Homily notes of Bishop Brendan Leahy for Vigil for Life – Saint John’s Cathedral, Limerick
Homily notes of Bishop Brendan Leahy for Vigil for Life - Saint John’s Cathedral, Limerick “The unborn child in the womb is a human life with potential, not a potential human being” “There stands before the Dáil a Bill that could enshrine in Irish law, for the first...
Bishops’ briefing note on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013
In recent days bishops have sent the following briefing note to deputies and senators on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.
Homily of Bishop Brennan, Ferns Diocese at Knock Shrine, Sunday 7 July 2013
Since its beginnings, Christianity has maintained a clear and firm teaching on the sacredness of human life. Abortion was rejected in the earliest known Christian document, the Didache.
Homily of Bishop Noel Treanor at Saul Mountain, Downpatrick, Diocese of Down and Connor
Homily of Bishop Noel Treanor at Saul Mountain, Downpatrick, Diocese of Down and Connor I hail the courage of those TDs, men and women, in Dáil Éireann who refuse to bend to weavers of party political mantras, who recognise that the Taoiseach and the government have...
Homily of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin at Mass in Church of Saint Dominick, Dublin
Homily of Archbishop Diarmuid Martin at Mass in Church of Saint Dominick, Dublin, celebrating gift of Human Life, Saturday 6 July 2013 “We gather here this afternoon to reflect and to pray. We gather to reflect on the gift and on the meaning of human life. We pray...
Pope Francis publishes Encyclical Letter ‘Lumen fidei’
Pope Francis’ first encyclical "Lumen fidei", has been published today Friday 5th July. The document was presented at 12noon (11am Rome time) at the Vatican Press Office. Click here for the full text of Lumen fidei. A Papal Encyclical is the name typically given to a...
Choose Life message from Archbishop Eamon Martin
Please watch this important choose life message from Archbishop Eamon Martin, Coadjutor Archbishop of Armagh
Choose Life Newsletter Issue 7 is now available
Since the 22 May 2013 the Catholic Communications Office has been circulating a weekly bulletin for parishioners, parish newsletters and websites with information promoting the Church’s position on the sanctity of unborn human life. The newsletter headings are as...
World Youth Day 2013: ‘Go and make disciples of all nations’
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, Bishop Denis Brennan, Bishop of Ferns and Bishop Donal McKeown, Auxiliary Bishop of Down and Connor will join 165 pilgrims from Ireland who will travel in July to World Youth Day (WYD) in Rio de Janerio, Brazil, the...
World Youth Day 2013: Rio in Dublin
In his first trip abroad since his pontificate began last March, Pope Francis will join millions of young people in Rio de Janeiro for an enormous festival of prayer and music for young Catholics next month. Dublin’s Archbishop Diarmuid Martin will lead a...