Month: April 2026

KING CHARLES AND CONGRESS: I was reared in the shadow and the embrace of The Big House. The Estate was an idyllic playground for us young ones. The gentry too…

by Sarah Mac Donald, April 27, 2026 Link to article: https://www.ncronline.org/news/soline-humbert A banner reads “Imagine women priests in the Catholic Church by the year 2000” at the first World Day…

Coming Events: A seminar entitled Healing the Wounds of our Broken Humanity -Growing Strong at Broken Places, with Jim Cogley and Luba Rodzhuk, will be held in the Community Centre,…

Meeting for the first time with the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Leo XIV encourages Catholics and Anglicans to proclaim Christ to the world together, working to overcome any differences…

Western People 21.4.26 When Robert Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV as the first American pope in history, people wondered how he would get on with President Donald Trump. ‘Not…

The 50th ever Bishop of Killala was installed at a ceremony at St Muredach’s Cathedral this afternoon (Sunday) Link: https://www.westernpeople.ie/news/new-bishop-of-killala-installed-this-afternoon_arid-95927.html Cavan native Archbishop Francis Duffy will now lead the Diocese…

On the return flight to Rome, Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists about his mission to proclaim the Gospel to all peoples, recalls child victims of the wars in Iran…

‘Voices’ 4th Sunday Easter Year A 26 April 2026

On the last full day of his Apostolic Journey across Africa, Pope Leo celebrates Mass at the continent’s second-largest church, tells prisoners that “no one is excluded from God’s love”,…

In 1982/83 widespread demonstrations against nuclear proliferation took place all over Europe. At the time the United States were deploying a new generation of intercontinental ballistic missiles. A group of…

Opening CommentThe fourth Sunday of Easter is often called Good Shepherd Sunday, because the readings are about the care we receive from Christ, our true shepherd. Today is also the…

Pope Leo XIV leaves Angola and arrives in Equatorial Guinea, kicking off the final leg of his intense Apostolic Journey in four African countries. By Claudia Torres – Malabo, Equatorial…

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Pope Leo XIV wraps up his seventh day in Africa, during which he celebrated Holy Mass in Kilamba and prayed the Rosary at the Mamã Muxima Shrine, in Angola. By…

Vatican News: Day Six in Africa: From Cameroon to Angola Pope Leo XIV says goodbye to Cameroon, concluding the second leg of his Apostolic Journey, and arrives in Angola, where…

“When Pope Leo XIV speaks as supreme pastor of the universal Church, he is not merely offering opinions on theology, he is preaching the Gospel and exercising his ministry as…

by Colleen Dulle, M. Cathleen Kaveny, Robert P. Hagan, O.S.A., Anna Rowlands and Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator April 16, 2026 A series of articles by various writers – Link:

On the fifth day of his Apostolic Journey across Africa, Pope Leo celebrates Mass for 120,000 people in Douala, and tells university students in Yaoundé to cultivate “holy restlessness”. By…

Donald J Trump  V  Pope Leo Bob Prevost I smiled. It was an uneven fight. One is calm, thoughtful and precise. The other is loud, explosive and vitriolic. Their weapons…

‘Walking Together’ 3rd Sunday Easter Year A – 19 April 2026