by Oisin Walsh | Mar 24, 2016 | News archive 2016
‘Priests are Missionaries of Mercy’ “I know that many of you have reached out lovingly to many families who experienced tragic, sudden or violent death in their homes. Just last night when I visited the family home in Derry of those who lost their lives at Buncrana...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 24, 2016 | News archive 2016
Holy Week in the Year of Mercy! The celebration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy offers us a unique optic from which to attempt to understand more sensitively every aspect of our celebration of Holy Week. Pope Francis entitled his recent book: “The name of God is...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 24, 2016 | News archive 2016
Newly elected – ambassadors for the People Two weeks ago, following the General Election in February, 158 TDs took their seats in Dáil Éireann. Two thirds of the TDs were members of the Dáil previously, and one third are newly elected members. Each one who was...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 23, 2016 | News archive 2016
It sometimes seems that we are living in a time of massive upheaval such as the world has never seen before. In the eighth century BC, when Isaiah was a prophet in Jerusalem, the whole region was in turmoil. The Assyrian empire was in control and the people of Israel...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 23, 2016 | News archive 2016
“In the midst of such awful tragedy this family has made us all think of how precious and important our loved ones are to us” – Archbishop Eamon Martin Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All-Ireland will this evening travel to Derry to visit...
