A Little Gesture

Western People 7.2.2023 In a memorable article last week in The Irish Times, Salvador Ryan, who teaches history in Maynooth College, wrote that he wasn’t so sure he liked Christians…

Nuns are collateral damage of Leo’s games Western People 6th July 2021 Do I think that the new maternity hospital costing €800,000,000 of taxpayers’ money should be built on land…

by Colleen Dulle November 21, 2025 Women were and continue to be a major subject of and major players in the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis’ signature reform process aimed at making the…

ACP Papal Visit Survey 2018 15 August 2018 ***************** An ‘on the spot’ survey conducted by the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP), in the run-up to the visit of Pope…

Brendan Hoban, in his Western People column, reacts to the letter, Beloved Amazon, issued by Pope Francis last week.
“It is important for us to name the disappointment, the frustration, the sadness, the upset, the anger that are part of the fall-out from last week’s letter.”
“The answer is that for some people, and progressively more, the waiting is over. Parents with children – teenage and adult – understand why time is important. Our leaders seem to be in denial about the impact such catastrophic delays are having on the confidence and the membership of our Church.”

Jack Madigan writes: Retired Canadian Bishop Remi De Roo died Feb 2 in Victoria BC (Canada’s west coast) at the age of 97. He was one of the great bishops…