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Message from the Bishops in Northern Ireland to voters ahead of the Westminster General Election

by BDrumm | Dec 5, 2019 | Press releases

It is twenty years this month since the Stormont Assembly assumed the full powers devolved to it.  The damaging consequences of the prolonged, ongoing failure to restore the institutions of the Agreement are becoming increasingly clear, especially their impact on the...

Statement by the Catholic Bishops of Northern Ireland on the introduction of The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Act

by BDrumm | Oct 22, 2019 | Press releases

At midnight last night, 21 October, all explicit protection for the unborn child up to 28 weeks of pregnancy was removed in Northern Ireland, leading to potentially one of the most liberal and unregulated abortion regimes in the world.  This is a tragic day for the...

Statement by Bishop Larry Duffy on the right to life and the responsibility of political representatives

by BDrumm | Oct 18, 2019 | Press releases

At this critical moment in our history, it is vitally important that political leaders in Northern Ireland face up to their responsibility to protect life, especially the life of the most vulnerable, such as unborn babies in the womb and their mothers. I appeal to...
Bishops: ‘A time for prayer and action for unborn life’

Bishops: ‘A time for prayer and action for unborn life’

by BDrumm | Oct 9, 2019 | News, Press releases

Following the Autumn General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference which was held this week in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, the following statement is being published by the Bishops of Ireland ahead of  the annual ‘Day for Life’ which takes place in...
Inaugural meeting of the Council for Life takes place in Maynooth

Inaugural meeting of the Council for Life takes place in Maynooth

by BDrumm | Oct 1, 2019 | News

The first meeting of the Council for Life, which is an initiative of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, took place in Columba Centre, Maynooth, on Monday 16 September 2019. The objective of the Council for Life is to promote the Church’s teaching on the dignity...
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