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It was only 12 years ago that the Irish government had a “come to Jesus” moment about a dark part of its history. In 2013 it agreed to pay $75 million in restitution to survivors of institutions run ...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is widely celebrated by Christians of many traditions and denominations, including Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Evangelical communities. Each year, a ...

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In 2017, Perry, then a US Correspondent for RTÉ, was in the Oval Office to witness then-President Trump's courtesy call to Ireland's new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. In a clip later shared by Perry ...

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