Year: 2026

IS THERE ANY ADULT IN THE ROOM? Is he the ‘Village eejit’ or the ‘Court Jester’? Or possibly such a description is unfair, as these characters, could be seen as rather…

by Michael J O’Loughlin With President Donald Trump ratcheting up economic threats against U.S. allies as part of his campaign to take Greenland, after the administration’s comments that military action is “always an option,”…

TINA BEATTIE JAN 1 Link: https://substack.com/@tinabeattie?utm_source=global-search I love you. I want you. I hate you. I rape you. How do we know what whispered intimacies of tenderness or threats of…

In a move announced to parishioners this week, Cappagh Parish acknowledged the decision would be “disappointing and painful” for many. By Conor CoyleJanuary 18, 2026 at 2:14pm GMT Link to full…

Published in The Tablet 17 Jan 2026 Dear editor, Closed doors sometimes do not quite shut as intended and this is the case with the recent report of the Third…

“We were really in collegiality, and that was a great experience.” Edgar Beltrán Jan 13, 2026 Link to full article (includes comments, links to share and subscription details) https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/a-real-experience-of-being-college?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Although…

Sunday 18 Jan 2026 – ‘Tenderness’ 2nd Sunday Year A

What forms a Pope? Who is Robert Francis Prevost, the until-recently relatively unknown Augustinian who now leads nearly 1.5 billion Catholics as Pope Leo XIV? A new concise biography by…

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins today The Christmas Season ended last Sunday, and we have entered Ordinary Time, moving slowly from winter to spring. The season of Lent…

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‘SPACE BECOMES PLACE AS WE GET TO KNOW IT AND ENDOW IT WITH VALUES’  – Yi-Fu Tuan Despite the increasing secular and scientific nature of contemporary Western society, with its dependence…

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Patients who die after 9pm at University Hospital Galway (UHG) may not get the ‘Last Rites’ because the HSE has stopped providing a 24-hours-a-day chaplaincy service at the West of…

Pope Leo XIV begins a new catechesis series on the Second Vatican Council and its documents, emphasizing that the Council’s teaching still serves as the guiding star of the Church’s…

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass with the Cardinals gathered for his first Extraordinary Consistory, and invites them to share their burden of pastoral care with each other as they seek…

This feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the last day of Christmas. At his baptism Jesus sees how much he is loved by God and is given the…

Pope Leo XIV opens the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals and recalls that Christ draws us to follow Him, warning that division in the Church scatters the faithful. By Deborah Castellano…

by Colleen DulleJanuary 7, 2026 Link to article: Jan. 7, 2026, was, in some ways, the beginning of the Leo XIV pontificate. Since the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV on…

Happy New Year from the Irish Synodal Pathway Dear Friends,As we begin this New Year, I want to wish you every blessing for 2026. I am deeply grateful for your…