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Sunday 26 Oct 2025 – 30th Sunday Year CTheme: ‘Hashtag Spirituality’ Link:

RTÉ’s former head of religious programming, Fr Dermod McCarthy, has died at the age of 83. A significant influence in the early days of television production in Ireland, he was…

Press Release – Wednesday, 22 October 2025 Statement of the Autumn 2025 General Meeting of the Irish Bishops’ Conference Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week in Saint…

Invitation: A Wood You Believe seminar entitled: Finding healing from Personal and Ancestral Trauma will be given by Fr Jim Cogley and Luba Rodzhuk next Saturday 25th in St Matthews…

I have followed the Synodal process since the beginning, being very grateful to Francis for this initiative, and as a member of the ACP I did whatever I could to…

The Pope, the media, and the “normalization” of Trump As world media and leaders normalize US President Donald Trump’s erratic behavior, Pope Leo XIV must resist and keep his distance….

When          Tomorrow, 18 October 2025, from 8.30amWhere         Kilkenny Convention Centre, Kilkenny, R95 F685 Who            Laity, religious, and clergy…

Sunday 19 October 2025 – 29th Sunday Year C Theme: Pounding Link:

If you want results, pray without ceasing, says Jesus. God will listen and help. Penitential RiteAs we prepare ourselves for this celebration, let us call to mind God’s generous mercy…

DOES SUNDAY MASS MATTER? The Document from the Bishops’ Conference (on the Mass) raises  questions: Why does Mass matter? It was discussed at our Deanery and then at our Parish…

Tues 14th Oct – Merit or Grace? Having lived my life as a Catholic and as a priest been at the coalface of Catholic practice for 45 years, I now…

Irish Times – Rite & Reason: Humbert recounts how one priest shouted to her face: ‘Women priests? Over my dead body!’ Ursula Halligan Link: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/10/12/rite-and-reason-when-soline-humbert-went-public-with-her-vocation-to-be-a-priest-she-got-threats-and-abuse/ fbclid=IwY2xjawNZ_flleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHr90oyGj0TcvIbMsMOfTNNSEMYOjwjd8nFi36zWyyhTKztlPe0JVO9bKKZgW_aem_SHrlBD3qrD55aBf598_qtg “‘How long does it…

Western People 7th October 2025 I think it’s fair to say that a sense of humour is not among the most obvious of our national characteristics. Unlike, for example, our…

Ireland has just 13 new priests this year. Can the Catholic Church save itself? With vocations at a record low, Ireland is relying on priests shipped in from abroad. In…

by Judith Sudilovsky – OSV News Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, attends a press conference in Jerusalem July 22, 2025, after a trip to the Gaza Strip where he…

Taking up Francis’ desire “that all Christians come to appreciate the close connection between Christ’s love and his summons to care for the poor”, Pope Leo XIV issues his first…

9 October 2025 – Issue 230Catholic Communications Office, Maynooth Archbishop Martin: shed light on the scale of missing people in Ireland and abroad 07/10/2025 “We place our hands and our struggles in…

Sunday 12 October 2025 – 28th Sunday Year C Theme: Truth and Tenderness