Minister summons papal nuncio to a meeting following a report into the mishandling of child abuse allegations
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Irish bishop criticised for lax response to abuse allegations
Report also says that Bishop John Magee of Cloyne, who resigned last year, admitted to ‘inappropriate behaviour’ with a young man
Organisers hope Eucharistic Congress will revive Irish Church
Next year’s event in Dublin will attract many leading Catholic figures
Irish bishops donate £9m to support abuse victims
Bishops issue pastoral letter to mark anniversary of Pope’s letter to Irish Catholics
Irish bishops criticise police reforms
Bishops announce opposition to plans to abolish 50-50 Catholic-Protestant recruitment policy for Northern Ireland’s police force
‘Visitator will tell Pope that Irish Church is near to collapse’
Irish priest claims Cardinal O’Malley will tell Benedict XVI that Ireland’s Church has ‘a decade at most’ to save itself
European court rules that Ireland’s abortion laws breach human rights
Court rules that Ireland had breached the rights of a woman with cancer who feared it would relapse if she became pregnant
Irishman avoids prison by making pilgrimage
Man convicted of drunken behaviour and verbally abusing a police officer climbed Ireland’s holiest mountain instead of going to prison
Poll: most Irish Catholic women do not feel valued by the Church
Study finds that 74 per cent of Catholic women in Ireland feel that the Church does not treat them with ‘a lot of respect’
Pope refuses to accept resignation of two Irish bishops
Auxiliary Bishops Raymond Field and Eamonn Walsh offered to resign last December








This Pentecost remember the Pope in your prayers and Malta’s entry in the Eurovision Song Contest
By Michael Kelly