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Welcome
Fáilte, Welcome
to the website for the Catholic Diocese of Cloyne, Ireland
Bishop William Crean
Caritas Hilsen ved åpningen av Caritas Tromsøs nye lokaler i bispegården den 12. februar 2026. 
“Caritas”, står det på nettsiden til Caritas Internationalis, “er Kirken i aksjon”. Uttrykket er godt. Enhver kristen kalt til aksjon. Kristendommen lar seg ikke privatisere som fromhetsprosjekt Read More
Time Standing Still ‘God is sweating blood. The world’s salvation is played out. And you, whoever you are, go about whistling? The contrast is immense, but recognizable. We have all experienced something of the kind: when someone we love has died, when we Read More
Presence The story of Benedict’s and Scholastica’s final conversation at Monte Cassino (in chapter 33 of the 2nd Book of Gregory the Great’s Dialogues) shows that even the consummate saint may need a sister to put him in his place now Read More
Beyond Opaque ‘I have to believe that ­people simply are capable of whatever profound question or intuition or whatever it is that we live with, with the idea of God. And I think we do everything to distract ourselves from it. I Read More
Simple Words We’ve such a need for simple words like
‘bread’, ‘love’, ‘kindness’
to keep the blind from losing their way
in the dark.
We’ve such a need for silence – silence! –
in order, through the air and in our thoughts,
to hear the voice,
the murmured, modest Read More