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Fr PJ McGlinchey spent all his working life on South Korea's largest island Jeju

South-Korea based Irish missionary McGlinchey dies

Pope John Paul ll visited the Marian shrine during his two-day stay in the country in 1979

Rector of Knock 'cannot confirm' Pope visit in August

Connacht / 24 Apr

Pope Francis said he had made mistakes in his assessment of the scandal

Chile's church calls for drastic solution to abuse

Pope Francis's climbdown followed a visit to Chile by one of the Vatican's most experienced sexual abuse investigators

Abuse survivor calls on Pope to hold bishops to account

Religious and Social Affairs / 12 Apr

Dr Donal McKeown said northern bishops will 'make our voices heard'

Bishops to encourage Pope to make cross-border visit

Ireland / 29 Mar

Bishop John McAreavey admitted he had made 'an error of judgment'

Bishop resigns over criticism for paedophile's funeral

Ireland / 14 Mar

The Department of Education intends to scrap provisions that allows the Catholic church to bypass employment laws

Church's power in education system highlighted again

Analysis and Comment / 19 Dec 17

Pope Francis met a number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

Pope says he 'wept' while meeting Rohingya refugees

World / 03 Dec 17

Pope Francis spoke of "the catastrophic humanitarian and environmental effects of any employment of nuclear devices"

Pope says nuclear weapon possession should be condemned

News / 10 Nov 17

The statement warns that parents who may be convinced that the bishop of Waterford and Lismore has some competence in this area could unwittingly put their children at risk by following his advice

Priests ask Bishop Cullinan to withdraw HPV comments

News / 01 Oct 17

Cardinal Farrell said he expects Pope Francis to attend events at the World Meeting of Families next August

Pope expected to attend two events in Ireland next year

News / 30 Sep 17

The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government said progress is being made to move families out of hotels and B&Bs

Number of homeless people in emergency housing rises

Ireland / 05 Aug 17

A casualty is stretchered off the mountain by medical staff (Pics: Mayo Mountain Rescue)

13 injured during annual Croagh Patrick climb

Ireland / 31 Jul 17

For nearly 150 years Goldenbridge Cemetery has operated as a closed cemetery, locked and visited by appointment only

Goldenbridge Cemetery reopens to public after 150 years

Ireland / 14 May 17

Brendan Howlin addressed the Labour Party conference last night

Labour discusses social protection, justice policies

Politics / 23 Apr 17

The Citizens' Assembly is meeting for the final time this weekend

Assembly votes to amend Eighth Amendment on abortion

Ireland / 22 Apr 17

Pope Francis has used the period leading up to Easter to stress his vision of service to the neediest

Feel the pain of the poor and immigrants, says pope

Europe / 15 Apr 17

A watchdog report last week showed the Catholic Church owes money it promised to surviors of institutional abuse

Kenny calls on Catholic Church to 'get on with' redress

Ireland / 13 Mar 17

In his homily, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said the difficult issues of the past were not something that the church can wallpaper over

Martin: Church's commitments cannot be reneged upon

Religious and Social Affairs / 12 Mar 17

This is the second weekend in a row that Archbishop Michael Neary has spoken out on the Tuam case

Neary calls for detailed examination of church, state

Religious and Social Affairs / 11 Mar 17

Pope Francis said allowing priests in training to choose whether or not to be celibate was 'not the solution'

Pope Francis may consider making married men priests

News / 10 Mar 17

The group has asked Pope Francis to act

Redress scheme needs papal intervention, survivors say

Religious and Social Affairs / 10 Mar 17

Dr Martin said the church ostracised, stigmatised and isolated unwed mothers

Irish Catholic church leader says Tuam find 'appalling'

News / 09 Mar 17

The State originally gave the religious congregations an indemnity in 2002, limiting their contribution

13% of redress scheme cost paid so far - C&AG report

News / 09 Mar 17

Micheál Martin said the State has already invested heavily in the properties and is essentially running them

Call for State to take over church hospital properties

News / 08 Mar 17

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