by Oisin Walsh | Mar 14, 2016 | News archive 2016
Speaking notes of Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin Regina Mundi College, Cork, Monday 14 March 2016 “I have chosen a difficult topic. Perhaps I am trying to accomplish too much in one sweep. I want to look at the person of Pope Francis and then to...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 14, 2016 | News archive 2016
To coincide with Seachtain na Gaeilge (Irish language week) the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference is announcing the publication, later in the year, of an altar edition of the new Roman Missal in the Irish language: An Leabhar Aifrinn Rómhánach. This new Irish...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 13, 2016 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
Today is the third anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Francis. In a tweet sent out today he said “Pray for me”, echoing his words when he stepped onto the balcony overlooking Saint Peter’s Square on 13 March 2013 just after his election. Please...
by Chah Garde | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Please see below the homily of Fr Myles O’Reilly, S.J. from today’s Funeral Mass of Mr. Justice Adrian Hardiman, which took place after 10.00am Mass in the Church of the Holy Name, Beechwood Avenue, Ranelagh, Dublin 6. “We have to pinch ourselves, are we really...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 9, 2016 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
The Spring 2016 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference concluded this afternoon in Columba Centre, Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth. The following issues were discussed by the bishops during their three-day meeting: Prayers for (i) nuns who were...