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The Catholic Church in Ireland is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome. The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ...
The Pope (from Greek: pappas, father; from Latin: papa, Papa, father) is the successor of St. ...
City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area - City Proper 1290 km² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,823,807 almost 4,000,000 1...
There are an estimated 3.5 million million baptised Catholics in Ireland ot of a total population of 4 million, (88% of the population).
It is organised into four provinces, not however, corresponding with the provincial divisions. It is ruled by four archbishops and twenty-three bishops. But the number of dioceses is more than twenty-seven, there have been amalgamations and absorptions. Cashel, for instance, has been joined with Emly, Waterford with Lismore, Ardagh with Clonmacnoise, the bishop of Galway being also Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora. The number of parishes is 1087, a few of these are governed by administrators, the remainder by parish priests, while the total number of the secular clergy—parish priests, administrators, curates, chaplains, and professors in colleges—amounts to around 3000. There are also many religious orders which include: Augustinians, Capuchins, Carmelites, Fathers of the Holy Ghost, Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits, Marists, Order of Charity, Oblates, Passionists, Redemptorists, and Vincentians. The total number of the regular clergy is about 700. They are engaged either in teaching or in giving missions, but not charged with the government of parishes. In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop heading a diocese of particular importance due to either its size, history, or both, called an archdiocese. ...
A bishop is an ordained member of the Christian clergy who, in certain Christian churches, holds a position of authority. ...
Waterford (Irish: Port Lairge) is, historically, the capital of County Waterford in Ireland, though today the city is administered separately from the county, the latter having its seat in Dungarvan. ...
Lismore can refer to any of the following places: Lismore, Scotland, an island in Scotland Lismore, New South Wales, a city in Australia Lismore, a town in County Waterford, Ireland Lismore, Minnesota, a city located in Nobles County, Minnesota. ...
Ruined House, Ardagh Ardagh (high field) is a small village on the Inishowen peninsula near Carndonagh in County Donegal, [Ireland]]. This was the birth place of John Toland, the first Irish Republican. ...
Clonmacnoise viewed from the River Shannon The monastery of Clonmacnoise (Cluain Mhic Nóis in Irish, meaning Meadow of the Sons of Nós) is situated in County Offaly, Ireland on the River Shannon south of Athlone. ...
The Augustinians, named after Saint Augustine of Hippo (died AD 430), are several Roman Catholic monastic orders and congregations of both men and women living according to a guide to religious life known as the Rule of Saint Augustine. ...
For other uses, see Capuchin (disambiguation). ...
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...
History, legal status and politics Prior to Irish Independence from the UK in 1922, and up to 1861 the Church of Ireland was the state church. The Roman Catholic Church had been the official state religion of Ireland since 1973, however a referendum changed this, (See:Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland). It removed the reference to "special position" of the Catholic Church. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion, operating seamlessly across the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. ...
Following the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland freedom of religion was established. At founding of the Irish Free State, in 1922, the Church actually had equal power to when the 1937 Constitution of Ireland was drafted. However, the Constitution of the Irish Free State had no special position for religion, (Article 8). The Catholic Church had great influence in education and politics. Most notably in the 1983 Amendment to the constitution which introduced the constitutional prohibition of abortion of which the Church spoke out on. The only other time they had been involved was in June, 1996, when the constitutional prohibition of divorce was removed, but retained certain restrictions on its occurrence. The only other time when the Chirch got involved in politics was in 1950, when it opposed the Mother and Child Scheme The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was (1922–1937) the name of the state comprising the 26 of Irelands 32 counties which were separated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Irish Free State Agreement (or Anglo-Irish Treaty) signed by British and...
The Constitution of Ireland is the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Constitution of the Irish Free State was the constitution of the independent Irish state established in December 1922. ...
Noel Browne (20 December 1915-21 May 1997) was an Irish politician and doctor. ...
In recent times with the increased wealth and secularisation in Ireland the Church has had a lessening influence, but the majority of Irish people still call themselves Catholic.
Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandal in Ireland In 2005, a major inquiry was made into child sex abuse allegations. The Fern's report, which was published on 25 October, revealed that more than 100 cases of child sex abuse, between 1962 and 2002, by 21 priests, had taken place in the Diocese of Ferns alone. The report criticised the Garda and the health authorities, who failed to protect the children to the best of their ablities and in the case of the Garda before 1988, no file was ever recorded on sex abuse complaints. October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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