Jubilee 2025
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Homilies offered by Bishop William Crean
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Developing faith and ministry in the Diocese of Cloyne
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Bishop William Crean
An Unworthy Law Proposal Last March, Norway’s Council of Catholic Bishops responded to a hearing proposing new legislation on abortion. We asked for the proposal to be rejected. That call has met with no resonance. The proposal was recently subject to a public hearing Read More
Conversation with AC Wimmer
Conversation with AC Wimmer
A conversation about the ecumenical declaration on ‘sexual diversity’ published today. You can find an English version of the interview by scrolling down. The online version is here. 
Bischof Varden, könnten Sie uns etwas über die Ursprünge dieser Erklärung erzählen? Was Read More
Blindness & Sight The trajectory traced by St Teresa of Ávila reaches from the outset right to the loftiest end of spiritual life. She counsels souls who wobble ‘like hens, with feet tied together’ but also those who soar like eagles. Nor does Read More
On ‘Gender Diversity’
On ‘Gender Diversity’
While the big synod is going on in Rome, a more modest synodal enterprise has taken place in Norway, showing the usefulness of walking together towards a shared goal. A broadly ecumenical conversation about a controversial issue, so-called sexual and Read More
28. Sunday B
28. Sunday B
Wisdom 7.7-11: The spirit of Wisdom came to me. 
Hebrews 4.12-13: The word of God is alive and active.
Mark 10.17-27: Sell everything you own.
Our first reading is a paean to wisdom. Incomparably wonderful is wisdom! The text literally praises Read More