Rome

1. The guide to the perfect Celtic wedding
   March 05, 10

   There is an Irish wedding-related proverb that states: "Marry in May and rue the day" and finishes with: "Marry in April if you can, joy for maiden and for man." Whether you choose to believe this superstition or not, no matter what month you marry in, you can recreate an "authentic" Celtic wedding, complete with traditions that Irish couples have practiced for thousands of years.

2. Lucy Lawless exploits sex and violence -- shock!
   January 26, 10

   Is there anything worse than an actress seeking a television audience by deliberately hyping the sex and violence in the show she is promoting? This is exactly what Lucy Lawless -- who is really Lucy Ryan, an Irish New Zealand actress, is trying to do to try and revive her stalled ...

3. Pope summons Irish bishops to an emergency meeting in Rome
   January 20, 10

   Pope Benedict XVI has summoned Irish bishops to discuss the fallout of the Murphy report at an emergency meeting in Rome. The meeting will take place on February 15 and 16, and there will be "several senior Vatican officials in attendance."

4. Let freedom (and President Obama) speak at Notre Dame commencement
   January 13, 10

   Posted by FatherTim at 5/16/2009 7:24 PM EDT "Touchdown Jesus!" at the University of Notre DameMy friends,Once again, with the decision of Notre Dame University to honor President Obama at today's commencement (see IrishCentral news story), we see the best and worst of many in the Church, and many who claim to be true Christians, on ...

5. For Benedict, this is the moment, and Ireland is the place
   January 13, 10

   Posted by FatherTIm at 6/5/2009 11:05 AM EDT My friends,While it's welcome news that Pope Benedict XVI will meet today with Ireland's top churchmen in the wake of a horrific report detailing decades of rapes and beatings at Church-run schools in Ireland -- This is Rome, not Hollywood, and Benedict isn't Charlton Heston.Don't expect any ...

6. Galway voted one of world's Top Five Cities for Single Women on Vacation
   January 13, 10

   Galway has been voted one of the Top Five cities for single women to visit - the only Irish place to feature in the list.The Top Five Cities for Single Women was compiled by Single Minded Women and includes (are you ...

7. The Irish people should help choose Catholic bishops
   January 08, 10

   Tim Pat Coogan: Given the scale of what is happening in the Irish Catholic Church and the number of Bishops losing their jobs, the only meaningful departure would be that of the Pope himself.

8. Irish tourism centers report daftest vacation questions of 2009
   December 30, 09

   Did you hear the one about the tourist in Ireland who asked the information center in Cork where the leprechaun forest was? This is just one of the silliest questions tourists asked in Ireland for 2009.

9. Witch hunt against bishops will not help Irish Catholic Church
   December 24, 09

   Jayne Walshe: The bishops are falling like dominoes in Ireland these days, two more to follow the two already gone — and more on the way. If the investigation is expanded nationwide, then there will be many more resignations. What we are witnessing is an unprecedented upheaval in the Irish Catholic Church.

10. Irish Church needs more than Pope's blessing
    December 23, 09

    Posted by Niall O'Dowd at 6/5/2009 11:36 AM EDT The Irish Bishops have met the pope in Rome today to discuss the horrific child abuse scandal in Ireland. I wouldn't hold my breath that much will ...