# Catholic Church
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Celibacy
Catholic Church was within its rights to sack married priest says European Court
13 Jun 2014
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Mother and Baby
Bishops: We are reminded of a time when unmarried mothers were rejected by Church
10 Jun 2014
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800 babies
Archbishop calls for 'full-bodied investigation' into all mother-and-baby homes
8 Jun 2014
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Voices
Opinion: Horror doesn't belong to the past, Ireland's most vulnerable are still marginalised and neglected
Aoife Nolan
8 Jun 2014
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Voices
Aaron McKenna: The nation, not just the Church, bears responsibility for horrors of the past
Aaron McKenna
7 Jun 2014
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Voices
Opinion: Tuam's 800 babies – a legacy of shame and horror beyond words
Elaine Feeney
5 Jun 2014
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800 babies
Multiple government departments to deal with 'deeply disturbing revelations' of child burials
4 Jun 2014
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Voices
Opinion: Mass grave 'filled to the brim with tiny bones and skulls' shows how we cherish children
Donal O'Keeffe
31 May 2014
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Voices
Column: How the Catholic Church and the media thought Satanic cults were a real danger to young people in the 1980s
Barry Sheppard
31 May 2014
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pope on tour
Pope Francis made an unexpected stop at the Western Wall to pray and leave a note
26 May 2014
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Voices
Opinion: First Holy Communion etiquette for sensible spenders
Avril O'Reilly
17 May 2014
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food banks
Bishop says there can be over-reliance on Churches to provide when people are failed by social policy
16 May 2014
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sexual violence
One in Four welcomes today's audits but says church must never become complacent again
12 May 2014
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Watchdog
Responsibility to safeguard children taken with "utmost seriousness" in Diocese of Meath
12 May 2014
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Sex Abuse
Case files not kept by religious order on priest that abused in mission countries
12 May 2014
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Child Abuse
Child protection review recommends Cloyne Diocese set up whistle blowing policy
12 May 2014
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Child Safety
Dublin Archdiocese commended for 'exemplar' child abuse allegation reporting system
12 May 2014
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Voices
Opinion: Priests should break the seal of confession when someone admits to child abuse
Peter Ferguson
29 Apr 2014
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Voices
Column: Let's take the Sacraments out of class time (and out of teachers' hands)
Catherine W
22 Apr 2014
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Voices
Column: Louise O’Keeffe ruling shows Ireland's school patronage system is unworkable
Peter Ferguson
3 Apr 2014
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double sainthood
Vatican turns to social media as two popes - including John Paul II - to be made saints
2 Apr 2014
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art history
Could Mona Lisa have been a feminist who wanted more women in the Church?
15 Mar 2014
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Catholic Church
Memorial event remembers women incarcerated in Magdalene laundries
2 Mar 2014
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Diarmuid Martin
Church's teachings on marriage and family 'disconnected from real life'
27 Feb 2014
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turbulent priests
Priest says Iona Institute didn't handle homophobia debate well
24 Feb 2014
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Original
Martin: There's a danger marriage will lose originality if gay marriage allowed
9 Feb 2014
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Child Abuse
Vatican says it will protect children - but criticises UN for 'interfering'
5 Feb 2014
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Child Abuse
United Nations denounces the Vatican for allowing priests to rape children
5 Feb 2014
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Catholic Church
Former Pope Benedict defrocked nearly 400 priests in two years for child abuse
17 Jan 2014
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