by Chah Garde | Jun 16, 2021 | Features, Headlines, ICBC General Meetings, News archive 2021
In accordance with the public health restrictions to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered remotely this week for their Summer 2021 General Meeting via video-link, instead of the usual location at...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 15, 2021 | Features, Headlines
The theme of the fifth World Day of the Poor is “The poor you will always have with you” taken from the Gospel of Mark. Pope Francis has released his message for the annual observance ahead of the actual date of its commemoration which is set for Sunday 14 November,...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 14, 2021 | News archive 2021
“The entire synodal process for the Church in Ireland will go nowhere if the desired outcome is promoting our individual agendas and often divisive arguments” Homily The time between the start of Lent and the Feast of Corpus Christi has focused on the core Christian...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 11, 2021 | Features, Headlines
His Holiness Pope Francis has appointed Father Ger Nash, a priest of the Diocese of Killaloe, as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Ferns. The news of this Episcopal appointment was made public this morning at 11.00am Irish time (12.00pm in the Vatican). Life and...
by Chah Garde | Jun 11, 2021 | News archive 2021
I warmly congratulate Father Ger Nash on his appointment as Bishop of Ferns. I have known him since we started in Maynooth together in September 1984 and being ordained one day apart in June 1991. I am deeply indebted to him since my arrival here in the diocese of...
