Monday, December 30, 2024

Bishop Niall Coll addresses 'crisis of hope' amid global challenges

Bishop Niall Coll has urged people to not despair amid what he has called a ‘crisis of hope’ across the world.

The Bishop of Ossory and Donegal native, Bishop Coll was speaking at a special Mass on Sunday at St Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny to launch the Jubilee Year 2025.

“Families today, we need to acknowledge, as we do on the Feast of the Holy Family, have to deal with complex challenges,” Bishop Coll, a native of St Johnston, said. “You might counsel me to change my friends when I tell you that a good number of them present as anxious even depressed about the world today.