# Catholic Church
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Last month
February 2024
Out of Business
Irish Catholic Bishops sank €400,000 into loss-making Veritas in 2023, ahead of recent closure
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This year
2024
Catholic Church
'Getting ready for the next thousand years': What to expect from conclusion of the Church's Synod
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Jan 2nd 2024, 10:00 PM
Last year
2023
Progress
Pope Francis formally approves allowing priests to bless same-sex couples
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Dec 18th 2023, 3:03 PM
Cop28
Pope Francis cancels trip to Dubai for COP28 climate talks on doctors’ orders after getting flu
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Nov 28th 2023, 7:48 PM
Catholic Church
Transgender people can be baptised in the Catholic Church, Vatican says
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Nov 9th 2023, 8:21 AM
THE MORNING LEAD
Concerns raised that parents of pre-schoolers had no say in Catholic school divestment scheme
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Oct 29th 2023, 12:05 AM
Catholic Church
Spanish clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children, independent commission estimates
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Oct 27th 2023, 1:25 PM
speaking frankly
‘I don’t give instructions to the Pope’: Higgins on his latest audience with Pope Francis
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Oct 19th 2023, 4:06 PM
Israel
President Higgins: Israel must not fall into same 'category' as Hamas by breaking international law
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Oct 19th 2023, 1:27 PM
Rome visit
President Higgins has private audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican
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Oct 19th 2023, 10:40 AM
synod
Hope, fear and change: Inside the Vatican's historic Synod as the first phase comes to an end
‘Often people have told me: “This Synod will not change anything.” Some with hope and some with fear.’
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Oct 18th 2023, 4:03 PM
Catholic Church
‘Medieval misogyny’: Women’s ordination group hopes something ‘tangible’ will come from Synod
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Oct 18th 2023, 7:00 AM
Catholic Church
An historic Synod is taking place in the Vatican, but what is a 'Synod' and why is it important?
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Oct 15th 2023, 7:00 PM
Catholic Church
Pope Francis signals openness to blessing same-sex unions in response to conservative cardinals
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Oct 2nd 2023, 10:37 PM
Priests wanted
Initiative encouraging men to join priesthood launched as numbers dwindle
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Sep 24th 2023, 2:25 PM
Catholic Church
Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including prelates from Jerusalem and Hong Kong
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Jul 9th 2023, 1:55 PM
Annual Report
'Significant' increase in allegations of Catholic Church abuse reported to safeguard board
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Jun 13th 2023, 2:02 PM
Synod of Bishops
Women given right to vote at upcoming meeting of Catholic Bishops
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Apr 27th 2023, 12:08 PM
pray for our sinners
'Here's a group who risked everything for others, but didn't tell anyone about it'
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Apr 10th 2023, 9:00 AM
Catholic Church
Pope Francis extends 2019 sex abuse law to cover lay leaders
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Mar 25th 2023, 5:55 PM
Shooting
Tributes paid to Irish auxiliary bishop shot dead in Los Angeles yesterday
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Feb 19th 2023, 4:19 PM
Portugal
Independent commission finds Catholic clergy in Portugal abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950
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Feb 13th 2023, 12:36 PM
pope francis
Pope Francis: Those criminalising homosexuality are 'wrong'
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Jan 28th 2023, 4:02 PM
Catholic Church
Pilgrims keep streaming to Vatican to honour Pope Benedict
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Jan 3rd 2023, 11:00 AM
All time
Pope Benedict XVI
Irish and world leaders pay tributes as former pope Benedict XVI dies aged 95
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Dec 31st 2022, 7:05 PM
Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XVI dead at 95: From the Nazi Youth to the papacy
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Dec 31st 2022, 9:59 AM
Catholic Church
Pope removes entire leadership of Vatican-based Caritas charity
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Nov 23rd 2022, 9:20 AM
redacted lives
'We were a pure Catholic nation - and anyone who challenged that in any way was punished'
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Nov 20th 2022, 12:05 AM
Abuse
Spiritans abuse survivor says 'balance of power' has changed as he urges more to come forward
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Nov 16th 2022, 3:56 PM
Catholic Church
'Crying need' for atonement over Church abuse, says Archbishop of Armagh
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Nov 12th 2022, 1:33 PM
Catholic Church
Vatican to launch preliminary abuse investigation into French cardinal
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Nov 11th 2022, 5:40 PM
Catholic Church
11 French bishops accused of sexual violence, senior church group says
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Nov 7th 2022, 3:28 PM
Father Séan Sheehy
Influential priest says LGBT Catholics are 'as much a part of the Church' as the pope
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Nov 7th 2022, 11:34 AM
Listowel
Priest who criticised same-sex relationships and free condoms stands by comments
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Nov 2nd 2022, 9:06 AM
Kerry
Bishop of Kerry apologises after priest tells mass that free condoms promote promiscuity
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Nov 1st 2022, 1:07 PM