“Nursing and Midwifery embodies the best of human endeavours, positively contributing to the health and well-being of so many lives," says European Federation of Nurses Associations President, Elizabeth Adams.
It is time to honour the women who have acted as first responders to the darkest hours of crisis, says UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
“If we expect our young people to behave responsibly and safely, then we have to begin by behaving responsibly ourselves.”
“It happens every 4th August, no matter what day it is and people will come back from wherever they are living now to be here for the pattern day.”
“As one of the youngest priests in the Diocese of Elphin, he has made an enormous contribution to the mission of the diocese, particularly in the area of education.”
“The family is the privileged place of encounter and growth – parents are the first teachers, the home is the first school of humanity.”
“We state definitively that those who do not respect freedom of thought, conscience and religion must be held to account” – Chair of the Council for Justice and Peace of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Alan McGuckian.
The appointment of Fr Tomás Surlis as Pro-Rector will help provide greater distinction between the college’s role as our national seminary and its role as a pontifical university.
"Bishop Christy discharged his ministry at a time of seismic and rapid change both in civil society and in the church family."
Bishop Christopher Jones of Elphin worked tirelessly in the service of God and of the people of God in his diocese and further afield.
“It is aimed at giving the students a sense of hope and encouragement but also a sense of calm and control over their exam process ... and to remind them of the idea that God is with them,” said Andrea Lynch, a youth minister at Knock.
Focus Ireland is inviting people to sign up to paddle board across Lough Gill and down the Garavogue River in a ‘Stand Up to Homelessness’ event.
Organised by the Society of Missionary Children, this year's event takes place on 14 October at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo.
Archbishop Martin will be interviewed by Dame Anne Widdecome in a BBC 'Songs of Praise' special on Sunday evening which also features interviews with Loreto Sisters about Mother Teresa’s time in Dublin.
“In previous generations, there was a tendency to assume that everyone believed the same thing... it was sometimes more about conformism than about a personal relationship with God."
Past pupil, long serving staff member and patron of Summerhill College “delighted to be associated so publicly with such a progressive development”.
Pope Francis and Bishop of Elphin address the legacy of Paris terror attacks stressing the way of violence & hatred doesn't resolve the problems of humanity.
IRA murder of Lord Mountbatten helped Prince understand suffering and the "agonies borne by so many others in these islands.”
“It is not reasonable that the [asylum] process should go on for years” Bishop Doran admonishes Government.
Ruhama expresses concern that trafficking charges were not put forward in the case.
Pope Francis asks Bishop Kevin Doran to give special care to the marginalised, the poor, those in prison and the sick.
Bishop-elect Kevin Doran pays tribute to Bishop Jones' 20 years at the helm.
Bishop warns against dismissing religious belief as irrational, divisive and anti-intellectual.
