Month: May 2014

If individuals and nations are serious about protecting human rights and promoting peace, they must do much more to curb the global arms trade and assist immigrants, Pope Francis told seven new ambassadors to the Vatican. There are "stories that make us weep and feel ashamed: human beings — our brothers and sisters, children of…

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God is always by our side, never giving us more than we can handle, Pope Francis said. The countless women and men who stand tall through enormous difficulties, pain and especially persecution, are armed with the divine gift of fortitude that gives them the strength and hope to go on, he said. "It will do…

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Dear Editor, In the short time left to polling day, I would like to urge as many of your concerned readers as possible to courteously engage with candidates or their canvassers on their attitude to the abortion legislation of last year as well as the Governments proposals on the matter of gay ‘marriage’. In regard…

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Dear Editor, I wish to comment on Enda Kenny’s recent visit to the Vatican for the canonisation of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II. Mr Kenny stated that relations between the Catholic Church and the Irish State are now at a much better level than previously. It’s hard to believe this when you realise…

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"Every school, and even the government, should hold mandatory courses on the value of education and the sanctity of human life." Auxiliary Bishop Savio Fernandes of Mumbai, India, reacts to new abortion figures for the city revealing a 10% rise in terminations to 30,117 in 2013, a record high.   “We hope that this will…

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