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Survivors of mother and baby homes and workhouses urged to speak to police

Survivors of mother and baby homes, Magdalene Laundries and workhouses have been urged to speak to police. Detectives are investigating allegations of abuse at the institutions which were formerly run primarily by the Catholic Church, but also by ...

09 Aug 2022 at 17:36

Pope apologises for ‘catastrophic’ school abuses in Canada

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Pope apologises for ‘devastating’ school abuses in Canada

Pope Francis has apologised for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of indigenous residential schools. He said the forced assimilation of native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed ...

26 Jul 2022 at 10:31

Derry News

Derry Playhouse to host So Young- The Taking of My Life by the Catholic Church

Derry Playhouse is set to host Gerard and Damian Gorman for the launch of So Young- The Taking of My Life by the Catholic Church next week. The launch event will be held in theatre and broadcast live from the theatre on Sunday May 29. So ...

25 May 2022 at 18:23

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CLAUDY BOMBING: 50 years of inexplicable pain as hope for truth dwindles

In case you missed it first time around - July 2022: The view from Claudy's sloping Main Street on a summer's morning is idyllic. Green hedges skirt the edges of sprawling fields in the Faughan Valley below. Houses lie dotted across the ...

02 Jan 2023 at 19:09

Local News

'Come down off the altar, not with words, but with manifest humility'

A personal response to the recent Blackstaff publication: 'So Young: The taking of my life by the Catholic Church' by Gerard Gorman 'Ghost writing' is a clumsy inadequate term to describe the process involved in 'making' this book. 'So ...

26 Jun 2022 at 07:59

Northern Ireland

Church leaders visit Rome to mark Good Friday Agreement anniversary

Church leaders from the island of Ireland will attend a seminar in Rome to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. In a shared statement they said the visit is taking place at a time of “great concern for the state of ...

28 Sept 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Catholic church damaged in arson attack in Co Antrim

A Catholic church in Co Antrim has been damaged in an arson attack. Police are appealing for information and witnesses following the report of criminal damage at the side door of Our Lady and St Patrick’s Catholic Church in the ...

20 Nov 2023 at 11:43

Northern Ireland

Irish president praises Pope Benedict’s ‘steadfast interest’ in Northern Ireland

Irish President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to former Pope Benedict, praising his “steadfast interest in peace in Northern Ireland”. Mr Higgins said Catholics around the world will have learned “with sadness” of the ...

31 Dec 2022 at 13:37

Local News

Bookings introduced for busy Christmas Day Masses

Members of a County Derry parish are to be given the chance to book a space at Christmas Day Masses. New Covid-19 restrictions coming into force on Friday will see all local churches close for two weeks. While there is no ...

25 Nov 2020 at 09:58

Northern Ireland

Claudy families pursue Catholic Church over late priest’s alleged involvement

A number of families who were bereaved in the IRA’s bombing of Claudy are continuing legal action against the Catholic Church. Nine people were killed on August 31, 1972 when three car bombs devastated the County Derry ...

28 Jul 2022 at 12:00

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CLAUDY BOMBING: 50 years of inexplicable pain as hope for truth dwindles

The view from Claudy's sloping Main Street on a summer's morning is idyllic. Green hedges skirt the edges of sprawling fields in the Faughan Valley below. Houses lie dotted across the land that leads to and surrounds ...

28 Jul 2022 at 13:30

County Derry Post

Breathtaking eighteenth century County Derry chapel restored to perfection

A new state of the art place of worship has been opened to parishioners in the small County Derry village of Glenullin. The newly renovated Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church was unveiled with a special Deadication of ...

03 Dec 2024 at 17:00

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