We take this opportunity to invite all those affected by abortion - women and men - to avail of spiritual, sacramental and pastoral support, and we assure them that they will be welcomed without judgement and helped to find healing and peace – Council for Life.
I welcome this news and like other priests in Ireland I am greatly looking forward to celebrating public Mass and the sacraments soon with our congregations – Archbishop Eamon Martin, Primate of All Ireland.
"We encourage all Catholics to make time during the season of Advent to celebrate and receive the gift of God’s love in the Sacrament of Reconciliation” – Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
“This is not a time for wringing our hands in frustration or for sitting on our hands in despair. We need to talk. We need to work together. We need to stop deferring decisions that need to be made now.”
The way forward is to seek the truth, to reveal and address the damage of the past and to ensure that mothers and children are cherished and respected and never stigmatised again.
It is strange that in a culture that values individual rights, the most fundamental personal right of all – the right to life – is increasingly being questioned and denied.
There is no such thing as a human life without value. The deletion or amendment of Article 40.3.3, would serve no purpose other than to withdraw the right to life from some categories of unborn children.
Ad Gentes “Put the missionary agenda firmly at the heart of the life of the Church” - Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly SMA.
High profile broadcaster described Vatican's treatment of Fr Tony Flannery as an "outrageous injustice".
"Priests who left the Church to marry should be invited back and would bring the experience of marriage to their ministry."
Parishes and lay groups adapt Lineamenta of the 2014 Synod of the Family and questions and send outcomes to Rome.
"Church must always offer a place of welcome to families in all circumstances, especially to those who find themselves in difficulties."
In his Christmas message, Bishop Kevin Doran says the equal dignity of every person is beyond doubt.
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri says married couples will have a prominent role in the Synod.
"Secretive approach confirms need for Irish Catholic Church to learn value of transparency.”
“The days of fear, of secrecy, of oppression are happily in the past."
Positive feedback and 5,000 hits in just twelve days.
Relics will visit Dublin, Wexford, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Belfast between 17 and 24 October.
Jim Cantwell oversaw John Paul II's visit to Ireland during 25 years as press director.
