As Europe risks fracturing, the message of St Columbanus needs to be heard again

As Europe risks fracturing, the message of St Columbanus needs to be heard again

Rite & Reason: As Pope Leo XIV has reminded us, the Irish missionary’s perspective is as relevant now as it was more than 14 centuries ago

As Europe risks fracturing, the message of St Columbanus needs to be heard again | Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference

Rite & Reason: As Pope Leo XIV has reminded us, the Irish missionary’s perspective is as relevant now as it was more than 14 centuries ago The following opinion piece was written by Bishop Denis Nulty of Kildare and Leighlin for The Irish Times on Sunday, 13 July, 2025.  Speaking during his weekly papal audience on June 11th, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described St Columbanus as “the best known Irishman of the early Middle Ages”. But it is in the …