Calls by U.S. bishops for Catholics to pray about the horrendous situation in Minneapolis and other besieged cities are good and necessary. But it can't stop there! Prayer should be part of discerning what God wants faith-filled individuals and communities to 𝐃𝐎!

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

Diocesan spokesman Fr Diarmuid Hogan told the Irish Independent that #Galway diocese is “deeply aware of the upset caused to patients, families and staff when the spiritual and pastoral care they rightly expect is unavailable”. bit.ly/49T8l1t

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... @jonrauch.bsky.social

Families fear loved ones won’t get last rites as Galway hospital cuts chaplain service www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...

Diocesan spokesman Fr Diarmuid Hogan told the Irish Independent that #Galway diocese is “deeply aware of the upset caused to patients, families and staff when the spiritual and pastoral care they rightly expect is unavailable”. bit.ly/49T8l1t

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask: "If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

Ireland ‘risks mother of all recessions’ if Trump wins battle to lower interest rates, says economist who predicted Celtic Tiger crash www.independent.ie/irish-news/i...

What great news!

Councillors have called for more details about plans by Dublin City Council to leave its headquarters on Wood Quay and replace the controversial office block with social housing www.rte.ie/news/dublin/...

SHOCK CELL PHONE VIDEO: Renee Good's final words to her murderer: “That’s fine dude, I’m not mad at you.” ICE agent Jonathan Ross after shooting and killing her seconds later: “Fuckin’ bitch.” Via Alpha News

New video has emerged of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The video shows Good speaking in the seconds before the shooting.

I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

Sister organization in Ireland fights #humantrafficking for 20 years. @sistersreport.bsky.social marks Act to Prevent Trafficking's two decades of advocacy. www.globalsistersreport.org/sister-organ...

Sister organization in Ireland fights #humantrafficking for 20 years. @sistersreport.bsky.social marks Act to Prevent Trafficking's two decades of advocacy. www.globalsistersreport.org/sister-organ...

‘He was fearless’ – the extraordinary story of ‘unbeatable’ handball great and hero priest Fr Tom Jones. Sportsman was honoured by the king of Norway for ­rescuing sailors #GAA #Handball www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...

‘He was fearless’ – the extraordinary story of ‘unbeatable’ handball great and hero priest Fr Tom Jones. Sportsman was honoured by the king of Norway for ­rescuing sailors #GAA #Handball www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...

‘We’ve been busy,’ say Dublin nuns who made 30 million communion wafers last year www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

‘We’ve been busy,’ say Dublin nuns who made 30 million communion wafers last year www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

‘We’ve been busy,’ say Dublin nuns who made 30 million communion wafers last year www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin expressed surprise that the study group’s report had been “published in isolation” from those of the other nine study groups set up by Pope Francis to examine more controversial issues. #womendeacons www.thetablet.co.uk/news/archbis...

Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin expressed surprise that the study group’s report had been “published in isolation” from those of the other nine study groups set up by Pope Francis to examine more controversial issues. #womendeacons www.thetablet.co.uk/news/archbis...

Archbishop Eamon Martin said he would like to see 'a full-scale promotion of marriage' both civil and religious because marriage is 'good for children, good for couples, and it’s good for society'

#Dublin archbishop says social deprivation in capital is being exploited by ‘malign actors’ www.independent.ie/irish-news/d... @catholicbishops.bsky.social

#Dublin archbishop says social deprivation in capital is being exploited by ‘malign actors’ www.independent.ie/irish-news/d... @catholicbishops.bsky.social

We need to ‘dig deep to re-find our humanity’ and end ‘shame’ of #childpoverty – Archbishop Micheal Jackson www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

We need to ‘dig deep to re-find our humanity’ and end ‘shame’ of #childpoverty – Archbishop Micheal Jackson www.independent.ie/irish-news/w...

This week's #DivineSparks on @rteradio1.bsky.social included items on #Hanukkah2025 with the #Jewish community in #Ireland in the wake of #bondiattack, a new #DanielOConnell film narrated by #DomhnallGleeson and my thoughts on #ConorMcGregor's wedding in the #Vatican bit.ly/44FCa3L from 35.49

This week's #DivineSparks on @rteradio1.bsky.social included items on #Hanukkah2025 with the #Jewish community in #Ireland in the wake of #bondiattack, a new #DanielOConnell film narrated by #DomhnallGleeson and my thoughts on #ConorMcGregor's wedding in the #Vatican bit.ly/44FCa3L from 35.49

Thanks to @sarahrmacdonald.bsky.social for quoting me on this piece in The Tablet. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/catholi...

Dublin Archbishop says there is ‘deep sense of fear’ within #Jewish community in #Ireland in wake of #Bonditerrorattack www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...

Priest questions why #ConorMcGregor was granted permission for #Vatican wedding www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

Dublin Archbishop says there is ‘deep sense of fear’ within #Jewish community in #Ireland in wake of #Bonditerrorattack www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...

Priest questions why #ConorMcGregor was granted permission for #Vatican wedding www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church officially views women as 'other.'

Social media is making #prostitution ‘very easy’ warns APT Ireland's Sr Denise O'Brien. ‘Advertising of victims is taking place through #socialmedia. Most of the #women used in pornographic sites are #trafficked’. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/social-... @thetablet.bsky.social #EndTrafficking

Social media is making #prostitution ‘very easy’ warns APT Ireland's Sr Denise O'Brien. ‘Advertising of victims is taking place through #socialmedia. Most of the #women used in pornographic sites are #trafficked’. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/social-... @thetablet.bsky.social #EndTrafficking

‘These are tiny children’ – Irish nun pleads for Irish Government’s help after 315 pupils kidnapped in #Nigeria www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...

‘These are tiny children’ – Irish nun pleads for Irish Government’s help after 315 pupils kidnapped in #Nigeria www.independent.ie/irish-news/t...

www.osvnews.com/catholics-in... Tucked away down a secondary street in #Dublin’s north inner city, St. Mary’s shift from pro cathedral to #cathedral status corrects circumstances rooted in #Ireland’s tumultuous religio-politico history, notably the repressive #PenalLaws enforced under British rule.

www.osvnews.com/catholics-in... Tucked away down a secondary street in #Dublin’s north inner city, St. Mary’s shift from pro cathedral to #cathedral status corrects circumstances rooted in #Ireland’s tumultuous religio-politico history, notably the repressive #PenalLaws enforced under British rule.

#Dublin finally has a Catholic #cathedral – but why has it taken the church so long? www.independent.ie/irish-news/d... @catholicbishops.bsky.social

Pope Leo XIV makes first Irish announcement, returning Bishop Niall Coll to his native diocese www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

#Dublin finally has a Catholic #cathedral – but why has it taken the church so long? www.independent.ie/irish-news/d... @catholicbishops.bsky.social

Pope Leo XIV makes first Irish announcement, returning Bishop Niall Coll to his native diocese www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...

The Vatican's decree granting the merger of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto) comes 416 years after Venerable Mary Ward first set out her vision for a new way of religious life for women. www.globalsistersreport.org/congregation...