Vatican News by Linda Bordoni Volodymir Zelensky’s car was escorted into the Vatican just minutes after 4 pm local time on Saturday, and the Ukrainian President was welcomed into the…
Opening CommentEach Sunday in Easter time, we celebrate the gifts we have received in Baptism and Confirmation. We rejoice that the Spirit is our Advocate, who continues to support us…
On 10-11 May, the 15th Ordinary Council* of the General Secretariat of the Synod met in Rome to discuss the Instrumentum laboris: the working document for participants in the first session…
Gerard O’Connell reports in America Magazine Italian media is reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could visit Rome and meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, May 13,…
Western People 2.5.2023 Dear America, From the distant years of my earliest childhood, America seemed oddly close to me. I put it down to two factors. One was that three…
By Gerard O’Connell, America Magazine There are “new, but of course, confidential” developments in the Holy See’s mission to stop the war between Russia and Ukraine. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the…
Don’t know much about Theology? Discover everything you ever wanted to know…. but were afraid to ask! Dr Fáinche Ryan Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin. Followed by Q & A…
‘Take the Risk for Christ’ is the theme for Ireland’s Year for Vocation to the Diocesan Priesthood 2023 – 2024 Bishop Cullinan celebrated the televised Mass on RTÉ One on…
Opening CommentToday’s liturgy puts the life-giving words of Jesus before us. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life, the one in whom we can place all our trust….
Chris McDonnell We have lost the voice of a good man, the writer, teacher, priest and family man, Michael Winter, who died in hospital last Sunday morning after a brief…
The Edinburgh Newman Association. Last Thursday evening Fr.Gerry O’Hanlon SJ spoke at our Edinburgh Newman Association on the Synod and “Where are we at on the Synodal pathway?” I now…
Western People 25.4.2023 One of the remarkable changes in Irish church life in recent years is how seldom priests are now transferred (or, as we used to call it, ‘moved’)…
Opening CommentThe fourth Sunday of Easter is often called Good Shepherd Sunday, because the readings are about the care we receive from Christ, our true shepherd. Today is also the…
By Lisa Zengarini of Vatican News Pope Francis’ Apostolic journey to Hungary kicked off on Friday morning with the arrival of the papal aircraft at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport…
Gerard O’Connell reports in America Magazine: For the first time in the history of the synod, Pope Francis has given women the right to vote and has also made a…
An RTÉ report by Kagweni Micheni: A group of 21 women are travelling to Dublin to show their appreciation for Irish nuns who taught them in Cameroon during the 1980s….
“The harvest is great but the labourers are few.” (Mathew 9. 37 – 38) Never before have the above words been more true than today when the number of young…
We are looking forward to welcoming Fr. Gerry O’Hanlon SJ to Edinburgh next Thursday, April 27th to speak at our Edinburgh Newman Association that evening on the subject of the…
Opening CommentDuring the Easter season the Church continues to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead, even in these dark pandemic days. Today, we join together to worship God, who has…
Western People 11.4.2023 On the cusp of a significant birthday, I’ve been reading the latest book of poems by Pádraig J. Daly, in Glimpsing More (Scotus Press, 2022). His day…
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