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Pope urges people to work for peaceful 2015

Pope Francis has urged Catholics to work for an end to modern-day slavery in his message to mark World Day of Peace, January 1. With the Global Slavery Index estimating there are nearly 30 million people worldwide living in slave-like conditions, Pope Francis said, “We are facing a global phenomenon which exceeds the competence of…

The Poor Clare community in Cork are celebrating the centenary of their arrival in the city, thanks to a local businessman who funded the construction of their monastery. The Poor Clares moved into their monastery on College Road on Christmas Eve 1914. The building was funded by Walter Dwyer, whose daughter Mary (Sr Maria) was…