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PRELATE ADMITS CELIBACY WAS NEVER PART OF FORMATION

By Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, September 7, 2023 DUBLIN (ChurchMilitant.com) - A senior archbishop is blaming historic seminary formation for failing to train priests to cope with celibacy and has admitted he came "close" to falling in love with a woman who is still a close... read more

10,000 People Join Ireland Rally for Life Demanding End to Abortion

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews, July 4, 2023 Drawing hope from the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the United States, more than 10,000 pro-life advocates in Ireland marched Saturday to call for restored protections for unborn babies in their country. The Rally for Life in Dublin... read more

“Hate speech” bill advances in Ireland amid fears it would silence J.K. Rowling and the Church

By Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency, May 2, 2023 Ireland is preparing to enact a broader ban on hate crimes and hate speech as critics warn of effects on freedom of expression. Backers presented the bill, The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Act... read more

Signs of hope and renewal amid the dramatic decline of the Catholic Church in Ireland

By Courtney Mares, Catholic New Agency, March 17, 2023 Quin Abbey built by Franciscans in the 15th century in County Clare, Ireland. | Patrick Leonard/EWTN The grounds of Sacred Heart parish in Loughmourne, County Monaghan, Ireland. | Courtney Mares/CNA Dominican friars pray vespers in... read more

Dublin’s appalling new ‘St Patrick’s Festival’ bears no resemblance to the feast day’s origins

By Dubhaltach O Reachtnin, Catholic Herald, February 13, 2023 Hot on the heels of rebranding Christmas festivities in Dublin as “winter holidays” and co-opting St Brigid’s day on behalf of a mythical Celtic goddess, Dublin City Council, along with the Irish Government, launched... read more

Benedict XVI—Priest, Prefect, Pope, Rest In Peace

With Pope Emeritus’ death, the Catholic Church loses one of the greatest minds in its 2,000-year history. VATICAN CITY — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95. The Vatican made the announcement of his death at 10.30 am Rome time on Dec. 31 in a short statement translated... read more

Destined for disaster: phase two of Pope Francis’s Synod begins

By Laura Perrins, Catholic Herald (U.K.), October 3, 2022 It is a done deal that the Catholic church’s Synod in Rome called by Pope Francis to take place in October is going to be a disaster. It will cause more division, more rancour and more bad press for the Church. You only have to look... read more

Irish Archbishop Slams ‘Draconian’ Ban on Public Worship

By Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart News, April 19, 2021 The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, has sharply criticized a ban on public worship, calling the measure “draconian,” “provocative,” and “unnecessary.” On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis criticized such “severe” measures,... read more

Cavan priest says he will not pay fine for saying Mass in breach of restrictions

Parish priest Fr PJ Hughes says gardaí blocked roads to church By Patsy McGarry, Marie O'Halloran, Irish Times, March 29, 2021 A parish priest in Co Cavan has accused gardaí of harassing him and churchgoers on Sunday as he went to celebrate Mass in breach of pandemic restrictions which do... read more
Father Seamus Madigan, head chaplain of the Irish Defence Forces, in a video endorsing the Dublin LGBT 'Pride' parade.

Irish Catholic priest takes part in ‘virtual’ homosexual ‘Pride’ parade

The Lumen Fidei Institute reached out to Limerick Bishop Brendan Leahy to ask him to publicly correct the priest's pro-homosexual messages, but he did not respond. By Paul Smeaton, LifeSite News, July 8, 2020 DUBLIN, Ireland, July 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — An Irish Catholic priest has... read more

Irish commission: Catholic school discriminated against atheist student

Catholic News Agency, May 4, 2020 The Republic of Ireland’s Workplace Relations Commission has decided that an atheist child was discriminated against by his Catholic school when students were rewarded for attending a religious ceremony. The commission, an independent, quasi-judicial... read more