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The Association of Catholic Priests offers support to priests when faced with difficulties and we also look at Church policies and how them impact the lives and wellbeing of priests…

Does Pope Francis want to make real change to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and has he the power? Pope Francis has issued a document on his…

Brendan Hoban writing in his Western People weekly column suggests that church authorities need to re-evaulate how they sometimes dispose of church assets and resources to civic authorities.
” I get the feeling that sometimes civic authorities are laughing behind their hands at the gullibility and innocence of church authorities, especially when there is so little credit given for the donation of sites that run into millions of euros. “

Western People 25.11.2025 During November I visit cemeteries. In Ballycastle cemetery where my parents are buried, I spend time moving meditatively along the headstones and reading the spare words that…

Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ in dialogue with Sr Denise Boyle on 25 Jan 2024 – We Are Church Zoom: Bishop Alan McGuckian SJ in dialogue with Sr Denise Boyle about…

Link: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2025/11/08/homily-of-br-richard-hendrick-for-the-requiem-mass-of-sr-stanislaus-kennedy My friends a truly great soul has passed from this world. We all know this. We would not be here today if we didn’t believe this. We gather…