People need hope this Easter - Archbishop Eamon Martin By Marc O Driscoll Pope Francis is greeted by Archbishop Eamon Martin at Dublin Airport in August 2018 The first citizens of Louth and Meath have asked people to continue the fight against Covid-19 in their Easter messages.
Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin says many people at home and abroad need the hope of Easter this year to dispel the darkness from their hearts and minds.
The Primate of All Ireland has used his Easter message to reflect on those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19 and how the pandemic has kept people apart.
The state of the art in robotics and artificial intelligence continues to advance at an accelerating clip, surprising experts and futurists. Increasingly complex and in telligent machines are changing the texture of human life as they are insinuated into more spheres of activity, from manufacturing to law enforcement to stock trading.
Military applications have historically been one of the greatest drivers of innovation. We can trace the history of warfighting and especially its recent history as a long arc of removing the warfighter more and more from harm’s way.
1 The so-called “drones” in America’s arsenal represent the latest in this progression, though, importantly, they still require a human to make the potentially lethal decision to engage a target.
Church leaders have issued a St Patrick s Day Statement admitting the need to face difficult truths about the failings in their own leadership when it comes to peace and reconciliation.
In a joint address, the Church of Ireland, Catholic Church, Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Methodist Church in Ireland and Irish Council of Churches, also spoke of a moral responsibility to acknowledge the corrosive impact of violence .
Catholic Archbishop Eamon Martin, Church of Ireland Archbishop John McDowell, Presbyterian Moderator David Bruce, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland Tom McKnight and Ivan Patterson, President of the Irish Council of Churches, described how the Christian faith can help the healing of relationships and offer a hopeful vision for the future.
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Protestant and Catholic church leaders have issued a joint St Patrick s Day statement admitting they have not done enough in the past to heal divisions.
They say they hope this year s centenary of Northern Ireland will provide opportunities to create a better level of mutual understanding.
In 1921, a parliament was established in Belfast following the partition of the island of Ireland.
The leaders also reflected on the pandemic and life in the digital age.
Among those who signed the statement were the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, and the head of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Dr David Bruce.
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