Tomorrow is Sunday of the Word of God

Patsy McGarry writes in The Irish Times of priests under pressure to perform funeral Masses despite Covid-19 and of significant numbers of Irish Catholic priests cocooned in their homes as they are over 70.

Pope Leo paves the way for St John Henry Newman to be formally declared a “Doctor of the Church”. By Alessandro De Carolis Link to article: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/st-john-henry-newman-set-to-become-newest-doctor-of-the-church.html One of the…

Portraits of the Artist…… Sporting Heroes: It is a sad and sobering morning. Clashmore-man Tadgh de Búrca is seeing the medics. Some of us – as Waterford dreamers, can delude…

Irish Independent article. Link to full article: https://m.independent.ie/regionals/waterford/sport/bishop-cullinane-warns-of-possible-closure-of-churches-in-waterford-due-to-crisis-in-vocations/a1449147778.html Eoin Kelleher A public meeting is to be held next week to address the crisis in vocations to the priesthood in Waterford,…

Biog: My scripts have been broadcast on RTÉ, Radio One, BBC 4 and, in translation, on European networks; televised on RTÉ One, BBC One and Channel 4; staged at the…

One of the rich veins of wisdom in Francis’ words to the bishops of the U.S.A.
“Dialogue is our method, not as a shrewd strategy but out of fidelity to the One who never wearies of visiting the marketplace, even at the eleventh hour, to propose his offer of love (Mt 20:1-16).

The path ahead, then, is dialogue among yourselves, dialogue in your presbyterates, dialogue with lay persons, dialogue with families, dialogue with society.

I cannot ever tire of encouraging you to dialogue fearlessly.”