CoI parishes to become Catholic
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Three Church of Ireland parishes ask to be received into full communion with the Catholic Church.
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The former prime minister has converted to Roman Catholicism, sources close to him said today
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's weekend appointment with Pope Benedict XVI has added to speculation that the British leader will formally convert to Catholicism.
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Â· Archbishops to draw up historic covenantÂ· Conservatives see chance to crack down on dissent
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The Archdiocese of Valencia, Spain, said last week more than a million people in the province of Valencia alone have signed a petition to support religion classes in public schools.
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The Archdiocese of Boston is in talks with a Catholic hospital chain based in Denver to have it take over the church's ailing Caritas Christi Health Care system, according to three healthcare industry officials with knowledge of the discussions.
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By Aaron Nelsen ? The Brownsville Herald, The Brownsville Herald, Texas  Jun. 24--Frustrated with declining interest and ineffective methods of recruiting young people to their order of Catholic teaching, the Marist Brothers took a leap of faith into the Digital Age.
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By Paul Garber, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  May 31--LEWISVILLE   The Rev. Robert C. Evans' career journey has led him to churches big and small in North Carolina. He has helped start two congregations in this state and Virginia.
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For a growing number of churches, the boundary between sacred space and marketplace is coming down.
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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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Hard-line Catholic and Protestant parties have won the bulk of seats decided so far in the election for a new legislative assembly in Northern Ireland, a vote designed to clear the way for creation of a new ...Comment
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The elevation of Sean Brady to cardinal indicates the pope wants to visit NI, a leading clergyman says.
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Former British Prime Minister Tony  Blair, now the Middle East peace envoy, has converted from  Anglicanism to Roman Catholicism, the head of Britain's  Catholics said on Saturday.
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Pope Benedict XVI named four new saints Sunday from France, Malta, the Netherlands and Poland at a ceremony in St. Peter's Square attended by several heads of state and thousands of faithful.The presidents of Ireland, Malta, Poland and the Philippines attended the canonization Mass for the three priests and a nun, whom Benedict praised as models for Catholics to emulate.'Let us be attracted by their example, let us be guided by their teachings,' he told the crowd, which filled St. Peter's Square for the two-hour Mass despite rain. Read more
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SPOKANE, Wash.  - The Roman Catholic Diocese of  Spokane said on Thursday it would declare bankruptcy by the end  of November to shield itself from dozens of lawsuits by people  charging priests abused them in the past 40 years.
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Religious segregation is expanding from places of worship to neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.
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Ireland, a mostly Roman Catholic country where divorce was legalized just seven years ago, is contemplating another leap away from its conservative past &#151; and toward greater rights for homosexual couples.