The Pontifical Academy for Life on has today released a new document entitled “Friendship with persons with disabilities: the beginning of a new world. Learning from Experiences of Persons with Disabilities and Their Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic." The note...
The Northern Catholic Bishops have issued a statement regarding the intention of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to introduce extreme and discriminatory abortion services to Northern Ireland. This statement was issued in the names of Archbishop Eamon...
Keypoints The submission is rooted in our conviction that we have a moral responsibility to care for our “neighbour” according to the Gospel image of the Good Samaritan. Within existing law and medical practice, good palliative care, by upholding absolute respect for...
Following its Autumn General Meeting this week, the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference have released the following statement entitled Care at the End of Life: Statement Human dignity is inherent in every person from the first moment of his or her existence. Even...
Bishop Kevin Doran, Bishop of Elphin and Chair of the Council for Life of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference has welcomed the publication of “Samaritanus bonus” (The Good Shepherd), a newly published letter by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith...
Summary The Catholic Bishops of Northern Ireland wish to make clear that the new abortion law established under the provisions of the Northern Ireland Act 2019, is an unjust law. As a consequence, no one is obliged in conscience to cooperate with any action permitted...
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...
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...
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...
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...