The program for Pope Leo XIV’s fifth Apostolic Journey is published. During his time in France he will visit the cities of Paris, Saint-Denis, Lourdes, and Metz. Vatican News link…
INTO and Association of Catholic Priests have called for their own organisations to end associations with insurance group – the sporting body must follow suit Last week in the Irish Independent,…
The “Priests Against Genocide” Network was born in August 2025 as an initiative of a group of Catholic priests who could not remain silent in the face of the ongoing…
A note for all parishes to be fully aware of the current volatility regarding the energy market and to be mindful of knowing when their current electricity and gas contracts…
Theme: ‘Anchor’ 19th Sunday Year A 9 Aug 2026
I CAN SEE GOD. I dropped in yesterday afternoon on RTÉ to check on a News item. Maire Saaritsa was speaking and caught my attention. She enthralled me and I…
The Holy See Press Office announces that Pope Leo will make an Apostolic Journey to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru in November 2026. Vatican News – link to article Pope Leo…
Western People 4.8.2026 Here’s a question about the recent experience of Mayo as All-Ireland Champions. How can we explain the enormous, frustrating and compelling (even inexplicable) experience of the present…
Updated / Tuesday, 4 Aug 2026 12:19 By Ailbhe Conneely, Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent Link to article The names of over 300 former Christian Brothers have been published in a…
Bishop Hieronymus Emusugut Joya in Kenya introduced a 7pm curfew and a ban on overnight guests Sarah MacDonald 3 Aug 2026 Link to article A bishop’s appeal to women not…
On Wednesday next there will be a special healing mass in Lady’s Island at 3pm where we will have a visit and blessing of the relic of St Brigid. This…
PRIESTHOOD, MINISTRY, KINGDOM: My niece sent me something my sister Helen had written some years back. Helen is not well these times. So it was very moving to read her…
Michael Duggan 30 July 2026, The Tablet The remains of 99 children have now been recovered from the site of the notorious former mother-and-baby institution in Tuam, Co. Galway. All…
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….
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