Similar Posts
Séamus Ahearne: PAULA MEEHAN: POETRY AND FAITH:
Paula Meehan was on the Brendan O’Connor programme (with Dearbhail) last Saturday, 9th August. She spoke of how language and poetry intrigues her. She spoke of her family history. She…
Seán Walsh: Hail Mary
Hail Mary There was this shrine, as I recall. Oh, well known it was, locally… We walked the three miles, there and back. Out the country. Summer’s day… Me still…
Pope Francis has updated Canon Law to criminalise sexual abuse
Pope Francis has updated Canon Law to criminalise sexual abuse: Thanks to Pádraig McCarthy (§1 below) for the link to the text of the Revised Book VI of the Code…
ACP Statement on the Care of Elderly Priests
Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) Calls for Greater Protection of Elderly Rights in Light of Legislation* Date: 3 November 2025 The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) welcomes the legislative developments…
Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!
An edited version of this article by Peter Stanford about the bishops’ meeting in Rome to discuss clerical sexual abuse appeared recently in The Observer.
“It is an appalling moral failure and needs to end now, but that will involve rethinking an entire approach to sexuality in Catholicism that is peculiar, punitive and often plain perverse. The Jesus of the gospels had almost no interest is such matters. Why does the Church leadership? “Séamus Ahearne: Still learning…
Every day is a school day Little things matter: Saturday was a beautiful day. I found Templeogue Cemetery after a little detour. How did I miss it? It was so…