Sharing the Good News ezine - Issue 137

19 Dec 2023 - published weekly by the Catholic Communications Office - Issue 137

Irish bishops: IDF targeting a religious institution and vulnerable members of society is a grave violation of human rights

18/12/2023

On 16 December the communications office of the Latin Patriarchate reported that an IDF sniper murdered two Christian women inside the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, where the majority of…

Pope Francis announces Church’s first ‘World Day of Children’

19/12/2023

On 8 December last, the Feast of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Francis announced during his Angelus address that the Catholic Church will celebrate our first World…

Ceann Comhairle honours Sister Catherine Lillis with Human Dignity Award

19/12/2023

Caption Sister Catherine Lillis, Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Bishop Tom Deenihan and Mr Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD The Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland, His Excellency Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, Bishop Tom…

First series of Synodal assemblies to take place in the Jubilee Year of 2025

18/12/2023

During their Winter General Meeting in Maynooth bishops spent extensive time discussing the Universal Synod and the Irish Synodal Pathway. Bishops were briefed by Bishop Brendan Leahy and Bishop Alan…

Pope Francis endorses ‘Hear Angels Cry’ – a Christmas song for peace in the Holy Land

13/12/2023

Friends of the Holy Land – a non-political Christian Charity whose mission is to secure a resilient and enduring Christian community in the West Bank, Gaza, Israel and Jordan –…

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