by Oisin Walsh | Jun 3, 2013 | News archive 2013
The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas has expressed serious concern about proposals by the UK Ministry of Justice to cut legal aid for prison law cases. The ICPO, an agency of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, is concerned that the implementation of these...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 2, 2013 | News archive 2013
Today, the Feast of Corpus Christi in Ireland, cathedrals and parishes throughout the island – North and South – marked this Year of Faith with an hour of Eucharistic Adoration in their local churches. At 4.00pm (5.00pm Rome time) the Universal Church was...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 2, 2013 | Life Matters, News archive 2013
“The right to life is such an inviolable right that no individual and no State may ever modify or destroy it … Legislators are being asked to pass a law prescribing the death of innocent human beings in Ireland. I ask that legislators would reflect on the...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 2, 2013 | News archive 2013
O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment Thine. It is indeed a great pleasure for me to be here in Cork this afternoon to take part in this historic Corpus Christi procession. In a special way, I want to thank Bishop...
by Oisin Walsh | Jun 2, 2013 | News archive 2013
“Today’s Eucharistic Procession in Cork is an opportunity for the people of the city to give public witness to their faith … let us remember in our prayers our loved ones who have emigrated from the city and who were now working away or living abroad” – Bishop...
