Rite & Reason: Discomfort is a word I have never used to describe the reality of my situation in the church, nor have I ever heard it from other women…
Resurrection Morning and first light in the garden brings shadows of women moving Turning they did not recognise in this Springtime Pasch, the Nazarene passing over into Galilee Contained in the…
‘A Stirring’ Easter Sunday Year A 2026
Easter Communion Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) Pure fasted faces draw unto this feast:God comes all sweetness to your Lenten lips.You striped in secret with breath-taking whips,Those crooked rough-scored chequers may…
Artemis 2 Artemis 2 is on the way. It will eventually be 252,757 miles (406,773 km) from the earth. It will loop around the moon, drawn by the moon’s gravity….
‘Already Present’ Holy Saturday Year A 2026
In Lent, it is needful to address the phenomenon of Death. Chapter 11 of John’s Gospel is perhaps the most sustained meditation on Death in the New Testament, and it…
‘Disclosure’ Good Friday Year A 2026
‘Quiet Power’ Holy Thursday Year A 2026
Pope Leo XIV releases his prayer intention for the month of April, and invites Catholics to pray for priests who are facing a personal crisis in their vocation. By Devin…
In remarks to journalists, Pope Leo XIV calls on world leaders to “come back to the table” and solve their problems through dialogue. Vatican News “I’m told that President Trump…
This Easter morning we celebrate the central mystery of our faith, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He suffered on the cross and died for us, but now…
Opening Comment (after the Service of Light and Exsultet)We gather around the Easter candle, celebrating the Lord’s resurrection. With that light to illumine our way, we remember how God has cared…
Opening CommentThe liturgy that begins this Thursday evening continues until we reach Easter. We are at the start of a three-day celebration of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus….
Dear Bishops of the CEI (Italy 11), The recent Vatican assertion “women are not fully in the likeness of Jesus” is mistaken, offensive, and perhaps heretical. In singling out Jesus’…
After widespread backlash, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today the Latin Patriarch would get “full and immediate access”. Story from The Journal: https://www.thejournal.ie/israel-restores-access-after-latin-patriarch-blocked-from-entering-jerusalem-church-on-palm-sunday-6998159-Mar2026/ ISRAEL SAYS THE Latin Patriarch of…
A Seminar entitled Fighting with God will be held in the Ignatius Rice Healing and Heritage Centre in Callan on Sat 11th April. This is a not-to-be-missed event facilitated by…
Western People 24.3.2026 The election of a pope is one of the most secret elections in the Catholic Church. As the College of Cardinals gather into the Sistine Chapel surrounded…
In his Palm Sunday meditation in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, recalls that just as Jesus wept over Jerusalem for failing to recognize…
During Mass in the Principality of Monaco, Pope Leo XIV urges everyone not to grow “accustomed to the clamor of weapons and images of war,” and insists that the Church…
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