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Right of parents to choose school "overriding principle": Iona
The right of parents to choose the school to which their children go should be the ....
New Anglican group "schism in all but name": report
A significant number of bishops of the Anglican Communion, representing up to half of the world's ....
Clergymen to be honoured for NI role
Two clergymen who witnessed the decommissioning of IRA weapons will be honoured tody for their ....
Focolare meets to appoint new President
Following the death of the charismatic Focolare founder Chiara Lubich just over three months ago, ....
Families and friends recall those lost at sea
A recent service at Kilmore Quay in Wexford has commemorated the lives of people lost at ....
Priest reality show a big hit in France
Priest Academy, the first reality show to feature three priests, has become an internet ....
NI Bishops seek 11-plus clarification
Northern Ireland's Catholic bishops have called for greater clarity and resolution to the debate ....
Ordination in Co. Wexford
On Sunday last week there was a very happy occasion in Tagoat, a small village on the road ....
Confusion over Catholic rebels’ reply to pope’s call to rejoin Rome
Leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) report that they will not respond ....
Huge ceremony for episcopal ordination of Down & Connor’s new bishop
President Mary McAleese, members of the diplomatic corps and several European  bishops were ....
Psalm book found in bog is biggest find since Ardagh Chalice: Museum Director.
The director of the national museum has described an ancient Christian psalm book which was ....
Mugabe isolated on a sad day for Zimbabwe
On Sunday the Electoral Commission in Zimbabwe stated that Mr Mugabe won the Presidential ....
Irish missionary archbishop to receive the pallium
Recently-appointed Archbishop Richard Anthony Burke SPS of Benin City, Nigeria, will be ....
Cardinal launches history of his alma mater
A book which chronicles one of Ireland’s best known seminaries and boarding schools, St Patrick’s ....
Cocaine use in Ireland has doubled since 2003: survey
Cocaine use has increased more than twofold across the country since 2003, according to new ....
Church will play changed but significant role in education: Archbishop Martin
Catholic Education will remain “as a creative partner alongside others” in playing “a changed but ....
Laws should recognise "special status" of marriage: Senator
A group of Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators are supporting a motion in the parliamentary party to ....
Irish strikers honoured
President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, signed a plaque recently unveiled in Dublin to honour ....
Online selling of Pill against Irish law: IMB
The Irish Medicines Board (IMB), which is charged with regulating medicines in the State, has ....
Africa should reject Mugabe: Catholic bishops
The Catholic Church in Southern Africa has urged all African states to reject President Robert ....
Painting of St. Columba donated to Derry church
A hundred-year-old painting of St. Columba has been donated to a church in Derry named after ....
Government to grant marriage-like rights to same sex couples
Same sex couples are to be granted marriage-like rights under new Government proposals published ....
Priest slams holy water traders
Unscrupulous traders who offered bottles of holy water for sale last weekend before open-air ....
Pope Benedict to confirm young people at WYD Mass
Pope Benedict XVI will confirm 24 young people at the World Youth Day Final Mass near Sydney on ....
School buildings delay 'unacceptable': Bishop Walsh
The bishop of Killaloe, Dr Willie Walsh, said it is “unacceptable” that the provision of ....
Church-supported schools change life for displaced Chadians
The equatorial African inland country Chad is very much in the minds of all people in Ireland ....
Papal award for Knock organist
The organist at Knock Shrine, John Aldridge, has been conferred with the highest lay papal ....
Cardinal Daly delighted congress will be in Dublin 2012
Cardinal Cathal Daly, who just last week published a book on the Eucharist, has expressed his ....
Roman churches ‘no-go areas’ for new movie
Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard will have a tough time filming two key scenes in their new film ....
Latvian priest declared ‘Righteous among the Nations’
A Latvian priest has been awarded the title “Righteous among the Nations” by Yad Vashem for ....
Next Eucharistic congress will be in Dublin: Pope
Dublin is to be the venue for the next Eucharistic Congress in 2012.  The announcement was ....
Opposition leader pulls out of Zimbabwe elections
In a sensational move, the opposition leader in Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai has announced that he ....
End of era for Christian Brothers schools
Last week the newly-formed Edmund Rice Schools Trust was granted trusteeship and operational ....
CPA figures on Irish abortions in Holland 'dubious': PLC
The Pro-Life Campaign (PLC) have queried claims by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency (CPA) suggesting ....
12,000 at Eucharistic congress in Canada
Cardinal Seán Brady and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin led a delegation of six representatives from ....
Bishops to be exhumed from cathedral crypt
Bodies of four bishops and two priests buried in a crypt of St Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina, ....
No Church approval for blessing gay unions: priest
A leading priest has said that homosexual unions cannot be recognised within the Christian ....
Viatores Christi and Latin America support group focus on Haiti
A Catholic lay missionary organisation and a Latin America support group have teamed up to raise ....
Reduce poverty, tackle climate change: bishops tell G8
In the lead up to the G8 summit in Japan, the presidents of nine Catholic Bishops’ Conferences ....
EU to consider possibility of opt outs for Ireland on Lisbon
A period of reflection was needed to consider how the EU should respond to the Irish vote, ....

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