by Oisin Walsh | Apr 29, 2013 | News archive 2013
Bishop Crean calls for prayer for the farming community in present crisis “I am concerned about the impact of this stressful time on individual farmers and their families … A sense of solidarity and concern will be of enormous help at this time” – Bishop Crean Few...
by Oisin Walsh | Apr 29, 2013 | Features
Responding to the needs of Irish prisoners overseas and their familes The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas (ICPO) is a charitable organisation established by the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference in 1985, which works on behalf of Irish prisoners overseas...
by Oisin Walsh | Apr 28, 2013 | News archive 2013
Next Saturday 4 May will see a national Vigil of Prayer for Mothers and their Unborn Babies taking place at Our Lady’s Shrine in Knock, Co Mayo. The theme of this Vigil will be ‘Choose Life: We Cherish Them Both’ and it is supported by the Irish Catholic...
by Oisin Walsh | Apr 24, 2013 | News archive 2013
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s address at the Fordham Centre of Religion and Culture, New York, 24 April 2013 The Russo Family Lecture : Catholic Ireland: Past, Present and Future “Ireland has changed and Ireland is changing. The other evening I was at a lecture...
by Oisin Walsh | Apr 24, 2013 | News archive 2013
Statement by Bishop John Fleming on the publication of the Review of Safeguarding Practice in the Diocese of Killala I welcome the Review of Safeguarding Practice in the Diocese of Killala undertaken by The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic...