"You don't need to end the life of your baby to get past the darkness and back to the light, and I'm proof of that." – Emma, Co. Kildare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRbG1oquCRI
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Pastoral message by Bishop Francis Duffy of Ardagh and Clonmacnois
Life is both sacred and a human right I write to you concerning the proposal to remove the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland (Article 40.3.3) in 2018. Because this is a positive and life affirming constitutional provision, and in response to those...
A statement from the Catholic Grandparents Association
PROTECT IRELAND’S 8TH AMENDMENT FROM REPEAL “As Catholic Grandparents we love our Grandchildren; those who are born and those who are waiting to be born. We believe that it is only fair that they, like us, should be given their chance at life, however short or fragile...
Two Lives, One Love – Pastoral Message for 2018 on the right to life
During their Spring General Meeting this week in Maynooth, the Bishops of Ireland reviewed their pastoral message Two Lives, One Love and today publish a revised edition as part of their contribution to the national conversation on the right to life: Introduction...
‘Our Common Humanity’ – Statement of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference on the right to life of the unborn child
As pastors we are aware that the conversation about unborn life is sensitive, delicate and, indeed, painful for many. We offer our reflections with the greatest of respect for everyone while wishing to make some points clearly and unambiguously. Fundamental right...
Pastoral message of Bishop Leo O’Reilly of Kilmore
On any of these spring mornings when the sun is shining and you hear the birds singing, it’s hard to suppress the impulse to do a little skip, and to shout ‘it’s great to be alive’. The older I get the more I appreciate that most precious gift of all, the gift of...
What will happen if the Eighth Amendment is repealed?
If the Eighth Amendment is repealed the right to life for unborn children in Ireland will be without legal constitutional protection. This would radically change the principle, for all unborn children and indeed for all of us, that the right to life is a fundamental...
What is the Eighth Amendment?
The wording of the Eighth Amendment reads as follows: “The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and...
Message from Archbishop Eamon Martin on World Day of the Sick 2018
Sarah’s Story
Sarah Moynihan, 21, is a student from Co. Meath “I have always been pro-life but I remember the day I wholeheartedly promised to always stand up for the unborn. “I heard a woman speak called Melissa Odhen, who survived an abortion in America. I remember asking myself...