The April Messenger highlights several ways the Church is evolving and adapting to our contemporary world to advance its mission for the future. We have pleas for the pastoral care of patients in hospital, compassion and constructive rehabilitation of prisoners suffering addiction and Archbishop Eamon Martin echoes Pope Francis’ call for the sound of arms in our war-torn world to be silenced and that we focus instead on the common good and flourishing of all humanity. Finally, a wise observation in one article that if we are truly religious, it shows in our actions rather than our words – food for thought this Eastertide!

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