A moratorium on house repossessions is long overdue according to Fr Pat Cogan OFM otherwise housing demand will continue to outstrip supply.
Jesuit Fr Peter McVerry warns that there are a lot more people “on the edge of homelessness” than is realised.
"In the coming months existing services will experience enormous strain and many of those entering homelessness will be children.”
Catholic and Church of Ireland Primates give joint blessing to sculptor Tim Schmalz’s seven foot bronze work depicting Jesus as a homeless man sleeping on a park bench.