Sister Pat Murray awarded Presidential Distinguished Service Award 2020
This reward is reserved for those who have made a remarkable contribution to Ireland and our international reputation.
This reward is reserved for those who have made a remarkable contribution to Ireland and our international reputation.
At his General Audience this week Pope Francis urged everyone to pray for those who are ill with Covid-19 and the medical personnel working to treat them.
Three people died in a knife attack on 30 October inside the Basilica of Notre Dame in Nice, and four people were killed, close to the main Synagogue in Vienna on 2 November.
Bishop Denis Brennan of Ferns has called for the faithful to pray for the dead and bereaved during the month of November.
Bishop Dermot Farrell of Ossory has issued a pastoral letter on the remembrance of the dead.
Yesterday, the feast of All Souls, 2 November 2020, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin lead a prayer service in remembrance of the dead and the bereaved in the Pro-Cathedral Dublin.
Pope Francis celebrated Holy Mass on All Souls' Day for the commemoration of the deceased faithful in the Church of the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican before praying on the tombs of the cemetery and in the Vatican Grottoes where deceased Pontiffs are laid to rest.