Irish church leaders share ‘great concern for state of fragile peace’ on island

Left to right: Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Right Reverend Dr John Kirkpatrick, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Most Reverend Eamon Martin, and the Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, Most Reverend John McDowell with the President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Reverend David Nixon, and the President of the Irish Council of Churches, Right Reverend Andrew Forster. Picture:

Irish church leaders have voiced their “great concern for the state of our fragile peace” on the island.

The leaders of the largest churches in Ireland issued a joint new year’s message for 2023, which will see the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.