Sunday, June 10, 2012

Irish catholic

  • DUBLIN -- A global conference celebrating Roman Catholicism is opening in Ireland against a backdrop of anger over child-abuse cover-ups and evidence of declining faith in core church beliefs.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • There, two Olympic medal-winning boxers and former teammates — one a British Protestant from Belfast, the other an Irish Catholic from Dublin — embraced and held aloft their two torches.
  • (FOX News)
  • THIS week Irish Catholic bishops are hosting the 50th International Eucharistic Congress. It is a busy and colourful event. Yet most Irish Catholics do not share their Churchs official teaching on the nature of the Eucharist (Holy Communion).
  • (Independent)
  • I don't see how you can deny it and still claim you belong to the Catholic Church.
  • (patheos.com)
  • Cardinal Brady said he hoped Irish Catholics would come out next week and celebrate during the congress. "I hope it will be a great event and I have a feeling it will. This is a big showcase for Catholic life," he said.
  • (Irish Times)
  • An Daire Irish Dancers Fundraiser - Special musical guests including Includes food by award-winning pitmasters of Bents BBQ, Jeff Selle and Jay Brenner, dessert by Holy Family Catholic School and music by Colby Acuff and Torino Drive.
  • (The Spokesman-Review)
  • The Irish Times newspaper had run a poll with Ipsos/MRBI which found that 62 per cent of Catholics said the bread and wine only represents the body and blood of Christ. By contrast, 26 per cent said that they believed it physically transformed.
  • (New Statesman)
  • Dowd, who grew up Irish Catholic, began her Wednesday column with a story on learning her devout Catholic parents used birth control. My parents were the most devout Catholics I've ever known.
  • (News Busters)
  • Charleston Catholics return to the state baseball tournament traveled a road of familiar foes. First, there were Man and Van in the sectionals, teams that the Irish registered three wins against in the regular season.
  • (Charleston Gazette)
  • Its been a gradual climb for York Catholic girls lacrosse coach Rob Linthicum.
  • (York Dispatch Online)

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