Bishop John McAreavey, Bishop of Dromore and chair of the Council for Justice & Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, today presented to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, on the subject of ‘The ongoing Persecution of...
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Council for Justice and Peace calls for greater protection for women from sexual violence in war
PRESS RELEASE 8 March 2011 Council for Justice and Peace calls for greater protection for women from sexual violence in war Pope Benedict XVI, at a meeting with Political and Civil Authorities in Angola on 20 March 2009, stated: “Particularly disturbing is the...
Protecting Women from the Violence of Trafficking
Statement to mark UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2009 | Irish Commission for Justice & Social Affairs (ICJSA) Download pdf: Get Adobe Acrobat Reader
Joint statement on elections in Zimbabwe
Statement on Elections in Zimbabwe 25 March 2009 | Trócaire and Irish Commission for Justice & Social Affairs (ICJSA) Download Statement on Elections in Zimbabwe (~ 105 Kb) Get Adobe Acrobat Reader...
Violence against women in war – We cannot remain silent
Position paper from the Irish Commission for Justice & Social Affairs 14 December 2008 | Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference Violence against women in war - We cannot remain silent Text available to download here in pdf format (~ 42 Kb) Get Adobe Acrobat...
The Need for a Total Cluster Munitions’ Ban
Joint statement on the Signing of the Cluster Munitions Treaty 30 May 2008 | Trócaire and Irish Commission for Justice & Social Affairs (ICJSA) Download statement: The Need for a Total Cluster Munitions’ Ban (~ 105 Kb) Get Adobe Acrobat Reader...
Catholic Bishops’ Commission for Justice and Social Affairs statement on the death sentence imposed on Saddam Hussein by the Iraqi High Tribunal
PRESS RELEASE 7 NOVEMBER 2006 CATHOLIC BISHOPS' COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS STATEMENT ON THE DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED ON SADDAM HUSSEIN BY THE IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL "Let us pray for a satisfactory and speedy end to armed hostilities in the country and...
Successful Liberian peace mission highlights urgent humanitarian crisis – Statement from the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs
PRESS RELEASE 3 OCTOBER 2006 SUCCESSFUL LIBERIAN PEACE MISSION HIGHLIGHTS URGENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS On the first day of the October General Meeting of the Irish Episcopal Conference, the Bishops' Commission for Justice and Social Affairs issued the following...
Irish Catholic Bishops’ Commission for Justice and Social Affairs (ICJSA) statement on the crisis in Lebanon and Northern Israel
PRESS RELEASE 30 JULY 2006 IRISH CATHOLIC BISHOPS' COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS (ICJSA) STATEMENT ON THE CRISIS IN LEBANON AND NORTHERN ISRAEL “War against a sovereign country in response to terrorist attacks can never be justified” – ICJSA Commenting on...
Darfur: Time to end this scandal of International neglect
PRESS RELEASE 12 JUNE 2006 DARFUR: TIME TO END THIS SCANDAL OF INTERNATIONAL NEGLECT On the first day of the June General Meeting of the Irish Episcopal Conference, the Bishops' Commission for Justice and Social Affairs issued the following statement on the...
The Irish Ferries Dispute: Social Solidarity and Economic Efficiency; A Statement from the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs (ICJSA); A Commission of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
PRESS RELEASE 6 DECEMBER 2005 The Irish Ferries Dispute: Social Solidarity and Economic Efficiency A Statement from the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs (ICJSA) A Commission of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference The moral dimension of the economy...
Synodality and Evangelisation are the two sides of the same coin - Cardinal Grech
What is most encouraging the integrity of the process - Julieann Moran & Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon
"We were greatly encouraged that we were not alone" - Bishop Fintan Monahan
"There was a real sense that people feel they have gifts they want to offer " - Prof Anna Rowlands
Building Hope - Moving Forward in 2023
What you could sense was a deep love for the Church
What we heard from Catholics from around the world - Austen Ivereigh
"I just feel a great sense of gratitude" - National Pre-Synodal Assembly
"We have been coming to this day since the Second Vatican Council" National Pre-Synodal Assembly
"It reaffirmed the work that was done in the various dioceses ..." National Pre-Synodal Assembly
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