Year: 2022

THE ACP FULLY SUPPORTS THE BISHOPS’ ADOPTION OF THE SYNODAL PATHWAY The Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) wishes to place on record our full support for the Irish Bishops’ adoption…

Western People 19.7.2022 There was a key moment in the House of Commons in the run-up to the resignation of Boris Johnson when Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, surveyed the…

Boris (1) The politics of the UK intrigues me. I can’t quite grasp how the sober, staid, stolid British electorate could elect a Boris. I know his flamboyance is attractive….

Researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin are looking for LGBTQ+ people to participate in a research study about the effects of Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE)…

Many parishes face dire financial emergency     Western People 11.6.2022 Some years ago, a Catholic prelate proclaimed, ‘The Church can’t be run on Hail Marys’. It was a frustrated response…

On Saturday 7 May 2022, an editorial, “Irish Times view on new National Maternity Hospital” said, “concerns were raised over possible Catholic influence on the maternity hospital after it moved…

“Once a computer was asked, “What is the truth?” It took a very long time before the reply came, “I will tell you a story…” ― Peter Brook, The Quality of Mercy…

  Western People 28.6.2022 The gathering in the Sheraton Hotel in Athlone on June 18 of bishops, priests, religious as well as delegates  and representatives of varied Catholic associations –…

Last Wednesday, after the bishops voted down the Motion on “Witnessing to the Equal Dignity of Women and Men”, there was a second Consultative and Deliberative vote. Following a public…

Christopher White, the Vatican correspondent for NCR, reports: ROME — Pope Francis intends to appoint two women to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops, marking a historic first for the office tasked…

The following statement was released by the ACCCR when the Australian (Synod) Assembly ended in disarray after the 43 bishops voted down a Motion on the equality and ministry of…

The Church of Ireland traces its history back to the coming of Christianity in Ireland and, grounded in the teaching and practice of the early centuries of the Church, claims…

It’s time to get rid of the Sunday sermon          Western People 21.6.2022 There’s little doubt now about the steep decline in attendance at weekend Masses. It has been evident…

If you read the conclusions of the many different Synodal meetings in various dioceses in Ireland and countries in Europe all speak of a change that may come in the…

Séamus Ahearne: “Enrico, didn’t you like the pasta? Why aren’t you happy?” “Certainly I liked it. And of course I am happy.” “Then why aren’t you crying?”  (The Umbrian Thursday Night…