I laying his hands on Mexican father-of-two, Angel V, at the Vatican on May 19. The Mexican man claims he is still possessed by demons. Man who Pope Francis allegedly performed an exorcism on claims to be still possessed - VIDEO

The 43-year-old Mexican father-of-two, identified only as Angel V, who Pope Francis prayed over at the Vatican on May 19, claims he is still possessed by demons. ...

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Catholic Church spokesman Peter Kearney says Scotland is a hostile place for Catholics. Church spokesman says Scotland is hostile to Catholics

Church spokesman Peter Kearney has said that Scotland is a hostile place for Catholics. ...

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Papal Nuncio for Ireland, Archbishop Charles Brown, tells the Irish people to allow their faith to guide them in their decision on the new abortion legislation Papal Nuncio demands Irish people make sure their faith decides abortion vote

Papal Nuncio Charles Brown has urged the Irish people never to be afraid to allow their faith to influence their view of the right to life debate currently raging. ...

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Prime Minister Enda Kenny reacted angrily to Msgr Jacques Suaudeau, scientific director of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Vatican comment. The Catholic Church official said Irish politicians t Vatican official tells Irish politicians to resign rather than vote for new abortion law

A senior Vatican official has told Irish politicians they should resign rather than vote for abortion, Msgr Jacques Suaudeau, scientific director of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Vatican ...

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