Former priest sets out to defend his 42 years in active ministry and the "false and unsubstantiated claims" of sexual abuse made by five accusers against him.
Silenced Irish priest Father Tony Flannery has once again broken ranks with church authorities in Ireland by calling for an overhaul of the ancient seal of Confession.
Irish American Catholics played a central role in early 1960s Washington. Who were these movers and shakers who were so close to Kennedy, so Hibernian in background and temperament that they came to be called “the Irish mafia”?
A Boston Globe and Philadelphia Inquirer investigation finds that while US bishops promised reform, they not only failed to adequately respond to sexual misconduct but failed to oust other bishops guilty of abuse.
On Nov 2, All Souls' Day or rather All Souls' Night, the Irish traditionally believed that the souls of the dead would return to their family and speak to their descendants.
