Life Matters

"Together we can be better prepared to be more mission directed."

As #Synod2024 gets underway in Rome, we hear from Bishop Leahy and Bishop McGuckian about the #SynodonSynodality and how it will help the
Synodal Pathway for the Catholic Church in Ireland

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In a video message accompanying his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis prays that "each of us might listen with our hearts to the cry of the earth and of the victims of environmental disasters and climate change, making a personal commitment to care for the world we inhabit."

By the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostolate of Prayer): https://www.popesprayer.va

To see other videos and content about the Pope’s prayer intentions, go to: https://www.thepopevideo.org/

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As begin the Season of Creation 2024, we look back at  the launch of Laudato Deum on the Feast of St Francis last year.

The Season of Creation will run from 1 September until 4 October, the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi patron of the environment and ecology,

The theme for 2024 is: To Hope and Act with Creation.  

This six-week seasonal fixture on the Church’s calender was established by Pope Francis in 2015 following the publication of his bestselling encyclical letter Laudato Si – on care for our common home.

"The world sings of an infinite Love: how can we fail to care for it?" - Pope Francis

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'... a readiness to listen as brothers and sisters to one another ...'

The late Archbishop Noël Treanor on the 2017 Ad Limina visit of the Irish Bishops with Pope Francis. May He Rest in Peace.

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Julieann Moran on the on-going work to prepare for the first National Synodal Assembly during the upcoming Jubilee Year which has the theme 'Pilgrims of Hope'

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'... we still have the
training wheels on our bicycles ...'

Julieann Moran @synodalpathway discusses the pathway towards a Synodal Church, ahead of the next session in Rome this October of the #SynodonSynodality

Julieann Moran is the General Secretary of the Synodal Pathway of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
For more info - https://www.synod.ie/

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Michael Kelly from Aid to the Church in Need (Ireland) on how ACN is supporting Christians in the Holy Land through education and employment projects.

For more info - see https://www.acnireland.org/

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The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem HB Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa reflects on the situation in the Gaza since the 7 Oct attacks in Israel. While not optimistic, he holds on to hope which he sees as having a purpose in the midst of the suffering.

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Justin Kilcullen, the former Exec Director of Trócaire 1993 -2013, while speaking at IEC2012 in Dublin, reflected on what drew him to join Trócaire in 1981.

'... was that from the outset it had been given this justice mandate by the Irish bishops, who on its foundation had said it is our Christian duty to demand that the political authorities always act with justice and responsibility towards the less fortunate countries.'

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A short film on the care of persons in the critical and terminal phase of life inspired by the document “Samaritanus bonus” from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

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Watch highlights of the ceremony from St Andrew's, Westland Row on 26 May 2024.

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Anna Buday, speaking at the March for Life in Dublin on 6 May 2024, celebrates her daughter Esther who has Down Syndrome.

"When we first learned that our daughter has Down syndrome, it felt like our world turned upside down. We were flooded with uncertainties, fears, and questions about what the future held for us and for her. We had no idea she would become the greatest gift we could ever receive .... I implore you, to embrace the uniqueness and beauty that individuals with Down Syndrome bring to our world. Let us stand together in solidarity, fighting against discrimination and advocating for a society where every person, regardless of genetic differences, is valued, respected, and celebrated."

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Full address by Dr Calum Millar at the March for Life in Dublin on 6 May 2024.

"What the abortion industry wants is to crush pro-lifers in healthcare, to force us out, to block us from entering and to completely erase us"

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Alex Schadenberg from the 'Euthanasia Prevention Coalition' warns the Irish people not to follow Canada's lead on Euthanasia legislation.

"We have to wake up the people. It is never a good idea to pass a law that gives doctors or nurses
or some group of people
in your culture the right to kill you."

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Colm Flynn, EWTN News Vatican Correspondent, on the document ''Infinite Dignity' recently released by the Vatican which restates fundamental principles of Church teaching in regard to the inherent dignity of every person.

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Fr Eamon Conway, co-founder of the G.R.A.C.E project, gives his assessment of the findings of their recent major report into the Attitudes and Behaviours within Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools and sums up the recommendations in three words - 'formation, formation, formation'.

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Colm Flynn, EWTN News Vatican Correspondent, chats to Wendy about travelling with Pope Francis to Iraq and Mongolia and attending World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon along with 1.5 million young people.

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Caoimhe De Barra, CEO of Trócaire, says that Trocaire 'stands ready to do much in Gaza once we get the access'.

For more info - https://www.trocaire.org/

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Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan on the success of the Year for Vocations to the Diocesan Priesthood that comes to an end on Good Shepherd Sunday (21 April 2024)

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Cardinal Mario Grech, General Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, underlines that the focus for the upcoming second session in Rome this October of the Synod on Synodality will be 'how to be a synodal Church in Mission?'

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