This year’s theme is ‘Take care of him: compassion is a synodal exercise of healing’ and is inspired by the parable of the good Samaritan in the Gospel of Luke.
On 24 January, the feast day of Saint Francis de Sales, patron of journalists, editors and writers, Pope Francis published the 57th World Communications Day message.
"I invite the parishes of the diocese to set out on this mission of renewal, believing that if we listen for the voice of the Lord, we can enter into His peace" - Bishop Donal McKeown
Speaking at Mass for the Feast of Saint Ita Bishop Leahy of Limerick said that an example for the future of the Church can be drawn from both the prophetic words of the late Pope Benedict XVI and the lives of Saint Ita and Brigid.
In response to the death of Pope Benedict XVI on 31 December 2022, the Bishops of Ireland prayed for the repose of the soul of the late Pope, as well as opening Books of Condolences.
On the Solemnity of the Epiphany, the Mass of Ordination to the Diaconate of Deacons Conrad Forzeh and Frankline Nkopi, of the Diocese of Kumba, Cameroon, was celebrated by Bishop Kevin Doran.
During the Winter General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference in Maynooth, Bishops expressed concern that the hunger crisis in the Horn of Africa is deepening.