Please see below key points from the submission of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference to the Citizens’ Assembly on the topic of the Eighth Amendment. The full text, which follows, was submitted to the Citizens’ Assembly earlier today and will be made available in...
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Bishop John Kirby’s message for ‘Day for Life’ 2016
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you and before you were born, I consecrated you” (Jer 1:5) In his 1995 encyclical letter The Gospel of Life (Evangelium Vitae), Pope Saint John Paul II requested the bishops of the different countries of the world to celebrate...
Archbishop Eamon Martin’s message for ‘Day for Life’ 2016
Pope Francis often speaks about the need for a ‘revolution of tenderness’ to melt the ‘hardness of heart’ that is so prevalent in today’s world. Nowadays the way of tenderness is indeed counter-cultural and revolutionary. It is perhaps the only way to confront...
Vatican Radio interview with Bishop Kevin Doran on Day for Life 2016
The 2016 Day for Life is being marked across Ireland this Sunday highlighting the meaning and value of human life at every stage. The theme for this year is, “Everything is Connected. In their Day for Life pastoral message the Bishops of Ireland have drawn inspiration...
Every Human Life a Gift: Defending the Pro-Life Amendment – Address by Bishop Kevin Doran, Bishop of Elphin at event organised by Family and Life
The Fundamental Right to Life The Second World War, which touched every continent in the world, ended just seventy years ago. While it lasted, the principal focus for many ordinary people was simply to survive. Within months of the ending of the war, however, people...
Pastoral Statement of the Catholic Bishops of Ireland on the Upcoming General Election
A general election is an important moment which offers a democratic society an opportunity to reflect on its successes and failures. In Ireland we are fortunate to live in a lively democratic society, even with all its imperfections. Democracy requires in the first...
Bishop Ray Browne calls us to cast our vote
Appreciate our country, serve it wholeheartedly, cast your vote A General Election is a unique event in the life of any country. The excitement and the hustle and bustle will be with us over the next few weeks until Election Day. It is good for our democracy that so...
Recognising One Another as Persons A pre-election 2016 statement from Bishop Kevin Doran, Bishop of Elphin
As we approach the General Election, I want to share some thoughts with you regarding our responsibilities as Catholics who are also citizens. I do so in a spirit of respectful dialogue, conscious of the fact that, as individual Catholics and as a faith community, it...
Statement by Archbishop Michael Neary concerning the equal protection of the right to life of mothers and unborn children
Issues in General Election 2016 I am mindful of the many important issues which are being raised by voters and candidates in the run up to voting day for the general election on 26 February: unemployment and especially amongst our young people, emigration, rural...
Catholic Bishops call on politicians to defend the humanity and right to life of unborn children with life-limiting conditions.
Statement by the Catholic Bishops of Northern Ireland on the proposed abortion amendment to the Northern Ireland Justice Bill Catholic Bishops call on politicians to defend the humanity and right to life of unborn children with life-limiting conditions. “Legislators...