Aborting a child with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome is a gross violation of human rights and anti-discriminatory commitments, and can be considered genocide, according to a Vatican spokesperson at a UN panel. “Here at the United Nations there is much sincere talk and normally passionate action to fight against unjust discrimination,” said Archbishop…
Leading child protection campaigner Marie Collins has dismissed reports that she has not been invited to meet Pope Francis during his visit to Ireland this August. The Irish Independent reported the claim on Saturday in an article titled ‘Clerical abuse survivor not invited to meet Pope’. The article added that Mrs Collins had called on…
A prominent Polish archbishop accused his country’s government of falsifying its data on refugees, while also fuelling a crisis with Germany over new demands for war reparations. Retired Archbishop Henryk Muszynski of Gniezno said the Polish government “still relentlessly insists it won’t accept a single one”. He said the government often states that it would…
Peru’s bishops have called for Peruvians to work together to root out corruption in the wake of the resignation of the country’s president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, amid accusations of corruption. The country is suffering from “a systemic process of corruption caused by the divorce between ethics and politics, reinforced by personal and group ambitions, exacerbated…
An alliance of medical professionals who oppose repealing the Eighth Amendment have said the proposal of unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy is the “exact opposite” of what they were trained to do. Speaking on behalf of the Medical Alliance for the 8th at a press conference on Kildare Street in Dublin, Dr…
Jesus’ direction to Mary and the apostle John to care for each other as mother and son is “a moment for all time”, the Catholic and Church of Ireland archbishops of Armagh have said. In a joint Easter message, Archbishop Eamon Martin and the Church of Ireland Archbishop Richard Clarke said in a time when…
Monsignor’s appointment is welcomed Bishop of Cloyne William Crean has welcomed the appointment of Msgr Joseph Murphy to the position as Head of Protocol Office of the Secretariat of State, taking over the role from Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt. Bishop Crean said: “This is a great personal honour for Msgr Joe, and his family, the laity and clergy…
Dialogue and respectful understanding are the prerequisites for social harmony and world peace, Hong Kong Cardinal John Tong Hon told a symposium on Christianity and China. “If we see only our own reasons and insist on our own experience as the norm, thereby denying the basis of other people’s experience, then disagreement, quarrels and even…
Letter from Rome In Catholic circles high and low, a widely reported potential deal between the Vatican and China over the appointment of bishops is stirring varied reactions. While some hail the accord as a critically important way for the Church to deepen ties with a global superpower, others see it as capitulation in…
Bishop Francis Duffy of Ardagh and Clonmacnois has defended the Eighth Amendment as a “life-affirming constitutional provision” and has argued that the issue merits discussion from the perspective of Church teaching. In the pastoral letter released on March 23, the bishop said that human life begins at conception and that nobody has the right to…
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