Archbishop Eamon Martin launches online Advent Calendar for 2015
Archbishop Eamon Martin has launched a specially commissioned 2015 Advent calendar on the homepage of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ website www.catholicbishops.ie to coincide with the beginning of Advent on Sunday next 29 November. Archbishop Eamon said, “The season of...
Archbishop Eamon Martin hosts meeting with church leaders and environment Ministers Alan Kelly and Mark Durkan in Armagh to discuss forthcoming UN climate change conference in Paris
At a joint meeting of environment ministers ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, from 30 November to 11 December 2015, Archbishop Eamon Martin has welcomed the cross-border dialogue and collaboration on this issue as an important example of...
Political accommodation and agreement welcomed by Church leaders
With the conclusion of the political negotiations and the publication of The Stormont Agreement and Implementation Plan entitled ‘A Fresh Start’, involving political parties in Northern Ireland and the governments of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, in a...
Prayers for Paris
I am close to the people of France, to the families of the victims, and I am praying for all of them – Pope Francis
Pope Francis: Conviviality, a thermometer for measuring the health of family relationships
The Eucharist and families it nourishes are able to overcome such limitations and to build bridges of acceptance and charity
National Faith Development Team to host training day with Jeff Cavins
On Monday 16 November the National Faith Development Team of the Irish Bishops' Conference will host internationally acclaimed author and biblical scholar Jeff Cavins for a day of training in Maynooth. The theme of the training day is 'Living Faith: Rooting Ourselves...
Conference marking 40th anniversary of the Catholic Communications Office
The Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference marked its 40th anniversary today with a conference which it jointly hosted with Saint Patrick's College Maynooth. The conference was attended by those involved in Church communications,...
In November We Remember
Belief in the resurrection of the dead is an essential part of Christian revelation. It implies a particular understanding of the ineluctable mystery of death. Death is the end of our earthly life, but 'not of our existence' (St Ambrose) since the soul is immortal....
Pastoral Letter from Archbishop Eamon Martin
On Sunday 23 October 2015 - the day on which the Synod of Bishops on the Family concluded in Rome - Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland issued a pastoral letter on the plight of migrant and refugee families. The text of the...
Archbishop Eamon Martin on his hopes for the final week of #Synod15
Archbishop Eamon Martin on the Synod of Bishops so far and on his hopes for the final week