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A new chapter has begun for one of Mayo's best-known visitor attractions, with the reopening of the Croagh Patrick Visitor Centre at Murrisk offering a fresh way to explore the history, spirituality and landscape of the famous pilgrimage mountain. Officially opened by Minister for Rural and Community Development Dara Calleary TD, the revamped centre features a state-of-the-art immersive experience... Read More

Gospel of 15 November 2026 Matthew 25:14-15, 19-21 At that time: Jesus told his disciples this parable, 'The kingdom of heaven will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 'Now after a long time the master of those servants came and... Read More

Pope Leo XIV continued preaching on the need for Catholics, clergy and lay people, to form a missionary church in service of shared values, inclusion, communication and a shared journey, to spread the Gospel through word and deed, during his third day in Peru in the diocese of Chiclayo, where he served as a Bishop for eight years. In addresses to priests and religious and later to students at Sant... Read More

In a few days' time many churches and cathedrals across the UK will be illuminated in red in solidarity with persecuted and suffering Christians around the world. Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is marking the 10th anniversary of #Red Wednesday, its annual campaign raising awareness of religious persecution and supporting Christians facing discrimination, oppression and violence b... Read More

Advent begins this year on Sunday 29 November. If you're looking for a way to bring people together in your parish, school or community as Christmas approaches, why not try the Sycamore Advent Course? There's one session for each week of Advent, with a Sycamore film and questions to help get the conversation started. Week 1 · The Search for Happiness - What are we looking for, and where do we fin... Read More

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time The parable of the talents, which is our Sunday Gospel, needs some very definite explanation, because its real message is nothing to do with our personal gifts and skills, but everything to do with our actions and task in being a good steward for the Lord. The problem is of course that word 'talent' which in the English language is a metaphor and is used, eithe... Read More

Gospel of 14 November 2026 Luke 18:1-8 At that time: Jesus told his disciples a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, 'In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, "Give me justice against my adversary." For a while he refused, but afterwards he said to... Read More

The faithful of Peru have continued to turn out in huge numbers to welcome the Holy Father as he continues his Apostolic Journey. And nowhere were the crowds more eager to greet someone they consider one of their own, than in Pope Leo's former diocese, Chiclayo. Before flying north Pope Leo popped out on the balcony of the Apostolic Nunciature in Lima to say a surprise early morning farewell as he... Read More

The Diocese of Aberdeen has announced with sadness the death of the Right Reverend Peter A. Moran, Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen, who died this morning at the age of 91 in Northcote Lodge Care Home, Aberdeen, where he had been living in recent years. Bishop Peter served as Bishop of Aberdeen from December 2003 until his retirement in August 2011. He will be remembered with great affection as a devo... Read More

The Bishops' Conference of Scotland has announced the appointment of Fr Stephen Reilly, a priest of the Diocese of Motherwell, as Acting National Director of Missio Scotland. He succeeds Fr Vincent Lockhart, also of the Diocese of Motherwell, who served as Acting National Director from 2016 until his formal appointment as National Director in 2018. Missio Scotland is part of the Pontifical Mission... Read More

A concert by the Navan, Trim and Dunshaughlin branches of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann for the residents of Dalgan's nursing home for Columban Missionaries raised €2,331 for the historic Christian community of Taybeh in the West Bank. The collection was facilitated by the Christians4Palestine initiative. Columban Missionaries, Fr Oliver McCrossan and Fr Pat Colgan, who is a member of Christian... Read More

Two years ago, Mrs Odette Ghattas endured a terrifying experience in Bethlehem when her home was broken into while she was living alone. The thief stole all of her gold jewellery, along with cash in shekels, Jordanian dinars, and US dollars. He also took her mobile, leaving her unable to call for help. As if this were not enough, he threatened her and ordered her not to move from her chair. Overwh... Read More

A Catholic pilgrim who cycled nearly 3,000 miles across Europe and the Middle East has finally arrived in Jerusalem, describing his arrival in the Holy City as "overwhelming". Andrew Foote, 32, set off from Westminster Cathedral on 15th August and reached Jerusalem on Wednesday 11th November after travelling through Europe, Turkey and Jordan on a journey that tested him physically, emotionally and... Read More

Gospel of 13 November 2026 Luke 17:26-37 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot - they were eating and drinking, b... Read More