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

Should we be buying from Amazon rather than working to keep a place like Nenagh alive?’ Unthinkable: Fr Seán McDonagh is increasingly worried about the power of big tech Irish…

This feast of the Baptism of the Lord marks the last day of Christmas. At his baptism Jesus sees how much he is loved by God and is given the…

RTÉ Radio 1 – The Leap of Faith, Friday 26 Nov 2021 What now for the Catholic Church? Presenter Michael Comyn In discussion are Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick, who…

Diarmuid Martin  Archbishop of Dublin, spoke recently at Saint Michael’s Church of Ireland, Limerick, on the ‘The Church of the Future’. His words have been widely reported and are on the Dublin Diocese’s website.
“My hope is that the future of the Church in Ireland will be one where we truly learn from the arrogance of our past and find anew a fragility which will allow the mercy and the compassion of Jesus to give us a change of heart and allow others through a very different Church to encounter something of that compassion and faith for their lives.”

Seamus Ahearne jots down some thoughts on recent WMOF and associated Papal visit events and wonders how St. Augustine might have responded!
“If the energy put into staging this event could be tapped for the ordinary life of God among us we would really do damage with the graciousness of our Godliness.   It is still a wonderful world.  Our God reigns! “

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…