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- Oct 20, 2020
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COVID forces Knock shrine to close Aug. 15 to discourage crowds
- Aug 11, 2020
The Marian shrine at Knock announced Aug. 10 that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway.
Mourners honor Nobel laureate and peace advocate John Hume
- Aug 5, 2020
Mourners remembered activist John Hume on Wednesday, celebrating the visionary politician who devoted his life to peace and forged the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland.
Church leaders praise John Hume for dedication to cause of peace in N. Ireland
- Aug 4, 2020
Hume, who died Aug. 3 at the age of 83, was principal architect of Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday peace agreement.
John Hume, Catholic politician who worked to end N. Ireland violence, dies at 83
- Aug 3, 2020
Politician John Hume, who won Nobel Peace Prize for work to end violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died, his family said. He was 83.
Vatican indicates support to exhume babies at Irish home
- Jul 17, 2020
The Vatican has indicated its support for a campaign to provide a proper Christian burial for hundreds of babies and toddlers by first exhuming their bodies from the grounds of a Catholic-run Irish home for unwed mothers.
Dublin archbishop welcomes new guidelines allowing more than 50 at Mass
- Jul 4, 2020
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin has welcomed new guidelines issued by the Irish government on Friday evening allowing places of worship to have more than 50 people present for liturgies under certain conditions.
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