The last of four reports from the Vatican by Brother Mark O’Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications, Diocese of Parramatta and Pope Francis Fellow, Newman College, University of Melbourne. “PEOPLE…ARE SEEKING, AND NOT WITHOUT SUFFERING,…
It was with some dismay and disbelief I read the minutes of the Cloyne Council of Priests discussion on the submission of the national committee which had recently been published….
The papal plane touches down in Nur-Sultan as Pope Francis arrives for his 38th Apostolic Journey abroad. By Devin Watkins, Vatican News Pope Francis kicked off his Apostolic Visit to…
The third of four reports from the Vatican by Brother Mark O’Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications, Diocese of Parramatta and Pope Francis Fellow, Newman College, University of Melbourne. Most of…
As we read the reports about the synodal process, such as my colleague Brian Fraga’s fascinating look at the synodal reports from non-diocesan organizations in the United States, it is clear that…
A poignant farewell to a lifelong friend Western People Sept 6, 2022 I was reading some time ago about a priest who was visiting a colleague in hospital who…
Royalty: The Queen has died. The tributes are plentiful. Even Theresa May has added a comedic flavour to the picnic of celebration. GBS was exasperated. Not with these tributes but…
The mercy of God has no end; even humans who disfigure God’s beautiful creation can turn back to God’s ways and find mercy. We continue to mark Creationtide all through…
a poet remembered Chris McDonnell “Walk on air against your better judgement” Heaney’s tombstone Not many live lives that, in their passing, are so noticed and admired as that…
Western People 30.8.22 Pope Francis’ reforms have received significant, it might even be said overwhelming, support in the reports on the recent listening process carried out in Irish dioceses. The…
The Season of Creation is marked throughout the Christian world from 1 September to 4 October. It celebrates the joy of creation as well as encouraging awareness-raising initiatives to protect…
Gerry O’Hanlon SJ writing in America magazine: August, vacation time, can often be a quiet time in the news and opinion cycle. But the quiet was disturbed this year in…
Those were the days, my friend: Mikhail Gorbachev has died. Glasnost. Perestroika. Rapprochement. Are recalled. Even if official Moscow TV suggests that Gorbachev had a too romantic view of the…
By Br Mark O’Connor FMS, 1 September 2022 Rome woke up to a typical muggy morning on Wednesday 31 August. It had just seen two intense days of meetings of…
Copied from the Waterford & Lismore diocesan website. The findings from the listening sessions and conversations which took place around the country in preparation for the Synod on Synodality in…
Christopher White, National Catholic Reporter: ROME — While an official communique at the end of Pope Francis’ Aug. 29-30 meeting with the world’s Catholic cardinals only said that participants “freely discussed…
Online talk: Deepening our Connection With Nature – Nellie Mc Laughlin and Jane Killingbeck 31 August 7.00pm-9.00pm. More info / Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/406672366997 Full schedule of events: https://greensodireland.ie/2022/08/22/wild-acres-week-2022-event-schedule/
La Croix International reports: The Synodal consultations hold the promise of meaningful reforms. In that context the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research has constructed a proposed Constitution for the Catholic…
By Br Mark O’Connor FMS, 29 August 2022 The first of four reports from the Vatican by Brother Mark O’Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications, Diocese of Parramatta and Pope Francis…
Who gets the places of honour in God’s house, the pushy or the humble? The Word of God this Sunday teaches us that the humble are the ones who find…
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