by Oisin Walsh | Dec 16, 2016 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
Pope Francis has released his message for the 25th World Day of the Sick to take place on 11 February 2017, the commemoration of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Day of the Sick was instituted by Pope Saint John Paul II in 1992, who called it “a special time of prayer and...
by Oisin Walsh | Dec 13, 2016 | News archive 2016
The Co-Chairs of the Irish Inter-Church Meeting (IICM) have released the following statement on the death of Bishop Gerard Clifford RIP, who was a long-term member of the IICM and its associated committees: “With great sadness we offer our...
by Oisin Walsh | Dec 13, 2016 | Features, Headlines, News Feed
Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland and President of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has issued the following statement on the death of Bishop Gerard Clifford RIP: Together with Cardinal Séan Brady, my fellow bishops and...
by Oisin Walsh | Dec 12, 2016 | News archive 2016
Together with Cardinal Séan Brady, my fellow bishops and the people, clergy and religious of the Archdiocese of Armagh I am deeply saddened to hear of the death today in Dublin, of my dear episcopal colleague and friend Bishop Gerard Clifford. We have always held...
by Oisin Walsh | Dec 9, 2016 | Features, Front Page Banners, Headlines, News Feed
Please see below key points from the submission of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference to the Citizens’ Assembly on the topic of the Eighth Amendment. The full text, which follows in English, Irish and Polish, was submitted to the Citizens’ Assembly on 9...
