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...
Reflecting on the current Dáil debate on the abortion bill bishops said, “We are dismayed that, for the most part, the voices of those who voted against abortion in May’s referendum have been ignored. Even what many people would have deemed to have be very reasonable...
We should not be afraid to hold and teach our sincerely held Christian convictions about, for example, the dignity of the person and the sacredness of all human life from the first moment of conception. In post-referendum Ireland, it remains as important as ever to...
Pope calls for a firm stand against 'shameful crime' of human trafficking - read here. Joint statement from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) - read here. US Conference of Catholic...
Our Common Humanity was published after the Spring General Meeting of the Irish Bishops’ Conference. Having received a number of requests, the Catholic Communications Office and Veritas have designed the pastoral message for distribution in parishes. A PDF of Our...
The following pastoral letter has been published in the name of the priests of the Diocese of Achonry as the diocese is currently without a bishop: Dear Parishioners, Normally a letter to the people of the diocese comes from the bishop but as we currently have no...
Dear Parishioners, Today we celebrate the Holy Spirit whom we describe in the Creed each week as the “Giver of Life”. We have five days left to do all that we can to protect that Gift of Life. I want to acknowledge the generosity of all those who have worked so...
Within days Ireland will be facing a Referendum to remove the right to life of the unborn from the Constitution. I am asking you to reflect on a number of issues and misinformation that people have brought to my attention since the publication of my pastoral letter....
Dear brothers and sisters, When I wrote to you in January about protecting the Eighth Amendment, I invited you to spread the word about the precious gift of life from the first moment of conception until the moment of natural death. I encouraged you to be...
The Church must always be pro-life. That means that the Christian community must be a beacon of support for life especially at its most vulnerable moments and a beacon of support at vulnerable moments of any woman or man along their path of life. Christians must be...