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  • TV documentary shows scale of Church-brokered illegal adoptions in Ireland

    TV documentary shows scale of Church-brokered illegal adoptions in Ireland

    • Mar 4, 2021

    A new documentary in Ireland has detailed a series of illegal adoptions facilitated by religious orders in the country, which involved the creation of false birth certificates.

    By Charles Collins
  • NI Loyalist paramilitaries end support of Good Friday Agreement over Brexit deal

    NI Loyalist paramilitaries end support of Good Friday Agreement over Brexit deal

    • Mar 4, 2021

    Loyalist paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland say they are “withdrawing support” from the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that brought an end to “The Troubles” – a 30-year conflict that left over 3,500 people dead.

    By Charles Collins
  • Irish archbishop calls for ‘mutual understanding’ on Northern Ireland centenary

    Irish archbishop calls for ‘mutual understanding’ on Northern Ireland centenary

    • Feb 22, 2021

    Ireland’s top prelate has called on political parties in Ireland to “recognize very differing perspectives” as the island marks the centenary of partition and the establishment of Northern Ireland.

    By Charles Collins
  • Ireland’s bishops warn assisted suicide puts ‘vulnerable’ people at risk

    Ireland’s bishops warn assisted suicide puts ‘vulnerable’ people at risk

    • Feb 13, 2021

    Ireland’s bishops say proposed “Dying with Dignity” legislation would “not only encourage the acceptance of assisted suicide but significantly weaken the protections against the non-consensual killing of particularly vulnerable classes of persons.”

    By Charles Collins
  • Amid Mother and Baby Home scandal, new Dublin archbishop defends Irish religious orders

    Amid Mother and Baby Home scandal, new Dublin archbishop defends Irish religious orders

    • Feb 2, 2021

    As the Catholic Church in Ireland is mired in a historical scandal on the behavior of Catholic religious orders in the running of homes for unwed mothers, Dublin’s new archbishop has praised the role of religious sisters and brothers in Irish society.

    By Charles Collins
  • Leading nun says decision-making shouldn’t be a matter of ordination

    Leading nun says decision-making shouldn’t be a matter of ordination

    • Feb 2, 2021

    One of the Catholic Church’s most visible nuns has said the push for women’s priestly ordination in the Catholic Church points to a deeper question that needs to be asked and stressed the need to separate ordained ministry from decision-making.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • N. Irish politician defends himself after criticism for ‘Catholic IRA’ comment

    N. Irish politician defends himself after criticism for ‘Catholic IRA’ comment

    • Jan 29, 2021

    A Northern Ireland member of parliament stands by his remarks about the “Catholic IRA” while the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at the UK Parliament was questioning Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis on Wednesday.

    By Charles Collins
  • Northern Ireland report on Magdalene laundries makes archbishop ‘guilty and ashamed’

    Northern Ireland report on Magdalene laundries makes archbishop ‘guilty and ashamed’

    • Jan 28, 2021

    Ireland’s Catholic primate is feels “embarrassed and guilty” about a report on religiously-affiliated Mother and Baby homes in Northern Ireland.

    By Charles Collins
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