The situation in Kerala is considered the worst, and that area was also severely affected one year ago when rain and floods killed 480 people.

According to Dublin diocesan archivist, Noelle Dowling, some of the material on display on Friday night includes photographs and letters of thanks and appreciation from Vietnam, which suffered devastation during 20 years of war from 1955 until 1975.

This is how America was evangelised – by canoe!

An instant, when future imperfect appears to hang in the balance; when the dice have yet to fall, the first fat drops to explode in the dust-tormented earth. David Butler

If an unborn child has a life-limiting condition, it would be “inhumane to withdraw the protection of the Constitution to their right to life”.

“Our solidarity with one another, and especially with those in the greatest need, is an expression of who we are as the people of a merciful God.”