Year: 2026

18th week in Ordinary Time, Sunday 2 August 2026 – Multiplication

29 Jul 2026 Bishop Ger Nash, Bishop of Ferns, and newly appointed Bishop of Ossory (Catholic Communications Office archive) His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Gerard Nash to…

In the almost fifteen years now since I was suspended from ministry as a priest, I have regularly complained about the lack of due process in the dealings with my…

After 75 years of longing, Mayo’s triumph was a collective exhale for the generations gone who never knew an All-Ireland victory of their own Article from the Irish Examiner 28…

Opening CommentGreat wonders are proclaimed in today’s Liturgy. God’s love and God’s care for humanity are made manifest. Penitential Rite To prepare ourselves to listen and share, let us recall…

Western People, 28.7.26 ‘The Championship’, someone wrote, ‘has romance sewn into its centre’ and last Sunday, Mayo people, at home and across the world, felt the texture of that wisdom….

ANDY BURNHAM:  Andy Burnham claimed that the the three major influences on him were: Everton FC, the Labour Party  and the Catholic Church. Now it is rather interesting that he…

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The General Secretariat of the Synod offers Bishops and diocesan synodal teams practical guidance for evaluation Assemblies to be held in the first half of 2027. Vatican News – link…

Mayo 1:20 Kerry 1:17 …after a 75-year wait.

Link to article: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2026/07/21/father-mike-schmitz-god-gives-us-enough-light-for-the-next-step/ Saint Kevin’s Church on Harrington Street (Dublin) was filled to capacity on Monday evening, as 800 people gathered for Mass ahead of Father Mike Schmitz’s sold-out Parables…

The question arises every few years, whether in response to a new survey, a church document, a comment from a pope or bishop, a well-known priest leaving the priesthood and…

‘Competing Stories’ 17th Sunday Year A 26 July 2026

Preparing Together for October“When we learn to listen to one another, to share responsibilities, and to recognize the action of the Spirit in the various Churches, we are not merely…

World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly (For resources: https://www.catholicgrandparentsassociation.org/) Opening CommentGod has given us many gifts, including the promise that we will share in Christ’s glory. We give thanks…

THE MUSIC OF LIFE:  It was last Friday. It was the 18 July 26. It was the First Night of the BBC Proms. Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major (with…

The Vatican Publishing House releases a new book by Pope Leo XIV entitled Disarmed and Disarming: Peace Is a Gift. Edited by Alessandro Banfi, the volume brings together Pope Leo’s…

Carina Roseingrave’s surname is what could be seen as Dickensian in its personification of her distinctive character. In her powerful talk about grief, as the keynote speaker for this year’s Ecumenical…

Western People, 14.7.2026  The news last week that yet another young man has died in ‘a scooter accident’ increases even more the numbers dying on our roads as a growing…