Michael Kelly

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The sister wears white habit, and crouches in grotto, smiling broadly.

Sainthood cause to open for beloved Irish actress turned nun, parish priest confirms

Derry-born Sister Clare Crockett was a promising actress with little interest in religion when she went on a Holy Week retreat in Spain in 2000 that changed her life. The then 18-year-old self-confessed "wild child" felt a profound call to religious life, and entered the convent of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother.

A woman holds a rosary during a March 21, 2010, Mass at a church in Armagh, Northern Ireland. (CNS/Reuters/Cathal McNaughton)

Northern Ireland religious, officials apologize to abuse survivors

Government officials in Northern Ireland and representatives of religious orders who managed state institutions apologized to survivors of abuse at those institutes.

Irish commission: Grave for children was improper, but not a septic tank

Irish government approves excavation of former mother and baby home site

Irish government finalizes terms of inquiry into mother-baby homes