SIX separate reports on child protection measures in Catholic dioceses in Ireland will be published today.

THE Department of Education has spent over €38 million buying school sites from organs of the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Dr Martin has not been open about the plan to pay abuse compensation with parish funds, writes Michael Kelly.

A grief-stricken community will gather tomorrow to remember a loving mother who was murdered with her two young children and a friend.

Detectives were today trying to piece together the final moments before two women and two children were violently murdered in a quiet suburban estate.

An Archbishop tonight apologised to a victim of clerical abuse after a priest pleaded guilty to gross indecency while hearing confession.

Pope Benedict XVI pledged that the Roman Catholic Church would take action to confront the clerical sex abuse scandal, his first public remarks calling for change since the crisis erupted.

A Catholic bishop in charge of an Irish diocese plagued by sex abuse scandals and cover-ups has asked parishioners to help fund compensation, it was confirmed today.

Pope Benedict XVI today branded the sexual abuse of children and young people a "heinous crime" and a "grave sin".

Survivors of clerical abuse tonight demanded leadership and accountability from Pope Benedict as bishops prepared for a major Vatican summit over the devastating scandals.

A Catholic bishop criticised in the report into clerical abuse tonight told churchgoers his greatest regret was if his actions contributed to the suffering of a child.

A Roman Catholic priest in the North was asked to leave his post over child abuse claims dating back to the mid-1970’s, it was announced today.

WHY is there suddenly all this talk about changing the constitution where children are concerned?

The Pope has appointed the Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Dermot Clifford, as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Cloyne in Cork.

DAVID HOBBS will celebrate his 100th Irish cap this weekend, and become the youngest player in Irish Hockey history to do so.

A Catholic Church website has been hijacked by internet hackers offering a variety of sex services.

ACCORD, the Catholic marriage advisory and counselling agency, yesterday denied reports it was embroiled in a dispute over files wanted for the investigation into clerical child sex abuse in the Dublin Diocese.

AT LEAST €9 million has been paid out to victims of clerical sex abuse, latest figures from Catholic dioceses show.

THE Catholic bishops have issued a new directive allowing them to limit a parish priest’s tenure to six years.

KIND-HEARTED school children have come together to help the disabled, after the Government failed to provide adequate funding for people with special needs in their communities.

IT was to be a palace fit for a former bishop, but now Bracken Lodge, just outside Wexford town, is on the market and the Diocese of Ferns stands to make a €30,000 profit on its sale.

CLERICAL sex abuse victims were angered by weekend claims that a diocese rocked by scandals has dealt with cases “expeditiously and well.”