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Irish woman apologizes in court for false allegations of sexual abuse against Catholic priest (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:00:23 PDT

By: KERRY O'SHEA

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.

Leading Catholics says no question of excommunication for outspoken priest Father Tony Flannery (IrishCentral)

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:09:37 PST

By: RACHAEL LAIRD

Father Tony Flannery of the Redemptorist, a high profile Irish priest known for his views on issues such as female ordination and homosexuality, refused a Vatican edict to apologize this weekend for some of his positions in order to remain a priest in good standing.

First married Catholic priest ordained in Buffalo, NY under papal celibacy exception rule (IrishCentral)

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:29:11 PST

By: KERRY O’SHEA

John Cornelius, a former Episcopalian priest, will become the first Roman Catholic priest to be ordained despite being both married and a father. The ordination will occur in Buffalo, New York, as is permitted according to 2012 papal exception to the church’s celibacy rule.

The Buffalo News reports on Cornelius’ upcoming ordination, which will be conducted by Bishop Richard J. Malone of the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.

Priest under Vatican ban has shocking position on child abuse -- Father Flannery no liberal when it comes to sex abuse issue (IrishCentral)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:45:59 PST

Father Tony Flannery (Photo: Limerick Leader)Father Tony Flannery of the Redemptorist Order in Ireland has earned a deserved reputation as a liberal maverick on issues such as female ordination and a role for gays in the churchThis weekend he refused a Vatican edict to apologize for some of his positions in order to remain a priest in good standingFlannery wrote an impassioned essay in the Irish Times explaining why he feared excommunication but he could not live with his conscience and sign the Vatican documentBut it turns out that there is one issue Father Flannery is far from liberal on READ MORE

Irish priest disciplined after claims Jesus never existed in controversial book (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:55:11 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A top priest has been forced to quit a bible teaching job thanks to his work of pulpit fiction which denies the existence of Jesus Christ.

Dissident Irish priest fears excommunication over views on women priests (IrishCentral)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 04:28:02 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Outspoken Irish cleric Father Tony Flannery has admitted he faces excommunication from the church for backing the rights of women to become priests.

The Vatican very happy that Irish bishops mess is being sorted out - Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles Brown skips a generation of leaders (IrishCentral)

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:30:57 PST

Cardinal Sean Brady (center) with Monsignor Eamon Martin (left) and Papal Nuncio Charles Brown (right) on the steps of Armagh Cathedral on Jan 18 2013 The Vatican is moving to completely transform the face of Irish Catholicism led by the dynamic Papal Nuncio Archbishop Charles BrownThe New Yorker and Notre Dame grad has quickly worked out a strategy for the Irish church leadership beset by sex abuse cover-up allegationsThat strategy was unveiled in full by the announcement late in the week that Monsignor Eamon Martin of Derry would leapfrog a generation of bishops and would be bishops and become the future leader of the church READ MORE

Irish priest to break silence order from the Vatican at Dublin press conference (IrishCentral)

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 04:30:24 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Controversial Irish cleric Father Tony Flannery is to defy the Vatican and break his silence on the campaign against him by Catholic Church authorities.

“Monsignor Meth” - Catholic priest dressed as a woman and laundered drug money through his own sex shop (IrishCentral)

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:41:05 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

A Connecticut priest has been charged with helping to run a cross-country methamphetamine distribution ring. Officials also believe his was laundering his drug money through the local sex shop he owned.

New archbishop Eamon Martin to replace Sean Brady as the head of Ireland’s Catholic Church (IrishCentral)

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 04:36:21 PST

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

Monsignor Eamon Martin, 51, the administrator of the Diocese of Derry, is about to become the next leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland. He will be the youngest bishop or archbishop in Ireland when he is inaugurated in a few months.

Pope Benedict slams Ireland’s attempts to introduce abortion (IrishCentral)

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:14:41 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

The Pope has slammed proposals to change Ireland’s anti-abortion laws and expressed his ‘dismay’ at the moves.

Traditionalist Catholic leader calls Jewish people ‘enemies of the Church’ - VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:01:17 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

The head of the the traditionalist Society of St Pius X has described Jewish people “enemies of the Church."

Cork bishop says Church will not reject people who use contraception, have premarital sex (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:58:11 PST

By: KERRY O'SHEA

In an end of the year interview, Cork Bishop John Buckley explained how Church doctrines are meant to serve as ideals and not necessarily standards of membership. Those who do not follow the ideals are still encouraged to come attend Mass.

Catholic bishops issue strongly worded statement denouncing Government’s decision about abortion (IrishCentral)

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:55:05 PST

By: CATHY HAYES

In a strongly worded statement Irish bishops have warned that legislating for abortion would lead to "the direct and intentional killing of unborn children.”

Naughty priest tells school kids that Santa may not exist (IrishCentral)

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:18:57 PST

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

Teachers and parents at a Kerry school have moved quickly after a Santa Claus screw up by a visiting priest.

The yuk of the Irish - Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to party with Al Smith and Cardinal Dolan in New York (IrishCentral)

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:45:19 PDT

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will once again meet at the Al Smith dinner in New York next weekNext Thursday, October 18, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will call a brief cease-fire in their war for the White House They will make their way to New York for the annual Al Smith dinner and yuk it up with Timothy Cardinal Dolan The dinner is technically a fundraiser for Catholic Charities, and the 2008 dinner raised nearly $4 million READ MORE

Religion and politics go perfectly together, but is the church closing their doors to possible parishioners? (IrishCentral)

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:32:51 PDT

Archbishop John J Myers (AP Photo/Mel Evans)Tom Moran was “born into a devout Catholic family, the fifth of nine children,” as the Irish American columnist wrote in a column this past Sunday for the Star Ledger newspaper in New JerseyMoran, however, now declares himself “a spiritual refugee,” who has “fled a million miles from the church”He, of course, is not the only one READ MORE

The real miracle of Bishop Fulton Sheen on his road to Sainthood -- Overcoming New York’s Cardinal Spellman was a true miracle (IrishCentral)

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:30:47 PDT

Bishop Fulton Sheen Two years ago, an Illinois woman named Bonnie Engstrom gave birth to a stillborn baby Throughout the pregnancy, Engstrom had prayed for a healthy child Specifically, she invoked the name of the popular 1950s television priest, Fulton Sheen In a development that surely would have made the media-savvy Sheen proud, Engstrom even watched videos of the former Irish American bishop on YouTube READ MORE

Get them while they're young - Catholic Church are experts at recruitment (IrishCentral)

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:00:29 PDT

Initiation into the Catholic clubSay what you want about the failings of the Catholic Church but they are experts at recruitmentYou're a paid up member of the club by the time you can even say "christening", and once you arrive at secondary school, Catholicism is so deeply embedded with ceremonies that contain a large social element and weekly reinforcement, that it will stay with you for the rest of your life, no matter how your views evolveYou have to hand it to them - it's a pretty successful strategyIt's a principle we could do with using a bit more READ MORE

A Boston Irish Catholic on faith and practice in today’s Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 05:45:12 PDT

St Patrick’s Church, Wicklow TownFindings of a survey carried out in February for the Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland were released recently at a Dublin news conference While the findings can’t be called a surprise, they do confirm the cataclysmic fall from grace of what was once this country’s dominant institution Notably, only those who defined themselves as Catholic were allowed to take part in the survey READ MORE