Year: 2025

Aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists about the role of the Holy See, which works “behind-the-scenes” in peace negotiations, so that…

It has been a great privilege to share these reflections with you, many since early 2020. Their range has been considerable covering broad areas like spirituality, psychology, mythology, human development,…

Western People 25.11.2025 During November I visit cemeteries. In Ballycastle cemetery where my parents are buried, I spend time moving meditatively along the headstones and reading the spare words that…

Pope Leo XIV meets with Lebanese civil authorities in Beirut as he begins his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon, urging the country’s young people to speak “the language of hope,” which…

Pope Leo XIV prays with leaders of various Christian Churches in Nicaea, modern-day Iznik, Türkiye, and invites all Christians to follow the paths of fraternal encounter, dialogue, and cooperation. By…

‘Relentless’ 1st Sunday of Advent Year A 2025 Theme: Relentless

On his first Apostolic Journey abroad, Pope Leo XIV addresses authorities in Ankara, urging Türkiye to embrace its vocation as a bridge between cultures, faiths, and continents, and calling the…

Will the women deacons debate doom synodality? Heidi Schlumpf November 25, 2025 Link to article: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-women-deacons-synodality-heidi-church-catholic hen the study groups on controversial issues from the Synod on Synodality released their…

Today –  19.00-20.30 UTC Wednesday 26th November – we reach the third week of presentations on identifying good practice in a synodal Church  Our presentations cover: The agenda and log…

Western People 18.11.2025 I’m not sure why I found some of the media coverage of the crimes of the disgraced  hurling icon, DJ Carey, so distasteful.(For those far from Ireland…

Coming Wood You Believe Healing Seminars with Jim Cogley & Luba Rodzhuk: An Tobar Retreat Centre, Navan, Fri 28th Nov 7.00-9.30pm – Recovery from Loss Saturday 10am-4pm Healing and Integration…

Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression Trumpism’s most revealing and defining moments…

Ahead of his upcoming Apostolic Journey to Türkiye, Pope Leo issues the Apostolic Letter ‘In unitate fidei’ on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, broken down into 12…

Archbishop Martin: the Church needs to champion & promote the dignity of women Archbishop Eamon Martin addressing the IX World Meeting of Families in Dublin in August 2018 (Catholic Communications Office…

To His Holiness, Pope Leo Most Holy Father, I write with deep respect to share how the past decade has been experienced by the priests and people of the Diocese…

The gigantic statue of Constantine, of which fragments can be admired at the Capitoline Museum, and which has now been reconstructed as a seated colossus in its garden, tells us…

PRAYER IN ACTION  THE PRAYERBOOK 2026The Irish Jesuits Today’s world is a busy place and many people find their everyday lives are also becoming busier, with constant demands on their…

The Report has been published. It is some 800 pages long. It covers England and the devolved Nations – Scotland, Wales and N Ireland. It cost circa £100 million. I…