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Synod to include pilgrimage for participants, prayer for migrants and refugees
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Root & Branch The Tablet Webinar: Papabile Women, Wed 11 June 6-7pm
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Colm Holmes from We Are Church writes:
The “MESSENGER” dates from 1888. Donal Neary SJ has been the editor for more than 10 years. I was delighted to read in the March 2026 edition that the MESSENGER supports…
David J. Murnaghan: Reformation – Then (16th Century) and Now (21st Century)
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