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Archbishop Eamon Martin invites families to participate in a Novena for Mercy in the Family
To mark the end of the Jubilee Year of Mercy on 20 November, Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh, has invited families to participate in a special Novena of Prayer by saying a prayer together for Mercy in the Family each evening for nine evenings. In...
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Bishops invite faithful to join Pope Francis in praying for people of Syria
Faithful encouraged to use hashtag #PeacePossible4Syria
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Short film on marriage and family
Short film: The Joy of Love in Marriage and the Family
![World Meeting of Families 2018 launched in Dublin](https://www.catholicbishops.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/WMOF-2018-Archbishop-Diarmuid-Martin.jpg)
World Meeting of Families 2018 launched in Dublin
On Saturday last, a special conference marking the Catholic Church’s celebration of family and family life took place in DCU Saint Patrick’s Drumcondra Campus in Dublin. Guest speakers included the co-chairs of the Council for Marriage and the Family of the Irish...
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Mission Sunday 2016: ‘Every Christian is a missionary’
Bishops ask the faithful to support the country-wide collection for our missionaries which will take place on World Mission Sunday on 23 October.
![Theme for next Synod of Bishops in October 2018 will be ‘Young people, faith and vocational discernment’](https://www.catholicbishops.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/3DD567FCA3.jpg)
Theme for next Synod of Bishops in October 2018 will be ‘Young people, faith and vocational discernment’
The theme chosen by Pope Francis for the XV General Assembly of the Ordinary Synod of Bishops taking place in October 2018 will be “Young people, faith and vocational discernment.” A press release from the Vatican on Thursday said the Pope made the choice after...
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Statement of the Autumn 2016 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
Please see below issues that were discussed during the Autumn 2016 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference which concluded this evening in Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth: Launch in Ireland of the World Meeting of Families 2018 Protection of human...
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...
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Archbishop Eamon Martin’s message for ‘Day for Life’ 2016
To deliberately and intentionally take the life of an innocent person, whatever their state or stage of life, is always gravely morally wrong. – Archbishop Eamon Martin
![Pope Francis accepts the resignation of Bishop MacDaid due to ill health](https://www.catholicbishops.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bishop-McDaid.jpg)
Pope Francis accepts the resignation of Bishop MacDaid due to ill health
I pray God’s blessing on Bishop Liam, assuring him of our prayerful good wishes for his health at this time and in the future. – Archbishop Eamon Martin