“The purpose of the CEDAW committee is to highlight and seek to eliminate discrimination. Abortion, however, is the ultimate discrimination as it targets the most vulnerable in society, namely unborn babies” – Pro Life Campaign.
“We believe that by helping to resettle the most vulnerable, we are living out our Christian faith and ‘welcoming the stranger’ as Jesus has challenged us to do.”
CPSMA AGM told that deletion of Rule 68 “may have unwittingly edged us closer to a situation whereby the State is no longer providing for education through a plurality of providers, but is itself providing a monolithic-type state education”.
“Ireland’s relationship with alcohol, particularly in the context of mental health, depression and suicide, has to be examined.”
It is strange that in a culture that values individual rights, the most fundamental personal right of all – the right to life – is increasingly being questioned and denied.
“I can only begin to imagine the huge emotional wrench which the mothers suffered in giving up their babies for adoption or by witnessing their death,” says Archbishop of Tuam.
“I am not a ‘rapist’s child’. I am a human being” – Rebecca Kiessling.
Historian Catherine Corless, who spent four years researching the running of the Bon Secours home and concluded that 796 children had died there over almost four decades, said the Commission’s finding vindicated her work.
Report states that outgoing Stormont Assembly has failed to “lead the planning, development and growth of integrated education”.
Extensive maintenance works have been carried out at the Franciscan Friary in Askeaton.
The breath of God’s life “saves us from this asphyxia that dampens our faith, cools our charity, and strangles every hope”.
Justice is never reached by killing a human being.
“It is like Jesus who went out to where people were and he gave them an invitation. We are doing the same; we ask people would they like to live a holy Lent,” said Fr Paddy Mooney, PP.
“I find it impossible to listen to public statements about the deep concern in the Church for the care of those whose lives have been blighted by abuse, yet to watch privately as a congregation in the Vatican refuses to even acknowledge their letters,” said Marie Collins.
This very special Easter egg puts Jesus back at the heart of Easter.
The walk-in piece of public art is intended to get people’s attention. Its gift box exterior symbolises the way traffickers entice their victims with false promises.
“We want to say as bishops our firm ‘no’ to a harsh language and remind our politicians that their vocation is to work for the common good and exercise their leadership through the careful practice of compromise and agreement.”
New setting of the Mass by composer Padraig Meredith launched last Sunday in St Conleth’s parish church in Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
Francis used the occasion to speak of a possible joint pastoral visit with the Archbishop of Canterbury to South Sudan.
In January there were 7,167 people registered as homeless, 2,407 of whom were children.
How many times have we heard people say: “If that person is a Catholic, it would be better to be an atheist”?
I know that many of the past pupils of this school are willing to fight for its future – Sean O’Brien, Connacht Rugby player.
We have to ensure our older relatives and friends do not become even more isolated in this new information age – Declan Dunne, Respond!
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin was joined by most of the Irish hierarchy and the Papal Nuncio for the funeral Mass of the late Dr Connell at St Mary’s Pro Cathedral in Dublin.
“If you play for the good of the group, then it is easier to win.”
Expressing his condolences, Pope Francis recalled the late Archbishop of Dublin’s many contributions to the Church in Ireland, especially in the area of philosophical studies.
There are 13 empty homes for every homeless adult in our cities.
Pope Francis urged people to “commit not to stop at making statements, but also to provide concrete food aid and to allow it to reach suffering populations.”
"I think in the beginning he had no idea of the extent of the problem. But he was the one who said ... we have to know ... I admire his courage ... because it wasn’t an easy thing” – Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.
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