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Sarah Mac Donald writes for OSV News from Dublin.

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Mosaic artist Sister Samuelle is pictured in an undated photo at her workshop in France. Sister Samuelle accused disgraced priest-artist Father Marko Rupnik of abuse. She is now a hermit and is the creative lead on "Rebirth," a monumental mosaic dedicated to the victims of spiritual and sexual abuse in the church. (OSV News photo/courtesy Rebirth: The Tesserae Symphony)

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'Rebirth' art project offers counternarrative for Father Rupnik accusers, abuse survivors

Sarah Mac Donald|Mar 11, 2026|6 Min Read

Archbishop Dermot Farrell of Dublin announces the elevation of St. Mary's Pro Cathedral to formal cathedral status at a Mass to mark the bicentenary of the church's dedication in 1825 and the feast of the city's patron, St. Laurence O'Toole, on Nov. 14, 2025. The Catholics of Dublin have a dedicated cathedral for the first time in 500 years following Pope Leo XIV's decision on Nov. 14 to designate St. Mary's as the Irish capital's official Catholic cathedral. (OSV News photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Dublin)

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Dublin Catholics, Archbishop Farrell celebrate first dedicated cathedral in 500 years

Sarah Mac Donald|Nov 18, 2025|4 Min Read

Blessed Carlo Acutis stands near his computer in a scene from a stop-motion animation Lego-Carlo Acutis film made by three brothers in County Limerick, Ireland, and released in mind-May 2025 on their YouTube channel, Fiontar Floinn. To the right in the background is a photo of Carlo (1996-2006). (OSV News photo/courtesy Flynn family)

Inspired by millennial soon-to-be-saint, Irish teens create animated Lego-Carlo Acutis film

Sarah Mac Donald|Jun 5, 2025|4 Min Read

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Sinéad O'Connor, iconic Irish singer and victim of child abuse, dies at 56

Sarah Mac Donald|Jul 27, 2023|6 Min Read

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Tearful Joe Biden visits Knock shrine in Ireland

Sarah Mac Donald|Apr 14, 2023|4 Min Read

Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, poses in Rome June 16, 2022. Father Zollner says the exclusion of women in church settings has had harmful consequences and needs to change. (CNS photo/Marco Bonomi, KNA)

Women must be included in formation of priests, says Father Zollner

Sarah Mac Donald|Nov 3, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope Francis is pictured in an Aug. 26, 2018, photo praying as he visits the Chapel of the Apparitions at Ireland's Knock Shrine. Pope Francis delivered a special virtual message recognizing the shrine as an International Marian and Eucharistic Shrine during Mass March 19, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pope elevates Ireland's national Knock Shrine to international status

Sarah Mac Donald|Mar 19, 2021|4 Min Read

Dublin Archbishop Dermot Farrell speaks at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Dublin Dec. 29, 2020, after being named to head Ireland's largest diocese. (CNS photo/courtesy John Mc Elroy)

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Pope names Ossory bishop to head Dublin, Ireland's largest diocese

Sarah Mac Donald|Dec 29, 2020|3 Min Read

Former Hong Kong Gov. Chris Patten is pictured during an interview in Hong Kong Nov. 25, 2016. Patten, a prominent English Catholic, criticized the Vatican-China agreement on bishops and said Pope Francis was badly advised. (CNS photo/Bobby Yip, Reuters)

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Last Hong Kong governor: Pope 'badly advised' on China bishops' pact

Sarah Mac Donald|Dec 18, 2020|3 Min Read

Migrant workers wearing masks and practicing social distancing trim red cabbage at Mayfair Farms in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, April 28, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Shannon VanRaes, Reuters)

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Czerny: Pandemic made people grasp role of migrants as essential workers

Sarah Mac Donald|Jul 31, 2020|4 Min Read

Pilgrims pray around a statue of Mary on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje

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Vatican official: Church must be prudent judging Medjugorje apparitions

Sarah Mac Donald|Aug 16, 2019|4 Min Read

Gabrielle O'Gorman

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Ireland agrees to reassess claims of workers in Magdalene laundries

Sarah Mac Donald|Jan 3, 2019|5 Min Read

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