Work of peace still unfinished, Church leaders tell President Higgins
Pictured in the Drawing Room of Áras an Uachtaráin with President Michael D. Higgins are (left to right) President of the Irish Council of Churches Rev. Andrew Forster, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Rev. Dr John Kirkpatrick, Primate of All-Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin, President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins and Sabina Higgins, Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of all Ireland John McDowell, and President of the Methodist Church in Ireland Rev. David Nixon, with the Co-Secretaries of the Church Leaders’ Group (Ireland) Rev. Dr Heather Morris, General Secretary of the Methodist in Ireland and Rev. Trevor Gribben, Clerk of the General Assembly and General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
The “vital” work of peace building on the island of Ireland is still unfinished, the Church leaders, including Archbishop Eamon Martin, told President Michael D. Higgins. The Church leaders group met the President of Ireland and his wife Sabina, last Monday (November 28) for a “relaxed and informal conversation across a wide range of issues”.…