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(Extract from homily of Iggy O Donovan, Fethard, Easter Sunday.) All will have noted the recent controversies on the pandemic lockdown and the fact that churches are closed again this…

He is Risen Happy Easter

  Our blue watered home Chris McDonnell CT April 02 2021 Seen from space our earth is largely covered by water, a blue film dotted with white cotton wool flowers…

Is Pope Francis afraid of a Church schism?                    Western People 30.3.2021 A week , we’re told, can be a long time in politics. In the Catholic Church too. Last week…

Triduum ‘and high among the stars sweeps the white cloud of the Easter visitor’ I– Thursday Stripped          to bare stone                      this empty place gathered         the words of…

I See His Blood I see his blood upon the rose And in the stars the glory of his eyes, His body gleams amid eternal snows, His tears fall from…

Following ACP Leadership Team and Advisory Team meetings yesterday the following statement has been issued: Association of Catholic Priests Welcomes Irish Bishops Synodal Pathway Holy Thursday, 2021 The Association of…

  ‘Ever Given’ as a symbol There is trouble in Paradise: My body rhythms are confused. This Summer hour change, has knocked me out of kilter. It has affected others…

Tony Flannery : Refusing to be Silence‪d‬ – an interview with Síle Seoige This week my guest is Redemptorist priest and religious writer, Tony Flannery. Tony has gained a reputation…

Reflection by Bishop Paul Dempsey to mark Pope Francis’ ‘Amoris Laetitia Family Year’ 26. MAR, 2021 On 19 March 2021, the Feast of Saint Joseph, the Church celebrated five years…

Church’s Great Council is finally back on track Western People 23.3.2021 As regular readers of this column will know, the Second Vatican Council has long been a telling reference point…

  From Persistence of Memory Salvador Dali   The passing of time Chris McDonnell CT March 26th 2021 This weekend sees the start of British Summer Time. During British Summer…

The virtual launch of The Best Catholics in the World  by Derek Scally will take place Thursday March 25th at 7.00pm. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/95914878888

More rumours of angels The Garden of Eden: David Hockney said that most people wouldn’t notice the ‘Garden of Eden’ if they were walking through it. The world is very…

Úna Agnew’s contribution to CWR Provision of Service Zoom Conference 20 March 2021  Why I became interested in CWR, Communication for Women Religious I became interested in communication for women…

Call for submissions on a new edition of the Lectionary for Mass for Ireland The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference considered a revision of the Lectionary for Mass during their Spring General meeting earlier this week. The Lectionary for Mass…

Pat Rogers, who is responsible for our daily Homily Resource and Readings, has been a mainstay of our site for so long. It is easy to take him for granted….

Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research Introduction “Catholic moral teaching on [homosexuality] will be intellectually marginalized to the extent that it avoids engaging with the experiences of the people and the…

Association of Catholic Priests Statement on the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) claiming the Church cannot bless same-sex unions. 18th March 2021 The ACP believes that the…

Building a bridge from the past to the future Western People 16.3.21 The pope, someone said to me last week, looked ‘well shook’ after his visit to Iraq. And he…