As someone who has more relatives in Ireland than in the US, I hate to break this to Mr. Neumayr, but the Catholic church itself is directly responsible for this: the sexual abuse of minors by the ...

DUBLIN, Ireland — The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland covered up the sexual abuse of young people by priests over several decades in one diocese, a state investigation concluded. A 270-page ...

Michael Ring, Ireland’s minister for rural and community development, cuts the ribbon at the opening of Pope Francis Plaza in Knock in the west of Ireland on Aug. 21, 2018.

Ireland is becoming less religious, and the percentage of residents who identify as Catholic is down to 69% according to census data. More people identify with "no religion" than in previous years.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, Penal Laws in Ireland and Britain imposed fines, imprisonment and even death for Catholic priests who practiced their ministry.

Dublin, Ireland, Jun 5, 2025 / 06:00 am Thirty-year-old Mahon McCann was baptized during the Easter Vigil Mass in his parish of Rathfarnham in Dublin this year. He was one of 70 adults baptized ...