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Holy Week and Easter Message from Archbishop Michael Jackson

8th April 2022 Dear friends We have come through an elongated winter and emerged into an unfolding spring. We are also coming through...

Call for Peace in Ukraine from the Ecumenical Patriarch

February 24, 2022 On February 13, 2022, His All-HolinessEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, after the Divine Liturgy for the Sunday of the...

Ten Years of making a better Dublin – Interfaith Forum marks milestone anniversary

Lynn Glanville Former Lord Mayor of Dublin, Brendan Carr, Assistant Commissioner Jack Nolan and members of Dublin City Interfaith Forum...

Lord Mayor of Dublin speaks of isolation felt in growing up Protestant near Border

‘Lack of understanding of faith and culture gives rise to fear,’ Gilliland tells forum Patsy McGarry Lord Mayor of Dublin, Alison...

Tributes paid to Thich Nhat Hanh, poetic peace activist, who dies at 95

Updated / Saturday, 22 Jan 2022 20:28 In the 1960s Thich Nhat Hanh came to prominence as an opponent of the Vietnam War Thich Nhat Hanh,...

The Guardian view on compassion for the stranger: not found in Fortress Europe

Editorial The moral insight that informed the Geneva convention on refugees is weakening in our own times. That must change. Migrant...

What Kwanzaa means for Black Americans

For the African American community, Kwanzaa is not just any “Black holiday.” It is a recognition that knowledge of Black history is...

The Holy Family at risk

Christmas tells us to see the Holy Family in the refugees and immigrants in our midst. “Holy Family of the Streets,” by Kelly Latimore....

Amnesty for undocumented migrants a good start but more is needed

Move is welcome but it must go further to avoid ongoing discrimination and segregation Shana Cohen Irish Times Minister for Justice Helen...