A Little Gesture

Western People 29.4.2025 Very few, I imagine, were surprised that the death of Pope Francis provoked such a widespread public response as different constituencies of interest lined up to pay…

Regional meetings in support of the well-being of priests were held during February in Kilkenny, Tuam, Cork, Letterkenny, Dublin, Limerick and Armagh.

Chris McDonnell , writing in the Catholic Times, Friday June 22  says that when it comes to the issue of the ordination of women “Just to say ‘it can’t happen’is not good enough, the position requires greater justification than that.”

The death has occurred of Rev. Tadhg Furlong Cappawhite, Tipperary Rev. Tadhg Furlong PP (Cappawhite, Co. Tipperary) November 27th 2023 unexpectedly at his residence.  Predeceased by his parents Thomas and…

Chris McDonnell, writing recently in the Catholic Times, said of the U.S. mid term elections, “What of the future? How will the Democracy of Immigrants that forms the United States rebuild trust and civility, what is required of each and every citizen?”
We wonder when we hear a President speak of ‘beautiful barbed wire’ being strung out along a border.
Chris also adds “Just as there is this fracture in our public life, for not only the US but other Western Democracies are also under threat, so too within our Christian community are fault lines and tensions apparent.”

Utter Gibberish is now Part of the Mainstream Western People 4.5.2021  ‘I saw it on Facebook’ joins ‘I won it on the horses’ and ‘The dog ate my homework’ as…