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Bishop Drennan, it's time to fall on your crozier and quit

Tuesday December 29 2009

AT a Mass in Dublin's St Michan's Church marking the opening of the law term, in October 2000, a Catholic bishop ascended the high moral ground in his sermon to the legal and judicial luminaries when he lambasted the British media tactic of "naming and shaming" convicted offenders.

It's no miracle, I could see but now I am blind

Wednesday December 02 2009

FIVE people who stared at the sun in the hope they might be witnessing religious apparitions are being treated for serious eye damage, a top eye surgeon has revealed.

Bishop raps pilgrims in search of apparitions

Wednesday November 04 2009

A senior west of Ireland bishop has strongly appealed to Catholics intending to travel to Knock next month to stay away from a predicted apparition of the Virgin Mary on December 5.

Shrine staff forced to clean up mess left by Knock pilgrims

Tuesday November 03 2009

A huge clean-up operation was launched in Knock yesterday to clear the Marian Shrine of the waste left by up to 15,000 pilgrims who flocked there at the weekend to see a predicted apparition of the Virgin Mary.

Clairvoyant and self-professed visionary Joe Coleman with Maura Martin in Knock on Saturday, ahead of his predicted apparition of the Virgin Mary.

John Cooney: Pilgrims hold out for a miracle as faith falters

Monday November 02 2009

IT was an edifying spectacle of religious piety that is rare these days even in 'post-Catholic' Ireland.

DIGITAL DEITY: Tiffany McGinley from Longford records yesterday's 'apparition' at Knock on her camera

Knock, Knock, who's there? 15,000 pilgrims seek answer

Sunday November 01 2009

FROM Friday evening, it was obvious this would be no ordinary October Saturday in Knock. One local reported lines of Hiace vans, four-wheel drives, caravans and similar vehicles parked on streets and approach roads.

Eoghan Harris: The spurious self-pity of the public sector

Eoghan Harris Sunday November 01 2009

Without a plot, a weekly log is just a list. By plot I mean some principle of selection. Last week my plot principle was to look for political character (or lack of it) in the stances taken by political leaders and public intellectuals.

Crowds defy the Church to await a predicted visit from Our Lady

Saturday October 31 2009

UP to 15,000 people are preparing to defy the head of the Catholic Church in the west of Ireland today by gathering in Knock's shrine in expectation of an appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Opportunity Knocks . . .

Saturday October 31 2009

It had been years since Michael Commins had seen anything like it. The Mayo News journalist, broadcaster and sometime songwriter knows Knock as well as anyone -- born and bred in the area, he lives four miles up the road -- and that Sunday was different to anything he can remember.