Pope Francis will sign a new encyclical after Mass celebrated in the Basilica of St. Francis on 3 October. The ceremony will take place without the faithful present, in respect…
Who cares for the carers? Avoid the mirror: I had to check on the Facebook video of last weekend’s Mass. Edinburgh had some technical hitch. (Not that I know anything…
How will the Church survive with no money? Western People September 1st 2020 Not too many people know this but Dominick Bellew, bishop of Killala, from 1780 to 1813, lost…
Pope calls for day of prayer, fasting in solidarity with Lebanon One month after a massive explosion at a fertilizer storage facility tore through Beirut and reopened Lebanon’s old wounds,…
See comments in Today’s Homily Resource (above). Colleen Gibson’s article from the Global Sisters Report: … Phoebe appears in Paul’s letter to the Romans, in which he exhorts the Romans:…
I would urge Catholic priests to look at the issue of pastoral care for ethnically-mixed couples, where one is white Irish and the other an immigrant of a different skin…
The Tablet reports: More bishops are pleading with their governments to give priority to ethically developed coronavirus vaccines, but many also are telling Catholics that not getting vaccinated is a…
Ireland is not the only country with foreign born priests in ministry. This is an interesting look at some of the experiences of foreign born priests ministering in America. It is…
Vatican News website is reporting: The podcasts explore biodiversity and related issues of Catholic social teaching as lived in a variety of contexts where Columban missionaries are working. By Robin…
Facing down the Catholic Church’s crocodile Western People 25th August 2020 Last week in this column, in commenting on the on-going war being waged in the Church today for the…
In January, Pope Francis appointed Fr Paul Dempsey, a priest of the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin diocese to be the new Bishop of Achonry. His episcopal ordination will take…
WE ARE GOD’S WORK OF ART – EPH 2:10 George Bernard Shaw (1) There was a gale. The rain lashed down. The walking continued. The hat somehow stayed on. And…
Mary Vallely writes: This article in the NCR (August 25th 2020 ) is something which must be of concern to all of us as baptised persons and in particular to…
Jamie Manson writing in the National Catholic Reporter… Tomorrow marks the 100th anniversary of the day that women’s right to vote was enshrined in the Constitution of the United States….
Colm Holmes from We Are Church has forwarded the following link from The Sydney Morning Herald. It refers to a new book, The Altar Boys by investigative reporter Suzanne Smith, which…
The Church must breathe in a modern society Western People 18th Aug 2020 It was no surprise that the canonisation of John Henry Newman took place while Francis was pope….
John Hume taught us that living for Ireland makes more sense than dying for Ireland. Western People 11th August 2020 When John Hume was eighteen years of age, having…
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