by Oisin Walsh | Mar 26, 2017 | News archive 2017, Northern Ireland
“Sixty years later [after the signing of the Treaty of Rome] … we stand in urgent need of that same political ingenuity and restorative faith in humanity at local level here in Northern Ireland” – Bishop Treanor Extract from the homily As we re-open this Church we are...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 25, 2017 | News archive 2017, Northern Ireland
Yesterday Pope Francis met with 27 European Union heads of state and government who gathered in Rome to mark and celebrate the 60th Anniversary of signing the Treaty of Rome. This Treaty was originally signed within the broader context of a continent emerging from...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 25, 2017 | News archive 2017, Northern Ireland
• The inaugural conference of ‘The Iona Institute Northern Ireland’ · Contrary to the suggestions of some recently, the Catholic Church has no desire to create a theocracy in Ireland, north or south, but we would expect that in a true pluralist democracy or republic,...
by DavidM | Mar 24, 2017 | News archive 2017
Pastoral letter on the declining number of priests to be read at Masses in the 41 parishes of the diocese this weekend Dear Parishioner, I write to you concerning the reality that the Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnois has, and will continue to have, fewer priests...
by Chah Garde | Mar 23, 2017 | Features, Headlines
’24 Hours for the Lord’ is an initiative introduced by Pope Francis in 2014. It was received with great enthusiasm here in Ireland and around the world and it will be celebrated again this year on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 March. It was suggested to...
