Good Catholics were supposed to embrace gay people but not their gayness. That’s hardly the arithmetic of equality.

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Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

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Oulart-The Ballagh Under-15 Camogie team defeated Ferns St. Aidan’s in the Group 2 Final of the Margaret Leacy Tournament on ...

Good Friday, also called Holy Friday or Black Friday, commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. The liturgy, known as the ‘Mass of the Pre-Sanctif ...

A series of photos and videos from various Good Friday celebrations such as processions, a mass and a rara showdown in ...

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Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

The leader of the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics addressed past scandals and embraced migrants, the poor and gay and lesbian faithful. Some wished he’d gone further.