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The Vatican claims Carlo Acutis interceded from heaven in 2013 to cure a Brazilian boy suffering from a rare pancreatic disease

Teenager one step from becoming first millennial saint

World • 12 Oct 20

Religious services have moved online under the current restrictions

Archbishops to ask Taoiseach to let people go to mass

Coronavirus • 09 Oct 20

The Dying with Dignity Bill won by a margin of ten votes in the Dáil last night

Church groups concerned about Dying with Dignity Bill

Ireland • 08 Oct 20

The disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme provides tax reliefs linked to the purchase and use of specially constructed or adapted vehicles by a person with a disability

Issuing of certs for disabled drivers suspended

Ireland • 06 Oct 20

The spending review concluded with suggestions for future analysis

Tusla estimates €26m private residential care overspend

Ireland • 06 Oct 20

The former pontiff now lives in a small former monastery inside the Vatican

Benedict has 'painful but not grave ailment' - Vatican

World • 04 Aug 20

The calls were contained in a new manual for church leaders and workers

Vatican urges Catholics to disinvest in fossil fuels

World • 18 Jun 20

David Bruce will be the 175th person to hold the office of Moderator

David Bruce set to lead Presbyterian Church

Ireland • 31 May 20

Repeal the 8th supporters celebrate as the referendum result was announced

Malta looks to Ireland in campaign for legal abortion

World • 25 May 20

Mass has been streamed into people's homes during the Covid-19 pandemic

Irish churches embrace technology during pandemic

Coronavirus • 11 Apr 20

The relic was placed in Saint Catherine's Church, at the Church of the Nativity compound

Fragment of Jesus' manger arrives in Bethlehem

World • 30 Nov 19

Mary McAleese also said women are not full members of the Catholic Church

McAleese says comment on St John Paul II misrepresented

Ireland • 08 Nov 19

Pope Francis kisses the Falkland (Malvinas) unknown soldier's marble stele during his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square today

Britain returns statue taken at Falklands to Argentina

World • 30 Oct 19

Some of the images in 'Glenstal Abbey - Through The Seasons' depict a nude male

Facebook criticised for blocking ad promoting book

Munster • 09 Oct 19

Fr Fintan Gavin (centre) has been ordained at Cork City's North Cathedral

Cork diocese ordains first non-Cork bishop in 300 years

Munster • 30 Jun 19

During Pope Francis' visit to Ireland, Archbishop Vigano issued a statement accusing US church officials of covering up for Mr McCarrick

Pope denies he knew of cardinal's sexual misconduct

World • 29 May 19

The report was presented at the Vatican

Non-believers in God do not lack morality - report

World • 28 May 19

Archbishop Clarke was speaking at the Church of Ireland Synod in Derry

Archbishop Clarke warns of the dangers of populism

Ireland • 16 May 19

An Bord Pleanála said it does not believe the plans will contribute positively to the architectural and cultural heritage of the city

Rejection of mosque 'crushingly disappointing' - Imam

Leinster • 16 May 19

Carmel McDonnell Byrne, Chairperson of the Christine Buckley Centre (in blue) flanked by other speakers at the conference. Like the late Ms Buckley, she is a survivor of the Goldenbridge Orphanage in Dublin, which was run by the Sisters of Mercy

Calls for Govt to invest more in abuse survivors

Ireland • 11 May 19

More than 20 survivors of the Tuam home called for the immediate collection of their DNA samples

Tuam survivors' DNA request 'reasonable' - Taoiseach

Ireland • 30 Jan 19

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

South-Korea based Irish missionary McGlinchey dies

Asia • 25 Apr 18

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 18

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

Chile's church calls for drastic solution to abuse

World • 13 Apr 18

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