The Irish and the Mexicans, the Indians and the Cubans, the Chinese and the Dominicans: Today, we celebrate their achievements.
Ireland
Posted inFaith, News
Irish-born religious recall leaving homeland to devote lives to U.S. kids
After World War II, American classrooms swelled with baby boomers. Desperate for English-speaking sisters, some bishops turned to Ireland for help.
Posted inArts & Culture, Features
The uncertain future of Catholic Ireland
The numbers augur an uncertain future for the Catholic Church in Ireland, long a place where Catholicism seemed sure of deep roots and high adherence to practice and tradition.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Hunger strikes and the desperate desire for justice
Hunger strikes raise thorny political, philosophical and even spiritual questions.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Infographic: The Irish diaspora in the United States
The Irish-American population is almost seven times bigger than Ireland itself, but it is also aging and shrinking.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Touring literary Dublin with Benjamin Black
John Banville has few kind words for the church of his youth, but he is good company nonetheless.
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Getting Catholicism, the Troubles and 90s nostalgia right in ‘Derry Girls’
The coming-of-age sitcom follows a group of girls as they navigate their way through Catholic high school during the Troubles.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Vatican rejects former Irish president from Women’s Day event
Mary McAleese, who has a gay son and has criticized the church’s position on L.G.B.T. issues, was invited to participate in a panel discussion on women in church governance.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Do mothers and unborn children have an equal right to life? Irish voters will decide in May
The vote could open the door to legal abortion on demand in Ireland.
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
‘Linger’ was my anthem and Dolores O’Riordan was my muse
She was Dickensian, if Dickens had written a Gaelic warrior-waif, a hero with a voice that could thrill and comfort.