In Ireland, fealty to the church has roots that go back centuries. Schoolchildren learn of heroic underground priests in the 17th and 18th centuries, when Catholicism was suppressed under British ...

The visit to Ireland of the relics of St Therese of Lisieux, the Pilgrimage of Grace, which commenced in April, has been extended, so Mount St Joseph Abbey, Roscrea, is being included.

Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, Fintan Monahan, and Church of Ireland Bishop of Tuam, Limerick and Killaloe, Michael Burrows, said: “We Irish, more than most, know what it is like to be a stranger ...

In one painful scene, she tries to attend confession but can’t find the words—her hurt and anger at the church still wrapped up in the shame and self-hatred instilled by her time at Roscrea.