Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team weekly Sunday video homily

Bishop Lobinger (South America) has written creatively about the future of ministry in the Catholic Church, in view of the impending, or real, shortage of priests in many parts of…

The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters was established by the Irish Government in February 2015 to provide a full account of what happened…

Brendan Hoban, in his Western People column, reacts to the letter, Beloved Amazon, issued by Pope Francis last week.
“It is important for us to name the disappointment, the frustration, the sadness, the upset, the anger that are part of the fall-out from last week’s letter.”
“The answer is that for some people, and progressively more, the waiting is over. Parents with children – teenage and adult – understand why time is important. Our leaders seem to be in denial about the impact such catastrophic delays are having on the confidence and the membership of our Church.”

Western People  23.9.2025 We live in strange  times. While a permanent feature of life in every century and in every decade is to be convinced that ‘the world is in…

From Joe Mulvaney CLERICAL SUPPRESSION OF WOMEN  Sadly, the patriarchal Roman Catholic Institution will remain abusive, deficient and dysfunctional until the clerical suppression of women is ended. Pope Francis is…

Church is not immune to dying local loyalty Western People 25.5.2021   God be with the days when everything seemed so predictable. Apart from our notoriously changeable weather, life in…