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...
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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...
Pastoral message by Bishop Brendan Leahy on the life issue
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, From today, and every week, I invite you to read a newsletter Choose Life 2018 prepared for parishes by the Catholic Communications Office. The newsletter promotes the Church’s position on unborn human life and encourages family...
Letter in Irish Times by Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan
Sir, – In answer to Senator Catherine Noone, who chaired the Oireachtas abortion committee and who criticised my comments on abortion and suicidal ideation, I wish to state that there is no literature which shows abortion is accepted by any authority as a reputable...
Pastoral Message for the New Year 2018 from Archbishop Eamon Martin
My brothers and sisters, as 2018 begins, I wish you, your family and all your loved ones the gifts of hope, love, and “life to the full” in the New Year. On 1st January this year, the Feast of the Motherhood of Mary, Pope Francis said that calling Mary: “Mother of...
Pastoral message on unborn human life by Bishop Kevin Doran
The Gift of Life – A Shared Responsibility Pastoral Message of Bishop Kevin Doran, Elphin The Mystery of Life In the Summer of 2016, I noticed a pair of swans with their five recently hatched cygnets on the Garavogue river. By the following Spring, they were almost...
Joint statement by the Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of England & Wales, and Scotland, marking the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Abortion Act
The Presidents of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales & The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland have released a joint Statement on Abortion to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Royal Assent of the Abortion Act which takes place on Friday 27th...
Paper delivered by Bishop Kevin Doran at the conference “Abortion, Disability and the Law”
On Friday 20 October 2017, a conference was held in Athlone entitled ‘Abortion, Disability and the Law’. The conference was jointly hosted by the Anscombe Bioethics Centre and the Consultative Group on Bioethics of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference. Papers were...
Homily of Bishop Kevin Doran for Day for Life Sunday 2017
Promotion of a culture which protects life and respects women’ 12.00pm Mass, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo “Today I am asking people throughout our diocese, even if it has not been your practice up to now, to consider committing to spend one hour each...