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As this newspaper goes to press, the red-robed cardinals are gathering beneath Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. The conclave has begun, the doors have closed, and the world watches with anticipation. By the time you read this, white smoke may already have risen from the chimney, signaling that the Roman Catholic Church has chosen its next pope.

The Irish Writers’ Centre in Dublin recently hosted the launch of Géarchéim Dhomhanda agus Slí na Síochána—the Irish translation of World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace by His Holiness Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The book, a compilation of addresses promoting peace and justice, was welcomed as a powerful interfaith contribution to Irish society.

The Bishops of Galway and Tuam have paid tribute this week to Pope Francis following his death on Monday morning.

Celebrating its 40th year and taking place from Monday February 5 to Tuesday February 13, 2024, the annual Solemn Novena nine-day Festival of Faith will invite, welcome and embrace the people of Galway and beyond to leave down the worries and cares of life and to worship, sing, pray and give praise to God and His blessed Mother, Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

The fertility journey is one that carries with it many lows and highs, bumps in the road, elation, frustration, devastation and thankfully for many families, joy.

Athlone native and Bishop of Galway, Michael Duignan, has paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who will be laid to rest in Rome on Thursday last.

Bishop of Galway Michael Duignan has paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who will be laid to rest in Rome this morning.

Tributes were paid this week to the late businessman and honorary president and chairperson of Ireland West Airport Knock who has passed away.

RONAN FAGAN

It is a sign of the passage of time that we now have a bishop of Galway who is younger than the Cathedral in which he serves. At his installation Mass on Sunday afternoon, which was delayed by a quarter hour because of traffic congestion on what was an unusually busy Bank Holiday Sunday in the city, he spoke of the great honour it is to be appointed to work in the Cathedral which he said has “lived up to Bishop Browne’s dream that it would be “solid, dignified and worthy of Galway.”