PRESS RELEASE_ 5 March 2018_ World Meeting of Families censors Bishop’s inclusive comments about gay couples raising children
We Are Church Ireland is outraged at the latest insult to LBGTI families exhibited by the organisers of the WMoF which Pope Francis is due to attend in August. The first insult was the elimination of text and a picture of a gay couple from the brochure for the WMoF...
PRESS RELEASE: 16 February 2018_ Cardinal Farrell’s snub is an insult to the dignity of Catholic Women
Cardinal Farrell’s snub is an insult to the dignity of Catholic Women. Mary McAleese represents the voice of women both in the Catholic Church and the wider world. Cardinal Farrell's snub of this outstanding Catholic woman has not alone insulted her integrity but also...
PRESS RELEASE_ 8 February 2018 _Referendum on Eighth amendment:
Referendum on Eighth amendment: Vote in accordance with your conscience Having consulted its membership We Are Church Ireland is of the belief that people should be free to vote in favour of repealing the eighth Amendment to the constitution in accordance with their...
PRESS RELEASE _1 February 2018 _Call for State funding to be withheld from World Meeting of Families 2018 unless LGBT couples welcomed
PRESS RELEASE: 1 February 2018_ Call for State funding to be withheld from WMoF 2018 unless LGBT couples welcomed. We are Church Ireland is calling on the Irish Government to withhold state funding of the World Meeting of Families 2018 (WMoF 2018) until assurances are...
PRESS RELEASE _9 January 2018_ Call for Pope Francis to meet Marie Collins in support of Pontifical Commission.
PRESS RELEASE 9 January 2018 Call for Pope Francis to meet Marie Collins in support of Pontifical Commission. 'We are Church Ireland' is calling on Pope Francis during his forthcoming visit to Ireland in 2018 for the World Meeting of Families to meet with Marie...
PRESS RELEASE: 15 August 2017 _ Support for Fr Roy Donovan’s call for justice for women
We are Church Ireland expresses its full support for Father Roy Donovan's call for the ordination of women to the priesthood and diaconate in the Catholic Church. We also agree with Fr. Donovan's view that expanding the male only diaconate is pre-empting the outcome...
PRESS RELEASE :11 July 2017_ Vatican bans gluten free bread.
Vatican bans gluten free bread. The latest directive from the Vatican forbidding the use of gluten free bread in the celebration of the Eucharist is another example of Church authority bringing itself into public disrepute. It is very doubtful whether Cardinal Sarah,...
Equality of All The Baptised
An aim of We Are Church Ireland The idea of equality of all goes back to Gen.1, v.27 and Gen.5, v.2. Jesus quotes these same texts in his teaching Mt.19, v.4 and Mk.10, v.6. In his conversations and interactions Jesus treats all equally – men, women and children, Jews...
A Note on Sexual Morality
An Aim of We Are Church Ireland Vatican II and John XXIII When he summoned Vatican II in December 1961, John XXIII directed the Council deliberations to take account of “the signs of the times”. He advocated special attention be given to the development of Moral...
Justice for Women
An Aim of We Are Church Ireland There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 In his discussion of justice in contemporary society in his social encyclical...
Primacy of Conscience
An Aim of We Are Church Ireland When we read the Gospels with the question of conscience in mind, we are struck by the attitude of Christ himself. Typically, Jesus did not ‘lay down the law’ to individuals; instead he preferred to encourage and applaud those who...
PRESS RELEASE_ 9 March 2017 _ Departing Papal Nuncio Charles Brown failed to consult
Departing Papal Nuncio Charles Brown failed to consult. The retiring Papal Nuncio Charles Brown has had a significant influence on the future of the Irish Catholic Church by his appointment of 10 new Bishops in Ireland's 26 dioceses. However, he altered the existing...