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Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition

Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition of the island, census figures show. The Census 2021 figures, published on Thursday, show that 45.7% of the region’s population said they were either Catholic ...

22 Sept 2022 at 14:23

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Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time since the partition

22 Sept 2022 at 12:50

Pope apologises for ‘catastrophic’ school abuses in Canada

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Pope apologises for ‘devastating’ school abuses in Canada

Pope Francis has apologised for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of indigenous residential schools. He said the forced assimilation of native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, ...

26 Jul 2022 at 10:31

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Irish archbishop wants to house refugees in Catholic Church's unused buildings

The Catholic Church is exploring whether some of its unused buildings in Ireland can be repurposed to accommodate Ukrainian refugees. Primate of Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin said the scoping exercise was at its early stages, but he ...

16 Mar 2022 at 17:28

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Irish archbishop wants to house refugees in Catholic Church's unused buildings

16 Mar 2022 at 16:40

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'My heart aches' - Pope urges people to fast for peace in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday

Pope Francis is urging people across the world to make Ash Wednesday a day of fasting for peace in Ukraine. He made the call following days of worldwide tension and unrest as Russian president, Vladimir Putin, launched troops into ...

27 Feb 2022 at 13:34

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‘I’m over the moon’: Dublin student gets top mark of 625 in Leaving Certificate

Emotions were running high as students across the country opened their long-awaited Leaving Certificate grades on Friday. More than 61,000 students sat the examinations in June. Their results were issued online at 10am on Friday ...

02 Sept 2022 at 17:04

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Survey finds majority of Irish Catholics want the church to make these two significant changes

A majority of practising Catholics in Ireland support the ordination of women as priests and would like to see shorter Mass sermons. The survey across 26 dioceses of tens of thousands of believers also found that people believe ...

17 Jun 2022 at 16:53

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Majority of Irish Catholics want women priests and shorter Masses, survey finds

17 Jun 2022 at 12:41

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Sinead O’Connor fans gather to sing Nothing Compares 2 U in Dublin tribute

Fans of Sinead O’Connor sang her most famous song at a poignant gathering in Dublin to pay tribute to the late star. Around 100 people joined together to sing Nothing Compares 2 U at the event on Sunday afternoon. ...

30 Jul 2023 at 17:31

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Sinead O’Connor sang with ‘sense of mission’ against injustices, Toibin says

Sinead O’Connor sang with a “sense of mission” to speak out against injustices, the Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Toibin has said. The Irish singer, who died this week aged 56, was propelled to international ...

30 Jul 2023 at 13:20

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Sinead O’Connor found unresponsive at London home by police

Sinead O’Connor was found unresponsive at a home in south-east London and pronounced dead at the scene, police have confirmed. The death of the Irish star at the age of 56 is not being treated as suspicious. ...

27 Jul 2023 at 12:12

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