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Martin Long
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communications director for @catholicbishops Fellow @prii_ie. Boards: Bishops’ Council for Justice & Peace, St Peter’s College, Dunboyne, and Irish Red Cross General Assembly member #AMDG
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@bishopfintan.bsky.social:let’s respect the dignity of ‘strangers’ that we meet using our roads

🙏Bishop Monahan will lead a blessing of the roads ceremony today, outside of the Cathedral of Ss Peter&Paul

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Travelling Safely
YouTube video by Bishop Fintan Monahan
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January 31, 2026 at 11:52 AM
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Listen back to Archbishop Eamon's interview with Kieran Carrick on Spirit Radio as he welcomes Pope Leo's World Day of #Peace message⬇️

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January 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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📣 HNY! Ireland’s Christian Churches are hosting a care for creation conference🌎 ‘Let Justice Flow Like Rivers’:
🏩Canal Court Hotel, Newry, Co Down
📅17 Jan 2026
🕒10am to 3.30pm
🗣️Dr Hillary Marlow
🗣️Dr Gail Heffner
🧧£10 on flow-like-rivers-tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/let-justic...
Let Justice Flow like Rivers
A conference for Christians to consider the power of collective action in caring for God's creation.
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January 9, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Bishop Martin Hayes @DioceseKilmore asks for prayers for all prisoners this Sunday.
#JubileeofPrisoners #Jubilee2025

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December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Statement of the Winter 2025 General Meeting of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference
#Jubilee2025⬇️

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December 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Statement of Archbishop Eamon Martin on Bondi beach attack during #Hanukkah celebration

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December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Irish peacekeepers join thousands attending pope’s Mass in Beirut
Irish peacekeepers join thousands attending pope’s Mass in Beirut
Pontiff’s three-day trip to Lebanon ‘brings a lot of hope’
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December 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Rev Stuart McGovern ordained priest for the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore ⬇️
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November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Archbishop Eamon Martin welcomes Advent 2025 digital calendar⬇️
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November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Following his ordination by Bishop Tom Deenihan as a priest for the Diocese of Meath, Fr Anthony Kerr meets clergy and parishioners at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar.
#AdMultosAnnos Fr Anthony
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Have you ever wondered what a Mass celebrating an ordination to the priesthood looks like? Enjoy this brief video from Father Stuart McGovern's ordination for the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.
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Priestly Ordination in Waterford City 23 Nov 2025
YouTube video by Waterford & Lismore Diocese
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December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Bookshops (& book sellers!) are the best. Newly signed copies of “From Crown to Harp” now in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social, Eason O’Connell Street, and @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social. Thanks for the warm welcome!
December 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Bishop McKeown publishes Moving Forward Together in Changing Times

To read Bishop McKeown's pastoral letter please click⬇️
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December 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The Aurora Borealis from Iceland the other morning was prophetic. #Hallgrimsson #HungaryvIreland #COYBIG
November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Bishop Tom Deenihan publishes pastoral letter on the future of Meath parishes

To read more about the pastoral letter please click ⬇️
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Bishops Deenihan discusses Pastoral Letter from the Diocese of Meath
YouTube video by The Way
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November 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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.@ArchbishopEamon Martin: Catholic education is faith-filled, inspiring students to believe in themselves

#CatholicEducation

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November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Bishop McKeown welcomes appointment of Bishop Coll as Bishop of @RaphoeDiocese

#AdMultosAnnos

To read Bishop McKeown's statement, please click ⬇️
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November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Bishop Nash congratulates Bishop Coll on his appointment as Bishop of Raphoe

#AdMultosAnnos

To read Bishop Nash's statement please click ⬇️
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November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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#Dublin finally has a Catholic #cathedral – but why has it taken the church so long?

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Dublin finally has a Catholic cathedral – but why has it taken the church so long?
Dublin is to finally get a Catholic cathedral – again. Pope Leo XIV has designated St Mary’s Pro Cathedral as the city’s official Catholic cathedral. It is the first time since the Reformation that Du...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Irish bishops to concelebrate Mass in Rome conferring #StJohnHenry as Dr of Church

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October 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Homily of Archbishop Eamon for Mass commemorating the 400th anniversary of the birth of #StOliverPlunkett & 50th anniversary of his canonisation by Pope Paul VI in 1975, celebrated in St Patrick’s Cathedral

@ArmaghParish @cjpireland #Oliver400 #peace #gaza 👇
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October 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Archbishop Eamon Martin: shed light on the scale of missing people in Ireland and abroad

To read the homily during the celebration of Mass for the loved ones of Ireland’s missing persons, please click⬇️
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October 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM