A Voice to Reflect
The ACP is an association for Catholic Priests who wish to have a forum, and a voice to reflect on, discuss and comment on issues affecting the Irish Church and society today. We welcome any feedback you may have. If you are an existing member, you can pay your membership fee here. If you would like to support the ACP with a donation, you can do so here.
Today’s Homily Resources
12 Oct 2026 – Monday of Week 28
12 Oct 2026 – Monday of Week 28 1st Reading: Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1 Through faith we are born free. It was for liberty that Christ freed us It is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman. One, the child of the slave, was...
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Julieann Moran: Role of women, married priests and sexuality featured early in the synodal pathway
From the Irish Times, Rite & Reason: Not everything we heard in those early conversations has travelled through the process in the same way Link to article (subscription required) Five…
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America Magazine: The death of the American conscience will be livestreamed
by Sam Sawyer, S.J.October 9, 2026 The U.S. government will “make sure that people are able to watch” the Dec. 3 execution of Nidal Malik Hasan at Fort Hood, according…
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Brendan Hoban: Neeson won’t let facts get in the way of his story
Western People 6.10.26 RTÉ’s Late Late Showand its presenter, Patrick Kielty, are back for another season, starting as usual with a bang. And true to form they seized the most…
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SÉAMUS AHEARNE: PEOPLE IN THE NEWS AT PRESENT
Jeremy Archer has died. An infamous British politician. A very successful novelist. A man who reinvented himself frequently. A conman and fraudster whose wife Mary was described by Judge Caulfield…
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Vatican News: Pope appoints Sr. Barron as Adjunct Secretary of Dicastery for Evangelization
Pope Leo XIV appoints Sister Mary Teresa Barron as Adjunct Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, beginning on January 4, 2027. Vatican News…
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Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team weekly Sunday video homily
‘Conflict’ 28th Sunday Year A – 11 Oct 2026
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Remembering Ludmila Javorová ‘A Priest Forever’ – Catholic Campaigners Call On Pope Leo to Recognise Her Priesthood
Remembering Ludmila Javorová ‘A Priest Forever’ Catholic Campaigners Call On Pope Leo to Recognise Her Priesthood For Immediate Release06 October 2026London, England Letter to Pope Leo from Women’s Ordination…
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Pope Leo appoints Archbishop Pawlowski as new Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland
Today, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has appointed His Excellency Archbishop Jan Romeo Pawlowski, Titular Archbishop of Sejny, until now Apostolic Nuncio in Greece, as the new Apostolic Nuncio…
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Brendan Hoban: An exceptional book for this moment in time
Western People 29. 9. 2026 In a prologue to his new book, Aspire: Ruminations on Religion in a Time of Paradigm Shift, the author John Cunningham, explains in simple terms…