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‘Attentiveness’ 32nd Sunday Year A – 8 Nov 2026 •

The renowned American singer-songwriter and poet—a Nobel laureate in literature, currently touring Italy with a stop in Rome—was received this afternoon at the Apostolic Palace by Leo XIV. The Pontiff…

I am a numbers person. When I walk into a meeting, I estimate the attendance: how many men – women; average age; racial mix, etc. So I looked at the…

WOOD YOU BELIEVE An Tobar Spiritans, Navan, Co Meath – RECOVERY FROM LOSS – Fri 6Nov. 7.30 – 9.30pm PERSONAL AND ANCESTRAL HEALING – Sat 7 Nov. 10am – 4pm…

There has been great sadness both at home in Donegal and here in Scotland since the announcement by the Diocese of Motherwell last Sunday that Fr. Brian Logue had sadly…

‘Keeping Vigil’ All Saints Day Year A – 1 Nov 2026

Western People 27. 10. 2026 Just over a week or so ago 300 delegates from all corners of Ireland gathered in the North West Hotel in Gormanston, County Meath for…

There is a crisis of generational transmission of the Catholic Christian faith in this era – a crisis that defies the catechetical models we have inherited. This frank admission by…

Midwest Radio’s Faith Alive presenter Monica Morley spoke with Gerry O’Hanlon, SJ, in the wake of the Gormanston National Irish Synodal Assembly and issues raised at the meeting …

Upcoming Autum Seminars: An Tobar Spiritans, Navan Fri 6th – Recovery from Loss Sat 7th November – Personal and Ancestral Healing Bookings: 087-7640407 Facilitators: Jim Cogley and Luba Rodzhuk Spaces…

THE GOBÁN SAOR AND HIS SON: SHORTEN THE ROAD. I drove down to Dungarvan yesterday (25th October). My sister is in a Nursing Home. The body creaks after the double…

The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) warmly congratulates the Irish Catholic bishops on their immediate and positive response to the recent Irish National Synodal Assembly meeting, which took place, with…

Western People 20.10.26 More than 45 years ago – on January 23rd, 1980 to be exact – my first column was published in the Western People. The then owner of…

(This article appeared in the Connacht Tribune newspaper. It was a topic of discussion on RTÉ Radio 1 Lifeline programme today. Link to the radio discussion today: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/liveline/episodes/4bdbd7b4-56b0-4bc5-88ce-b4ec00ea4b76/) It was…

Our Editorial Director reflects on the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith’s new document entitled “Venite ad Me: Considerations on the Transmission of the Faith in an Epochal Change.”…

The Headline on Saturday’s London Times to a Comment article, by Max Hastings was: Fakers tussle for seats at Trump’s table of lies. He writes: ‘The US has fallen into…

The Church is still aching from the terrible act of violence committed against the liturgy in English little more than a decade ago. Here at the very heart of the…

‘Enough’ 30th Sunday Year A – 25 Oct 2026