by Oisin Walsh | Aug 31, 2017 | Features, Headlines
At the invitation of An Taoiseach, Mr Leo Varadkar TD, a delegation representing bishops and officials from the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference held a two-hour bilateral meeting today with ministers in Government Buildings, Dublin. This was the first such...
by Oisin Walsh | Aug 31, 2017 | News archive 2017
In response to representations from Coping International, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference has published the following: Principles of responsibility regarding priests who father children while in ministry Upon ordination, priests promise to live a...
by Oisin Walsh | Aug 31, 2017 | Features, Headlines
The third World Day of Prayer for the Care of All Creation takes place on Friday 1 September 2017. Many local Church communities around the world also are preparing to mark Creation Time, which also begins on 1 September and continues until 4 October, the...
by Oisin Walsh | Aug 29, 2017 | Front Page Banners, Headlines
Pope Francis believes that in a world where humanity is often wounded, mistreated, and dominated by a lack of love, the family is the “yes” of God as Love. In spite of all the pressures and difficulties it faces, Pope Francis believes that the family is still good...
by Oisin Walsh | Aug 26, 2017 | News archive 2017
“Thousands of Christians are still being persecuted, displaced or expelled, tortured, discriminated and murdered simply because they are Christian … even though we seldom read or hear about it in the Western media” – Archbishop Martin Dear brothers and...
