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The song is called “Rows and Rows of Men.” The title probably says it all. It’s had 1,600+ views since last Friday so it’s obviously striking a nerve. Here’s the…

‘Now men go forth with jests and drolleries, to preach, and if but well the people laugh, the hood puffs out, and nothing more is asked. ’           (The Divine Comedy)…

Pat Rogers has supplied additional commentary of Ss Anna and Joachim and the Protevangelium of James. Link: https://biblical.ie/page.php?fl=Apocrypha/ProtevangeliumJas

Intro from Malachy Hanratty’s new booklet Resurrection Gifts. Download available by clicking on link and scrolling to bottom of the page. https://columbans.ie/spirituality/resurrection-gifts-by-fr-malachy-hanratty/ Introduction The object of Vatican II was to…

Vatican News reports: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2022-07/pope-francis-departure-apostolic-journey-canada.html Pope Francis departs from Rome’s Fiumicino Airport on Sunday morning to begin his 37th Apostolic Journey abroad, which will see him embrace the people of Canada….

The Irish Examiner reports: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40924976.html Half of the priests currently serving in the archdiocese will be over the retirement age of 75 within five years, warns Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly. The…

From the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference website: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2022/07/23/archbishop-eamon-martin-our-synodal-pathway-stepping-forward-in-communion/ Homily at the annual Mass and investiture of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Saint Patrick’s College Chapel,…

THE ACP FULLY SUPPORTS THE BISHOPS’ ADOPTION OF THE SYNODAL PATHWAY The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) wishes to place on record our full support for the Irish Bishops’ adoption…

Western People 19.7.2022 There was a key moment in the House of Commons in the run-up to the resignation of Boris Johnson when Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, surveyed the…

Boris (1) The politics of the UK intrigues me. I can’t quite grasp how the sober, staid, stolid British electorate could elect a Boris. I know his flamboyance is attractive….

Researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin are looking for LGBTQ+ people to participate in a research study about the effects of Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE)…

Many parishes face dire financial emergency     Western People 11.6.2022 Some years ago, a Catholic prelate proclaimed, ‘The Church can’t be run on Hail Marys’. It was a frustrated response…

On Saturday 7 May 2022, an editorial, “Irish Times view on new National Maternity Hospital” said, “concerns were raised over possible Catholic influence on the maternity hospital after it moved…

“Once a computer was asked, “What is the truth?” It took a very long time before the reply came, “I will tell you a story…” ― Peter Brook, The Quality of Mercy…

  Western People 28.6.2022 The gathering in the Sheraton Hotel in Athlone on June 18 of bishops, priests, religious as well as delegates  and representatives of varied Catholic associations –…

Last Wednesday, after the bishops voted down the Motion on “Witnessing to the Equal Dignity of Women and Men”, there was a second Consultative and Deliberative vote. Following a public…