Archbishop Martin welcomes more than 12,000 pilgrims from 120 countries
Topic: Ireland
Pilgrims who have come to Dublin are already re-invigorating Ireland’s faithful
Posted on Monday, 11 June 2012
The 50th International Eucharistic Congress offers us Irish Catholics the chance to re-root our faith
Vatican report hails progress in reform of Irish Church
Posted on Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Investigators say the Church has done an ‘excellent’ job in implementing stricter child protection guidelines
The Irish Church faces yet another test: a widespread loss of faith
Posted on Wednesday, 21 March 2012
The Church in Ireland has finally got to grips with child abuse. Now, as the Apostolic Visitation report makes clear, it faces a new, grave crisis
‘Ireland Stand Up’ is leading a powerful grassroots campaign to reverse the closure of Ireland’s embassy to the Holy See: the politicians will now retreat
Posted on Wednesday, 25 January 2012
And Benedict XVI will once more weave his magic at a great papal Mass
Pope ‘may still visit Ireland next year’ despite diplomatic tensions
Posted on Friday, 25 November 2011
Delegate of Eucharistic Congress says there are contingency plans in case Benedict XVI does visit
Ireland to close embassy to Holy See
Posted on Friday, 4 November 2011
Ireland’s foreign minister says closure is for economic reasons and is not related to the Cloyne report row
Sorry, Mr Weigel: the Irish Church has problems, but to call Ireland the ‘epicentre of European anti-Catholicism’ is simply wrong
Posted on Thursday, 4 August 2011
There’s an obvious distinction between the governance of the Church and the essence of the faith
Another Irish nightmare: at Maynooth, they’re campaigning for abortion. But calm down; these days, there’s Maynooth and Maynooth
Posted on Monday, 1 August 2011
All the same, the story is all too symbolic of Irish life today
The Congress is flying in the face of modern Irish culture – and is all the better for it
The Irish Church is defying its own reputation, too