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Behold the man… PREVOST Card. Robert Francis, O.S.A. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo, was born on 14 September 1955 in Chicago…

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4th Sunday of Easter (C) 2025. Theme is Shepherds & Soot.

The Redemptorist priest says many popes before Francis were not reformers, and it won’t be long before we see what way a new pope is going to go. THESE DAYS,…

Western People 6.5.2025 Tomorrow, May 7, 2025, of the 252 members of the College of Cardinals, 135 who are under 80 and therefore qualify to vote, will enter the Sistine…

Jim McDermott May 06, 2025 (RNS) — Before the last conclave, Ulrike Heckl found herself looking at photos of the cardinals who were preparing to elect the next pope and…

On the fourth Sunday of Easter each year, we honour the Risen Lord as our Good Shepherd. We pray for vocations to priesthood and Religious life: we pray that God…

 hello@rootandbranchsynod.org                  www.rootandbranchsynod.org            No. 151             06/05/2025 “The Church is like a bird with a…

ALCATRAZ: ‘Escape from Alcatraz ‘(1979) with Clint Eastwood, impressed many, and was a successful film. Seemingly, it aired recently on a South Florida PBS Station. Within hours, the Donald had…

Should world news media be giving serious time these days to the possibility that the direction set by Pope Francis for Catholic Church reform – the programme he called ‘Synodality‘ – could be reversed by…

Three Wood You Believe evening seminars entitled Getting the Past out of the Present involving Personal and Ancestral Healing are scheduled to be held in the Edmund Rice Healing Centre…

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…

‘Trust’ – 3rd Sunday Easter Year C 2025

On the occasion of the death of Bishop Brendan Comiskey the leadership of the Association of Catholic Priests wish to offer sincere sympathy to the family, relations and friends of…

The Funeral observations (Pope Francis) were extraordinary. The coverage on the BBC; on all the papers; on The Sunday Times (a full front page of the scene up to the…

PUBLISHED 28 April 2025 Dipping into HopeAn Anchor in Stormy Waters Alan Hilliard ‘In the heart of each person, hope dwells as the desire and expectation of good things to…

This article was first published on the Association of Catholics in Ireland website: https://acireland.ie/the-pyramid-will-stay-inverted/ Pope Francis’ enemies in the church will be ‘talked up’ by media as possibly capable of…

Coming Events Three Wood You Believe evening seminars entitled Getting the Past out of the Present involving Personal and Ancestral Healing are scheduled to be held in the Edmund Rice…

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