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Church appeals for return of 900 year old stolen heart

Friday, March 9th, 2012

The 900-year-old heart of a 12th century Irish saint has been stolen from a church in Dublin, Ireland, and a local Roman Catholic official is pleading for its return — “no questions asked.”

The heart of St. Laurence O’Toole was stolen from Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, reports the Catholic News Agency. The news site quotes the Rev. Dermot Dunne as saying locals are grieving theloss of the relic. “It’s valueless” to others, Dunne told CNA, but means a great deal to the cathedral and the community.

According to several news sites, the heart was kept inside a wooden heart-shaped box inside an iron cage bolted to a wall. The cage had been pried open. Q13 Fox News, citing Irish media, noted that other valuable items inside the church were left in place.

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Irish priests face another pay cut

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Priests in the Dublin diocese are facing a 9% reduction in their income this year. This is on top of a 6 per cent pay cut last year. The 9% cut is due to falling returns from church collections which provide for the salaries of priests in the area. The basic income for a priest Read more

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Dublin Archdiocese on brink of financial collapse

Friday, August 19th, 2011

The Dublin Archdiocese could be on the verge of financial collapse as it tries to manage the child abuse payouts. Declining numbers of Catholics attending Mass and fewer donations are also significant contributing factors. The Irish Catholic reports that reserves built up by the diocese have been spent. A senior administrator for the archdiocese said Read more

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Diarmuid Martin categorically denies regularly meeting Ireland’s PM

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has denied a report in the Phoenix magazine that he has held regular private meetings with Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny. The Phoenix’s page three article implied that Martin might have influenced Kenny’s recent attack on the Vatican. In a statement, the Archbishop denied the implications, saying the article had Read more

Irish analysit: Ireland's Prime Minister ignores important facts when criticising the Vatican

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Ireland’s recalled Papal Nuncio transferred to Prague

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

The Papal Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza is being transferred to the Czech Republic. Leanza, recently summoned back to the Vatican for ‘consultations’ resulting from the “Cloyne Report”, is at the centre of the fallout between the Catholic Church and the Irish Prime Minister. Appointed to Dublin in February 2008, Lenza was due to Read more

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Ireland’s Archbishop Martin disappointed by apostolic visitation delay

Friday, June 10th, 2011

The coming five years will be among the most critical in the history of recent Irish Catholicism according to Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin. Martin was commenting on the time it was going to take to release the findings of the Visitation of the Catholic Church in Ireland. “I can say that I am impatient Read more

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