Cardinal Sean Brady, Catholic Primate of All-Ireland, has spoken in his Easter message of his visit to the Vatican for the election of Pope Francis.

The new Pope has been invited to Ireland – and the sooner he accepts the invitation the better according to Cardinal Sean Brady.

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.

Cardinal Sean Brady has called for protests against the upcoming move to liberalize abortion laws in Ireland.

Ireland’s top cleric Cardinal Sean Brady is set to be axed in the fall-out from recent sex abuse scandals.

Fine Gael deputies have welcomed the opportunity to speak to Church leaders opposed to any change in Ireland’s abortion law – putting them in direct conflict with their coalition partners.

Catholic Primate of All-Ireland Cardinal Seán Brady has said that any attempt by the Irish government to legislate for abortion as a result of the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights on the so-called ABC case would be “vigorously and comprehensively opposed by many."

The county Tyrone priest, Father Martin McVeigh, who showed 16 gay porn images to primary school children, received “rapturous applause” from the congregations of Pomeroy as he took leave of his duties.

Cardinal Sean Brady, who has received criticism for hosting the International Eucharistic Congress because of the issues around clerical child abuse, claims the Catholic Church in Ireland was addressing those issues in a meaningful way by hosting the congress.

Embattled Catholic Primate of All Ireland Cardinal Sean Brady, who was alerted to - and failed to stop - the abuse perpetuated by notorious pedophile Brendan Smyth in the 1970's, has publicly asked forgiveness for himself and the Church for failing all abuse victims yesterday.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan has been attacked by four Irish archbishops for a misleading report which had led to major changes at the Irish College in Rome.

The Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has said he would not publicly back the Primate of All-Ireland Cardinal Sean Brady in the wake of further allegations that he failed to disclose information about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church during the 1970s.

The Primate of All-Ireland Cardinal Sean Brady had a poor turn out at the Armagh Archdiocese meeting organized to show support for the embattled leader. Only 20 out of the 150 priests who had been invited were in attendance at the prayer gathering.

A church leader who has admitted his failure in the Brendan Smyth case has refused to absolve Cardinal Sean Brady from blame and believes the Primate of All-Ireland should quit.

Young and old alike were signing a national petition launched on Friday by concerned local people in Donegal calling on Cardinal Sean Brady to resign from his post as Primate of All Ireland.

The chorus of voices calling for the resignation of Cardinal Sean Brady now includes an American woman who was sexually abused as a child by the serial abuser Father Brendan Smyth. However, the woman is also calling for a criminal investigation into the actions of the Cardinal.

The Vatican is expected to replace Ireland’s leading church figure. Cardinal Sean Brady, and will appoint a coadjutor or deputy bishop by the end of this year who will eventually be his replacement.

Pressure is mounting on Cardinal Sean Brady to resign as Primate of All-Ireland – with the country’s top theologian joining the call to quit.