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...
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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...
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...
Day for Life 2017
Day for Life is celebrated annually by the Catholic Church in Ireland, Scotland and England and Wales. It is a day dedicated to celebrating and upholding the dignity of human life from conception to natural death. This year’s Day for Life will be celebrated in Ireland...