Year: 2026

The Headline on Saturday’s London Times to a Comment article, by Max Hastings was: Fakers tussle for seats at Trump’s table of lies. He writes: ‘The US has fallen into…

The Church is still aching from the terrible act of violence committed against the liturgy in English little more than a decade ago. Here at the very heart of the…

‘Enough’ 30th Sunday Year A – 25 Oct 2026

21 Oct 2026 – link to article on the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference website Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week at Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, for…

The following correspondence has come into my possession from a diocese in Munster where it has been distributed amongst the priests. Its origins seem to be the Munster Bishops yet…

On the 400th anniversary of the consecration of St Peter’s Basilica, a new film explores the faith, history and archaeology at its heart. The trailer premiered at the Rome Film…

Upcoming Autumn Seminars: Croí Nua, Galway – Fri 23rd and Sat 24th Oct Finding Healing from personal and ancestral issues – Towards a Spirituality of Wholeness. Bookings:085-7829855 An Tobar Spiritans,…

Western People 13.10.26 Today’s column could be subtitled the parable of Two Women from Tennessee. One was the late Dolly Parton and the other, Christa Pike. Dolly and Christa had…

Irish National Synodal Assembly National Synodal Assembly proposals to inform future of Church life in Ireland – from Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference website The Irish National Synodal Assembly took place…

The Heron; the Weeping Willow; the Colouring Leaves; Winter. It was raining this morning. This is contradictory – it was brighter than usual. I could see the pond on the…

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Please allow me to introduce myself to the ACP. I am Gabriel Dolan a Kiltegan Father who spent 42 years in Kenya and am now assisting in my home diocese…

‘Public Vocation’ 29th Sunday – 18 Oct 2026

PRESS RELEASE FROM MESSENGER PUBLICATIONS 13 October 2026 The starting point for many of the articles in the November Messenger lies in David Breen’s Scripture reflection on Christ the King.  Christians celebrate…

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the Archbishop for the United States Military Services, issues a statement on the planned execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, expressing sympathy for Hasan’s victims and “obliging” Catholic…

Pope Leo XIV has undergone surgery at Gemelli Hospital, during which doctors removed the lower lobe of his right lung, according to the Holy See Press Office. Vatican News –…

From the Irish Times, Rite & Reason: Not everything we heard in those early conversations has travelled through the process in the same way Link to article (subscription required) Five…