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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
“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...