by Oisin Walsh | Mar 21, 2017 | Features, Headlines
In his message for this year’s Diocesan World Youth Day, which takes place on Palm Sunday, Pope Francis has told young people that the Church and society needs their courage, dreams and ideals. Opening his message, Pope Francis said, “Here we are, on the...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 21, 2017 | News archive 2017, Northern Ireland
The death of Martin McGuinness, which was announced this morning, will affect many people in different ways. Martin McGuinness played a uniquely significant role in the life of this society for almost fifty years. Firstly my sympathies go to his wife Bernie and...
by Chah Garde | Mar 21, 2017 | News archive 2017, Northern Ireland
Like many people I was shocked before Christmas to hear about the serious illness of Martin McGuinness, and, despite our hopes and prayers for his recovery, today I am saddened to learn that he has died. My first thoughts are with his dear wife Bernie, his children,...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 18, 2017 | News archive 2017
St. Patrick’s Church, Glencullen, Co. Dublin, 18 March 2017. “This church, over the years of its history, has seen many sad and tragic funerals, but few can have been as profoundly sad and sorrowful as the funeral that gathers us here today. The news of...
by Oisin Walsh | Mar 16, 2017 | Features, Headlines, Northern Ireland
On this Feast of our Patron Saint, I send warm greetings from the Cathedral City of Saint Patrick in Armagh to Irish people everywhere. Today unites the Irish at home with our relatives and friends who live abroad and with the hundreds of thousands of others who...
