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Join us for the launch of two new publications from St Patrick’s Pontifical University faculty members launched by Bishop Michael Duignan. October 06th @ 19:30pm in St Patrick’s Pontifical University,…

26th Sunday Year C 2025 – Sunday 28th Sept 2025 Theme ‘Indifference’:

Western People  16.9.2025 For most appointees of significant posts in public office, the usual measure of their style and effectiveness is their ‘first 100 days’. Donald Trump famously proclaimed to…

Tues 23rd Sept – Befriending Anger Just a month ago the above little book was launched during our annual pilgrimage along with volume 13 called, A World of Symbols. This…

Rite & Reason: Catholic Church could learn a lot from Episcopal church on homosexuality, the ordination of women and interplay between science and religion – but it won’t Fr Tony…

By Elise Ann Allen Sep 18, 2025 |Senior Correspondent Link to article: https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2025/09/pope-leo-stresses-welcome-of-lgbtq-catholics-wont-change-teaching?fbclid=IwY2xjawM5akNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHnIQdRTiLiqh-dxx-wE4Nb1K_BfsFPdUhAs8KcMnKAhCumXrKJkXJT2h146h_aem_9gobKhJy__zNJzMEmcAfIw ROME – In a wide-ranging interview given for a new biography on him, Pope Leo XIV has said…

In just a few weeks, delegates from across Ireland will gather in Kilkenny for the Pre-Synodal Assembly taking place on 18th October 2025. This is an important step on our…

25th Sunday Year C 2025 Theme: Shrewdness Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4SV6p-t3yI

In a note published on its 60th anniversary, Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, traces the evolution of the Synod of Bishops and looks ahead to…

Biog: My scripts have been broadcast on RTÉ, Radio One, BBC 4 and, in translation, on European networks; televised on RTÉ One, BBC One and Channel 4; staged at the…

By Vatican News Speaking to journalists as he leaves Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday evening to return to the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV laments the exodus from Gaza City, calling for…

HEALING  AND  AWARENESS – A  SPIRITUALITY  OF  INTEGRATION  AND  WHOLENESS. This  will be the theme for the Resurrexit  retreat in Ballyvalloo Conference Centre, Co. Wexford, which will be led by Fr….

Western People  9.9.2025 The virtual disappearance of Sunday as a day apart has crept up on us through a growing secularist approach to life in Ireland evident by an accompanying…

Jair Bolsonaro (former President) was convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a Coup to remain in power, after his 2022 defeat. He was sentenced to 27 years in…

24th Sunday Year C 2025 – 14 Sept 2025 Theme: ‘Longing’

We, in the Association of Catholic Priests, are very disappointed at the choice of Trump’s course in Doonbeg, Co Clare, for next year’s Irish Open Golf tournament. Given the excitement…