In a First for Ireland, Priests Dismissed
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Pope John Paul II has defrocked two Catholic priests convicted of sexually abusing children in Ireland, an unprecedented move in this predominantly Catholic nation, church officials confirmed Thursday.
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The Vatican has reported a further dramatic fall in the number of Roman Catholic monks and nuns worldwide.
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The General Synod of the Church of England is to discuss a move to allow the sacking of incompetent or lazy priests.
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ATHENS, Greece - A defrocked Irish priest bolted from the crowd and grabbed the marathon leader about three miles from the finish Sunday. The Brazilian runner wound up with the bronze - and a special award for sportsmanship - and the former priest was arrested...
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 30, 2004 - A defrocked Irish priest with a history of disrupting sports events was given a one-year suspended sentence and fined $3,600 Monday for grabbing a runner who was leading the Olympic marathon with three miles to go.
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A report released yesterday by an Anglican church commission reprimanded the Episcopal Church for not taking worldwide church opposition into account when it confirmed an openly gay bishop last year and chided bishops from other countries for interfering
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Ireland's government announced Thursday it will organize new nonreligious primary schools in the capital, a move that reflects growing immigration and declining church power in this traditionally Roman Catholic nation.
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China's state-run Catholic Church ordained another bishop without Vatican approval, religious officials said, in a move seen as further damaging relations between the Holy See and Beijing.
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Monks unfairly dismissed a couple who worked for them for 23 years, an employment tribunal rules.
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The Pope reverses a decision to downgrade the Vatican department dealing with the Islamic world.
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GAY clergy and their supporters were censured yesterday as religious leaders tried to resolve the issue of homosexuality in the Anglican Church.
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ALBANY, New York  - Some are Catholics who see   their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who   happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few   just can't find a priest when they need one.
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Roman Catholic bishops in England and Wales rejected as "false and entirely misleading" a BBC documentary about what it said was a cover-up of child sexual abuse under a system enforced by Pope Benedict XVI in his previous job.
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Ireland has suffered its first homegrown case of the human form of mad cow disease, the government said Wednesday.
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Â· Text quotes 'absence of sacramental priesthood'Â· Declaration criticised as huge step backwards
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A shortage of priests has some calling for a loosening of the traditional restrictions, but Benedict makes clear it won't happen on his watch
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As soon as priests and parishioners walked out of the gothic doors of St. Patrick&#39;s Cathedral after Mass yesterday, they were confronted with