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‘Affront to human dignity’ – Statement of the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, on Attacks on Al–Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City

Our partners in the Diocese of Jerusalem have called on all people to cease turning the sacred space of healing of their Al–Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City into a battleground.

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Mothers’ Union Gold Award for domestic abuse awareness in Kenmare

On Pentecost Sunday in St Patrick’s Church, Kenmare and Dromod Mothers’ Union received the Rise Up Gold Award for its work in raising awareness about domestic violence.

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‘We are not strangers because we belong to the land’

Patriarchs and Heads of Churches solidarity visit to Taybeh in the West Bank

Meanwhile in the West Bank, Palestinian Christians find themselves under intense pressure.

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Death of the Venerable Cecil Pringle

The death has taken place of the Venerable Cecil Pringle, former Archdeacon of Clogher, who conducted his last service as a parish rector after 52 years of ministry in 2018.

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‘Christ is not absent from Gaza’

Press conference on visit to Gaza with His Beatitude Pierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa (Patriarch of Jerusalem)

On Tuesday July 22 The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem held a joint press conference following their visit to Gaza.

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‘The Church’s work among the wounded, bereaved and displaced’

Visit of Patriarch Theophilos III and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa to Gaza

Patriarch Theophilos III and Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa visited Gaza the day after the attack (July 18).

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Attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza – ‘a violation of international law and an affront to human dignity’

Statement from the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem

The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem issued a statement on July 18 following the attack on the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza.

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Voices from the Land of the Holy One – gathering perspectives of Christian leaders

In the wake of the attack on the Holy Family Church in Gaza on July 17 and intense pressure being put on Christians in the West Bank, Christians around the world are being urged by their brothers and sisters in the Land of the Holy One to raise their voices and raise awareness.

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Statement on behalf of Clogher Diocese

Statement from Dean Kenneth Hall, Bishop’s Commissary in Clogher Diocese, issued on Wednesday evening (23rd July 2025).

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C.T. Studd – From Cricket to Christ

David Luckman has written C.T. Studd – From Cricket to Christ which is his latest release in the Trail Blazers series of Christian Focus Publications.

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