“The fact that both of the final prayers are so familiar points to the importance of the traditional prayers as a source of comfort.”
“Thank God I had the opportunity to do something to help community relations in Northern Ireland.”
Fr Brian D’Arcy has called for the Church to allow married men and women to be ordained as priests.
The moment of prayer came at the conclusion of Embrace FARM’s ‘Our Drive to Remember’ around Ireland’s 32 counties in a tractor in a bid to raise awareness about farm deaths.
The most asked question at the Ploughing was “Is Pope Francis coming to Ireland?” That has not been confirmed yet – not even by Bishops Denis Nulty and Fintan Monahan who visited the World Meeting of Families 2018 stand on the first day.
Jesuit publication has introduced a special four-page supplement - Re:link - which is geared towards teenagers and contains interviews with young people, refugees, and on topics such as how people become saints.
“Young people are searching, faith is very much relevant to them."
Ploughing Championships is exactly where the Church should be in 2015 - in the middle of the field, in the marketplace, among the crowds: Bishop Nulty.
Over 1,000 suggestions sent in for the 'Poem for the Ploughing' competition and the six chosen by Bishop Nulty will be on display in the Kildare & Leighlin tent.
