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Easter hope needed for ‘fearful and anxious’ youth

The Church must do more to reach young people “suffering from anxiety” and “swamped with social media”, according to the Auxiliary Bishop-elect of the Archdiocese of Dublin. The Easter message of Christ’s victory over death is an opportunity to bring his personal message of love to youth despite a “much more secular culture”, Bishop-elect Donal…

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No peace for ‘disappeared’ families without truth – Primate

The ongoing “lack of disclosure about murder” is causing heartache for families of Troubles victims including the disappeared, Archbishop Eamon Martin has said. The Primate of All-Ireland spoke out during Palm Sunday’s Mass for the Families of the Disappeared in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh. He called for an investigation and information recovery process which can…

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Expert debunks ‘dangerous’ myths about Catholic education

An expert in Catholic education has hit back at “lazy” and “dangerous” myths perpetuated against Catholic education. Referencing Catholic education as ‘segregated’ or ‘an apartheid schooling system’ reinforces division and is “harmful to both the individual and social cohesion”, school chaplain and education expert Dr Aidan Donaldson has said. These arguments are “lazy and prejudicial”,…

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Irish Ambassador to Holy See remarks on country’s ‘strong’ relationship with Vatican

  Irish Ambassador to the Holy See Frances Collins has praised what she said is a strong relationship between Ireland and the Holy See despite historic tensions with the Catholic Church, saying they share several key foreign policy and humanitarian priorities. In an interview with Crux, Ms Collins addressed a number of topical issues including…

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Woman nearly dies after abortion in Limerick

A woman in Limerick nearly died from an ectopic pregnancy three days after having a medical abortion, a paper in the Irish Medical Journal shows. As no ultrasound was conducted, a situation developed in which the 24-year-old woman in question had a medical termination, before being treated in hospital three days later for an ectopic…

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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia church to be finally completed by 2026

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia is set to finally be completed by 2026, a whole 144 years since work on the monumental basilica started. Designed by celebrated Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, who is buried in the church’s crypt, the world-renowned piece of architecture is famously unfinished. According to La Sagrada Familia Foundation, the organisation tasked with the…

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