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Western People 16.6.2026 In our fragile and at times fragmenting world we were never more in need of moral giants to focus our minds and hearts on all that is…

Clergy are people too and often struggle in silence, afraid that opening up may be judged as a lack of faith Sarah MacDonald, writing in the Irish Independent Link to…

We’re told in today’s readings that hospitality is a gift that brings a great reward. As we gather to thank God for the many gifts we’ve received, we ask for…

Tues June 23rd – A Question to Mother Teresa Some years ago, the well-known priest and author Henri Nouwen who died quite young had the opportunity of meeting Mother Teresa….

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/TheTeilhardProject Our final Rome screening of Teilhard: Visionary Scientist was at the Gregorian University on April 22. “The Greg,” as students there call it, is the premiere theological…

Western People 9.6.2026 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. I know! But even that pearl of wisdom forever glistening in the background of this column is insufficient to…

June 16, 2026 Link to article Flashes Tony Flannery I was born into a rural, small-farming household in the West of Ireland just after the Second World War. From a…

‘Friendship’ 12th Sunday Year A – 21 June 2026

REMINDER!Where OUR Church is Going Fr. Derek ReeveFriday 19th June,  20.00 – 21.30 London time On 2nd June, 2012, Fr Derek Reeve, along with six other priests, wrote a letter to…

Seán O’Conaill questions Ilia Delio’s evolutionary critique of Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica Humanitas’  “The most revealing word in Magnifica Humanitas is a verb: remain. ‘Our duty in the age of AI,’ Leo writes, ‘is…

PRESS RELEASE FROM MESSENGER PUBLICATIONS 17 June 2026 Finding a good life balance is a theme that crops up in several articles in the July Messenger. Gerard Condon writes about the…

Pope Leo XIV approves new Statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, reinforcing the Church’s commitment to safeguarding minors and vulnerable persons. Vatican News – link to…

THE WONDER OF WORDS AND IN PRAISE OF A WORDSMITH:  Eddie Finnegan came to mind these days out here in the Algarve. Last year, I was determined to discover what…

We have nothing to be afraid of, we’re told in today’s Gospel. God knows every one of our needs. We gather in prayer, united by our faith, to thank God…

The Newman Association (Promoting open debate and greater understanding in today’s Church). The next meeting of our Edinburgh Newman Association is on Wednesday evening, 24th June 2026 at 7.40– 9.00pm and at our…

Coming events: Wood You Believe – Seminar Healing of Childhood Trauma and Abuse Born out of immense suffering in the Christian Brothers Order and arising from revelations of Sexual Abuse…

Copies of Pope Leo’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas are available from Paul Daly (Éist), bookseller at ACP AGMs. Copies of the Encyclical cost €7.50 each plus postage. Please email your order…

Pope Leo XIV flies back to the Vatican aboard an aircraft provided by King Felipe of Spain following a technical issue that prevented the original plane from departing from Tenerife’s…

At this time of commemorating the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, we are asking you to consider joining the group ‘Priests Against Genocide’, set up in Italy last year, and…

Julieann Moran (Gen Sec) and Fr Declan Hurley (Chair) of the Synodal Pathway have formally responded to a recent editorial in the Irish Catholic – The Synod that forgot to…