by Chah Garde | Sep 29, 2024 | Latest, News archive 2024
Today, representing the Irish Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick, and Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ of Down and Connor, are travelling to attend the second and final session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican. This...
by Chah Garde | Sep 28, 2024 | Latest, News archive 2024
This Sunday, 29 September 2024, is the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, a day marked throughout the Catholic Church worldwide to pray for all migrants and refugees and to reflect on the reality of migration in our world and in the lives of all people,...
by Chah Garde | Sep 24, 2024 | Latest, News archive 2024
We gather on this Feast Day of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, to celebrate this extraordinary Saint. We give thanks to God for the many ways in which God showed the power of his mercy through the ministry of Padre Pio. We give thanks to God for the graces and favours...
by Chah Garde | Sep 22, 2024 | Latest, News archive 2024
The ordinary faithful of our land have named the abuse crisis for what it is: an open wound. Until the abuse crisis is fully addressed, there will be no authentic, enduring renewal and reform of our Church. It is vital that we come to recognise the dynamics of denial,...
by Chah Garde | Sep 19, 2024 | Latest, News archive 2024
74 seminarians in total studying for priesthood for Irish dioceses Twenty-one new seminarians have begun their 2024-2025 academic programme and priestly formation for Irish dioceses. Welcoming the new student intake, Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan, chair of the Bishops’...
