Hasty evacuation of three local staff from Melut to Juba following heavy fighting.
Beatification is not only a fitting tribute to his work, "it is also a powerful message of solidarity to those who continue to put their lives at risk to speak out against injustice".
"They had just started to feel safe going back indoors at night when quake hit on Tuesday."
Ireland has the ninth lowest number of asylum applications in the EU, with just 6,560 people having sought asylum over the last five years.
The 2015 recipient will be announced in late August and presented with the award on Saturday 31 October during the 8th Hugh O’Flaherty Memorial Week.
Emergency appeal launched: Trócaire requests public's support to help it deliver aid to those in dire need in following massive earthquake.
“In recent days the large scale loss of life in the Mediterranean Sea has once again highlighted human trafficking as a real and present problem” - Primate.
“Aleppo has been cut off for 16 days, with no telecommunications, Internet or electricity... with mortar shells hitting the city every day.”
“We all have a part to play in protecting and sustaining our common home,” the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said in his keynote address on Pope Francis's “integral ecology”.
Trócaire partners working in affected areas to get aid to people who have lost their homes and are without power and water.
83% of lights in Syria extinguished since 2011 in "worst humanitarian crisis the world has seen in a generation" according to Trócaire.
Government should strengthen Climate Action Bill in line with recommendations of the Joint Committee of the Environment.
Social Justice Ireland calls on the Coalition to ensure its policies on climate change are coherent.
The theme of Trócaire’s 2015 Lenten campaign is ‘Fighting drought and hunger caused by climate change’.
Collaboration between Trócaire and Poetry Ireland is open to all writers from published poets to primary school students.
"We cannot let Ireland continue to shirk its responsibilities around climate change."
Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly and Bishop Ray Browne appeal to Irish people to hear and respond to the cries of the people of Gaza.
Pope Francis' silent prayer at the concrete barrier Israel is building around the West Bank recalled by Bishop of Kildare & Leighlin.
Chair of Trócaire, Bishop William Crean, expresses “grave concern” for the 1.7 million Syrian refugees dependent on World Food Programme voucher scheme.
Up to 100,000 people flee coastal areas to avoid Hagupit which makes landfall this afternoon and may affect up to 32 million people.
“We need to stamp out the stigma that still exists around HIV" - Lord Mayor of Dublin Christy Burke.
Parishioners invited to take a packet of chamomile seeds for their home and one for someone they would like to reach out to.
President of Caritas Syria, Bishop Antoine Audo SJ, describes conditions in Aleppo, ravaged by four years of conflict.
New features incorporated into the calendar include a ‘Thought for Today’ voiced by contributors including members of the hierarchy.
Motivation must be the spread of the Kingdom of God through the building up of human solidarity and a more just world: Bishop McKeown
On behalf of the Irish people, President pays tribute to the “courageous” health workers, doctors and nurses, battling to contain the virus.
Climate change, Trócaire director warns, is the single biggest threat to humanity but the political system has refused to address it.
Charities welcome budget's benefits and focus on job creation.
'The Cry of the Earth' reminds Catholics in Ireland of their Christian duty to care for the Earth.
'The Cry of the Earth' pastoral reflection reissued to highlight why and how care of the natural environment is rooted in the Christian faith.
