Year: 2026

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Western People 7.7.2026 Unexpectedly, Mayo and Louth, two counties most impatiently itching for an All-Ireland victory – Mayo for 75 years and Louth for 69 – face each other in…

Western People 30.6.2026. Part of the price paid for writing a weekly column in the Western People and presenting a weekly religious radio programme on Midwest Radio is that I’m…

16 Jul 2026 Link to article: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2026/07/16/pope-leo-appoints-bishop-router-new-bishop-of-derry-as-bishop-mckeown-retires/ Statement from His Excellency Archbishop Luis Mariano Montemayor, the Apostolic Nuncio to IrelandHis Holiness Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop…

‘Whole Field’ 16th Sunday Year A – 19 July 2026

Friday 17th July,  20.00 – 21.30  London Time. We’re delighted that Amanda Davison-Young, Chief Executive of The Tablet, will share the  evening with us.How did the Festival go? What were the conclusions…

We have been called together by the Spirit of God to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. The Spirit teaches us to pray, and moves us to glorify the…

IS THE CHURCH DYING, OR IS IT only THE CHURCHES, that are dying? BONES, MUSIC AND FAIRIES:  Leitrim and Sheebeg featured in the News recently. Was Fionn Mac Cumhaill connected…

Link to article: https://jamesalison1.substack.com/p/open-letter-to-my-more-conservative Introduction If you have ever heard of me before, you will know that for some thirty years I have been in public disagreement with what passes…

Link to article: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/55401 Fr John Heagle, coordinator of Priests Against Genocide USA, writes: Silence is not always golden. Often, it is simply complicity with injustice. This is certainly the…

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“We should, therefore, look to the Gospels to outline for us the journey of conversion we are required to undertake, learning little by little to make Jesus’ practices our own.”…

THE TAPESTRY OF OUR LIVES: The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in London. It will go on display in September. It is a ‘power-point’ display of the Norman conquest of England…

The sterling work of Jesuit agencies in war-torn countries across the Middle East makes sombre, yet inspiring, reading in the August Messenger. Michael Zammit SJ outlines how the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) provides emergency…

8 July 2026   Pope Leo XIV Secretariat Of The Pope 00120 Vatican City   Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments Members Level 1 Piazza Pio XII 10 00120 Vatican City    Dear Pope Leo &…

‘Recharging?’ 15th Sunday Year A 12 July 2026

I winced when I read these words on the ACP liturgical resource for the 6th of July.  What “virtue” exactly are we talking about? How is it possible to still…

We gather as pilgrims on a journey, asking God to keep us steadfast until we reach our eternal home. In the Spirit, let us worship God who cares for us…

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Harald Prinz preached during a Eucharistic celebration on Sunday. An examination of conscience. Photo: Peter Schrack Last Sunday, I preached at a Eucharistic celebration. The church was full; a jubilarian…