Sense of light and hope needed more than ever this Christmas – Bishop Deenihan
In his message for Christmas 2020 Bishop Tom Deenihan, Bishop of Meath said, “This year, that joyful Christmas celebration and that sense of light and hope is needed more than ever.” Bishop Deenihan said, “Many will understandably feel that 2020 will be a year best forgotten and fewer will face the New Year with the […]
No peace without a culture of care – Pope Francis stresses in his World Day of Peace Message for 2021
“There can be no peace without a culture of care,” Pope Francis stresses in his message for the 54th World Day of Peace, to be held on 1 January 2021. In his message released today, Thursday 17 December 2020, the Holy Father calls for “a common, supportive and inclusive commitment to protecting and promoting the dignity […]
Christmas and the coming of our hope – Father Gerry McFlynn
Father Gerry McFLynn is Project Manager of the Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas, based at the Irish Chaplaincy in London. In this piece he reflects on ‘Christmas and the coming of our hope’: In Dennis O’Driscoll’s humorous poem, Non-Stop Christmas, “Christmas is always coming. There are only ever so many days still left”. Well, the […]