The systematic reduction in the funding for Essential Needs Payments (ENPs) is placing severe pressure on struggling families throughout the country, according to the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) The ENP budget this year (2015) is €27.9m, a cut of 55% since 2011. John-Mark McCafferty, SVP Head of Social Justice & Policy said…

An Argentinean bishop is leading the call for the beatification of a Co. Limerick missionary who died in December. Fr Liam Hayes, a Divine Word Missionary from Cappamore, had devoted his life to helping the poorest and most vulnerable in Oberá, Argentina. He founded several homes for children and adults with severe physical and intellectual…

The Irish Bishops’ Conference has launched a new website which outlines the Church’s teaching on marriage. The website www.meaningofmarriage.ie will host relevant material which has been published by the Irish Bishops’ Conference, its councils, and by individual bishops, including the pastoral statement The Meaning of Marriage, as well as comments from Pope Francis on the theme…

We must find a way that acknowledges problems with the Missal while appreciating its fruit says Tim O’Malley