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Tributes pour in for former Trócaire worker Sally O’Neill

“Sally was the heartbeat of Trócaire for almost 40 years. She was a truly remarkable person. She embodied our values.”

2019.04.09.

Irish aid agency welcomes Oscar Romero’s canonisation

“Archbishop Romero’s values, conviction and compassion still influence Trócaire today and help guide us in our work.”

2018.10.14.

Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Romero to be canonised in October

Paul VI implemented the changes made by the Second Vatican Council; Oscar Romero was its first martyr.

2018.05.28.

Sr Anne Griffin shortlisted for 2017 Dóchas Award

Irish missionary has accompanied the community of El Mozote in El Salvador in seeking justice and redress over a 1981 massacre in which 1,000 people were tortured and murdered, including 400 children, by state military forces.

2017.10.24.

Five new red hats in June

The new cardinals’ origins from different parts of the world manifest the catholicity of the Church, spread throughout the earth.

2017.05.22.

Bishop Eamonn Casey’s role in setting up Trócaire recalled

Death of former bishop of Galway who resigned in 1992 after it was revealed he had fathered a son with Annie Murphy in 1974.

2017.03.14.

UK bishop marks 99th birthday of Blessed Oscar Romero

A year of centenary celebrations gets underway to mark Oscar Romero's birth in El Salvador on 15 August 1917.

2016.08.17.

Pope denounces those who defamed Romero

Prelate was “stoned with the hardest stone that exists in the world: the tongue" resulting in his cause for sainthood being held up for years.

2015.11.01.

Portora Royal School toasts Venerable John Sullivan

Church of Ireland archbishop describes Jesuit priest as "a sign of ecumenical respectfulness and a form of spiritual reconciliation in a post-Troubles Ireland".

2015.10.20.

Pope recalls horror of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Nuclear bombings in August 1945 are a “symbol of the enormous destructive power of humanity when it makes a distorted use of scientific and technical progress”.

2015.08.10.

Irish reform leader wrote to Pope about Romero

Brendan Butler co-founded the Irish El Salvador Support Committee in 1979. Last year he wrote to Pope Francis asking him to hurry on Monsenor Romero's cause.

2015.06.09.

President Higgins attends Mass for Romero

Desperate attempts by thousands of refugees to cross the Mediterranean is a challenge to ‘Christian’ Europe, which demands a coordinated and compassionate response.

2015.05.25.

Caritas adopts Oscar Romero as a patron

Caritas Internationalis’ General Assembly closed with member organisations agreeing to adopt a vision of 'One Human Family, Caring for Creation'.

2015.05.19.

President marks retirement of Trócaire worker

Sally O'Neill did some translating for Archbishop Oscar Romero just six weeks before he was murdered.

2015.04.01.

Cardinal Nichols speaks of Romero’s martyrdom

“Today, in the name of this martyr, we resolve again to be upholders of this God-given dignity of every person.”

2015.03.22.

Jesuit honours Archbishop Romero’s witness

"Romero saw the struggle for justice in his country as a struggle against forces that were not simply political and economic, but demonic."

2015.02.16.

Pope declares Archbishop Romero a martyr

Three other martyrs recognised: Polish Franciscans, Michal Tomaszek and Zbigniew Strazalkowski, and Italian Fr Alessandro Dordi.

2015.02.04.

Vatican ruling moves Romero’s cause forward

Panel of theologians say Archbishop was killed “in hatred of the faith” paving the way for his recognition as a martyr.

2015.01.11.

Missionaries promote faith-based values

Misean Cara managed €16 million in funding from Irish Aid for development projects.

2014.08.19.

Increase in number of children crossing into US

US Catholic bishops, Mercy Sisters and other charities call for a more humane response to those crossing Mexican border.

2014.08.06.

President promotes ‘ethics of friendship’

Students urged to value each other equally regardless of religion, ethnicity, social background or sexual orientation.

2014.03.24.

President Higgins pays tribute to the witness of Romero

The struggle of El Salvador's poor represented by his murder.

2013.10.27.
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