by M. Cathleen Kaveny May 7, 2026 Link to article “After a fat pope, a thin pope”—or so the Italians say. The saying doesn’t refer to the B.M.I. of the successive…
The cuckoo, cormorant, swan, heron: On Sunday (12th March) and Monday mornings (06.30a.m.) I heard the cuckoo. You don’t believe me? I know that the cuckoo isn’t due for some…
Western People 18.2.2025 A friend suggested to me recently that what the Catholic Church needed now was a return to the days of religious persecution. There was no sturdy Catholic…
BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass Introduction (by the Presider) Let us bring our prayers to God, who raises up those who are bowed down. That all may realise the beauty and truth…
Join us, all welcome, at the AGM in the Radisson Hotel, Athlone, Wed 6 Nov 2.00-5.00pm Is the Synod running into sand? Michael Conway and Gerry O’Hanlon invite us to…
Chris McDonnell wonders which voice will be heard in the Synod. Those that haven’t been included in the past need to be; “we are now in the early days of the Synod, considering the statements that arose from discussions a year ago, the question of women’s place in the Church cannot be set aside.”
