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Sinead O’Connor: ITV, BBC, and Channel 5 are not planning to air tributes to late singer

‘The simple explanation is that she was not taken seriously,’ said a former Channel 4 commissioner

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2023

Sinead O'Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking

When news broke July 26, 2023, that the gifted Irish singer Sinead O’Connor had died, stories of her most famous performance circulated amid the grief and shock.

The Conversation · Jul 28, 2023

Captivating and cathartic, a visionary and a truth-teller: playing Sinéad O'Connor’s music was my education

Sinéad O'Connor was well known for her deeply emotional voice, her outspoken stance on political issues – especially her critique of the Catholic Church – and her explorations of spiritualism and religion, but what I want to talk about, mostly, was her extraordinary songwriting.

The Conversation · Jul 28, 2023

Church sex abuse is the elephant in the room as Pope Francis visits scandal-hit Portugal

Pope Francis is making a five-day visit next week to Portugal, where a scandal that erupted earlier this year over Catholic Church sex abuse is still simmering

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Sinead O’Connor used her fame ‘to break down stigma’

Women’s and HIV groups pay tribute to a ‘proud ally’ who ‘challenged’ Ireland.

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Acclaimed and outspoken Irish singer Sinead O’Connor dies at 56

Known for her shaved head and fierce voice, she shot to fame with her cover of Prince’s ballad ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2023

A look back at Sinéad O’Connor’s controversial Saturday Night Live protest in 1992

Sinead O’Connor's act of protest on Saturday Night Live was a defining moment of her career.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 26, 2023

Jesuits confirm expulsion of priest artist and lament Vatican norms preclude further sanction

The Jesuits say a famous artist priest has been definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023

Kochi priest Immanuel Lopez declared Servant of God

Father Immanuel Lopez, born 1908 in Kochi, declared Servant of God by Varappuzha archbishop. First step of four to canonisation. Good Samaritan of Kochi, born into Anglo-Indian family, ordained priest 1934. 5,000 attended ceremony, biography released. Process supervised by Congregation for Causes of Saints.

The Hindu · Jul 20, 2023

The Vatican's next doctrinal guardian defends the book on kissing he wrote as a young priest

Three decades ago, when he was a parish priest in Argentina, the man named by Pope Francis to be the Catholic Church’s guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy wrote a short book about kissing and the sensations it evokes

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023