It tells the story of how the Irish State moved from a cosy symbiotic partnership with the Catholic Church since independence ...

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor as Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland.

Newly elected Prime Minister Michelle O'Neill of Northern Ireland speaks during a meeting of the legislative assembly in Belfast Feb. 3, 2024. O'Neill is Northern Ireland's first Catholic prime ...

The territory of Northern Ireland was created in 1921 with the explicit goal of creating a region primarily for Protestants who wished to remain a part of the United Kingdom. Now, 101 years later, ...

In First Things, John Duggan writes a heavy, sad, but insightful review of a new book about the collapse of Catholicism in Ireland. Here’s how it begins: Ireland nowadays seems filled with people who ...

The college campus is situated on the Lower Falls Road in West Belfast, a location that placed it at the very front line during the conflict in Northern Ireland. Graduates pose with their degrees at ...

Whenever the Irish government is criticized, or a politician wishes to divert attention away from themselves or their party, it is fast becoming a default position for them to blame the Catholic ...

Being Catholic was “seen as a barrier to assimilation in a predominantly Protestant society” in the US during the Famine era Research conducted at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee found that the ...

Editor's note: This story is part of "Growing a Green Church," an ongoing series focused on churches' efforts to steward their buildings and land effectively in the context of a changing climate. The ...

NEW YORK — Following the Republican National Committee’s use of a presidential contender’s old mug shot in a St. Patrick’s Day message, the nation’s oldest Irish Catholic organization is firing back.