The repressive Penal Laws enforced under British rule banned the public practice of the Catholic faith and persecuted Catholic priests and people.
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The aim of this pioneering research project is to gain an understanding of “the systemic conditions of abuse and determine the consequences of the abuse,”
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Bishop Paul Tighe, a top official at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education, is urging caution on artificial intelligence — warning that its hidden environmental costs, impact on jobs …
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“The pilgrim path to the summit of the Reek has been made holy by the feet of those who have walked it before us,” Archbishop Duffy said.
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His fall from grace began with the revelation in 1992 of his affair with U.S.-born Annie Murphy and the birth of their son, Peter.
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Blessed Carlo Acutis used technology “to glorify God. That really resonated,” said Louis Flynn, 16.
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DUBLIN (OSV News) — In a powerful courtroom moment just before Holy Week, Irish Army chaplain Father Paul Murphy forgave the radicalized teenager who tried to kill him in a 2024 …
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DUBLIN (OSV News) — A decline in religion will likely deepen Ireland’s demographic crisis, according to a new study by a pro-family and pro-life Irish institute. Fewer religious people mean …
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KNOCK, Ireland (OSV News) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears at Ireland’s National Marian Shrine in Knock, County Mayo, April 14 on learning that the priest who gave …
