Archbishop Martin told CNS June 18: "One of the things that is coming across is the (pre-)synodal conversations is an awful lot of people are very passionate about their faith in Jesus Christ, very much ...
In April, a new organization was formed to share information and devotion to Irish priest Father Willie Doyle, a chaplain during World War I who died trying to save two soldiers. In a new article ...
The Irish government said a COVID-19-related ban on Catholics attending Mass will be lifted May 10. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin made the announcement in an address to the nation April 29 as he revealed a ...
The head of the Irish bishops' conference said the government's move to criminalize attendance at Mass as part of COVID-19 regulations was a "potential infringement of religious freedom and of constitutional rights." "The precise provisions are ...
Pope Francis has elevated the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock to the status of an International Shrine of Eucharistic and Marian Devotion. In a message delivered from the Vatican via video link March ...
Ireland's Catholic bishops plan to hold a synod within the next five years to -- among other things -- hear from people who were raised Catholic but have walked away from the church. A March 10 ...
An Irish government commission that spent five years investigating the treatment of unmarried mothers in state-funded church-run homes in Ireland said the blame for their "harsh treatment" rests primarily with their families, but that both ...
Pope Francis has chosen Bishop Dermot Farrell of Ossory as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's successor in Dublin. The appointment is one of the most significant in the Irish church, involving oversight of the largest and most secular ...
The Marian shrine at Knock announced Aug. 10 that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the Aug. ...
Dublin's iconic St. Patrick's Day parade has been canceled due to fears over the spread of coronavirus. Authorities had initially insisted that the festivities -- which mark St. Patrick bringing Christianity to Ireland in 432 ...
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