Irish Catholic priest Father Paddy Byrne offered his good wishes to Irish Olympic gold medal winning Kellie Harrington upon her wedding to Mandy Loughin, noting it is "sad that as church we can ...

DUBLIN -- The inaugural meeting of a new association to represent the views of Irish priests drew six times more participants than organizers expected.More than 300 priests were present at the ...

Irish priests frustrated with their bishops' treatment of them could resort to a High Court action to pressure religious leaders into respecting their rights, ...

One Irish woman learns how a Catholic priest tried to sway her mother into giving her first child up to another couple. Fiona Cooney's mother told her that in 1977 Ireland, "it would have been ...

“Vietnamese priests are filling the gap,” said Ryan Lilyengren, a spokesman for the Diocese of Orange. “People are calling them the new Irish.” ...

In Georgia, where the slow Southern drawl is alive and well, thousands of Catholics sit in the pews each Sunday and listen to sermons delivered in a rich Irish brogue. As more and more people from ...

Irish Catholic priest, 51, believed to be involved with mother of two. By ABC News. November 20, 2009, 9:23 AM. Nov. 22, 2009 — -- A popular Irish Catholic priest has quit the priesthood to ...

Irish Bishops Advise Priests With Children How To 'Face Up' To Responsibilities : The Two-Way "If, contrary to this obligation [to celibacy], a priest fathers a child, ...

Irish Catholics just witnessed perhaps the strangest, most unexpected coming out speech. During Mass last Saturday, Father Martin Dolan, an Irish-Catholic priest, came out as gay — in front of ...

Irish Hill in Pratt City was a bulwark of the Irish community and, by 1903, Birmingham had about 5,000 Irish residents. The Irish influence continues, especially in the Catholic Church.

The Rev. Ray Kelly, an internationally famous singing Irish Catholic priest, will perform a benefit concert at 2 p.m. Aug. 24 ...

The Rev. Ray Kelly, an internationally famous singing Irish Catholic priest, will perform a benefit concert at 2 p.m. Aug. 24 ...