Pope Francis in Africa…
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Month: January 2023
The role of the bishop in the synodal process
Letter of Cardinals Grech and Hollerich to the Bishops of the World Vatican City, 30 January 2023 On the eve of the celebration of the Continental Assemblies, it is with…
Fr Micheál Mac Gréil SJ 1931-2023
On Thursday, the funeral of a 91 year-old Westport Jesuit priest took place in his native Mayo. The death of Fr Micheál Mac Greil SJ, a noted academic and campaigner,…
We are Church International:
International Online Press Conference
Monday, 30 January 2023 at 11:00 CET
A few days before the start of the European Continental Assembly of the Synod which will take place in Prague from 5 to 12 February 2023, we invite you to an…
Brendan Hoban: Catholic Church has no magic money tree
Western People 24.1.2023 ‘Follow the money’ was the shrewd advice of ‘Deep Throat’, the pseudonym given to the informant who provided information to the Washington Post that unlocked the Watergate…
The AP Interview: Pope says homosexuality not a crime
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support…
America Magazine: Cardinal McElroy on ‘radical inclusion’ for L.G.B.T. people, women and others in the Catholic Church
(On the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul a thought-provoking article on issues facing the Synodal Church.) What paths is the church being called to take in the coming…
WE ARE CHURCH Zoom
Can Ireland learn from the German Synodal Path?7.30pm on Thursday 2nd of February 2023 In Germany an Assembly made up of EQUAL numbers of Clergy and Lay people has been discussing…
Dublin Review of Books: The Catholic Church
by Fergus O’Donoghue Article recommended by Pádraig McCarthy. Link to article:
RTÉ: New Bishop of Ossory ordained in Kilkenny
Updated / Sunday, 22 Jan 2023 23:33 Linkt to article: https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2023/0122/1350229-bishop/# By Ailbhe Conneely Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent Bishop Niall Coll has been ordained as the Bishop of Ossory at the…
The Irish Examiner: ‘First the banks, then post offices … now rural Ireland is losing its priests’
In small rural parishes, the loss of a priest through retirement or death is keenly felt, says Conor Capplis, with the Catholic Church slow to react to a problem they…
Presider’s Page for 22 January (Third Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The people that walked in darkness has seen a great light: Jesus, the light of the world, walks among us, preaching a message of repentance. We gather to listen to…
Séamus Ahearne: ‘And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, that one small head could carry all he knew.’ (Goldsmith)(And Indi’s back!)
The young ones: Jacinda Ardern is resigning as PM New Zealand and as leader of the Labour Party. Her explanation is: ‘There was nothing left in the tank. There is…
Root and Branch Zoom: Archbishop Scicluna, Thurs 19 Jan 7.00pm
TOWARDS A BEATITUDINAL CHURCH Thursday 19th Jan,19.00 London time R&B DIY are delighted to welcome Archbishop Scicluna. Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ofu6vpj8vEte-z3z-4BfCxkQj34vCqt94 Charles Scicluna, Metropolitan Archbishop of Malta, is essentially “the church’s top…
Brendan Hoban: The job of a modern bishop is not an easy one
Western People 17.1.2023 Almost 250 years ago, when Dominick Bellew, a native of Co. Louth, arrived in Killala diocese in 1780, he was the first Catholic bishop to live in…
NCR Report: Pell’s posthumous complaints have diminished his legacy
BY MICHAEL SEAN WINTER. Follow on Twitter at @michaelswinters Link to article: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/ncr-voices/pells-posthumous-complaints-have-diminished-his-legacy January 18, 2023 Not since King Hamlet appeared to Bernardo, Marcellus and Horatio on the battlements of…
Presider’s Page for 15 January (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Christmas Season ended last Sunday, and we have entered Ordinary Time, moving slowly from winter to spring. The season of Lent begins on the 22nd February, in five weeks…
Bidding Prayers for 15 January (Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
BIDDING PRAYERS for Sunday Mass on 15 January Introduction (by the Presider) The Lord is our light and our help, so let us bring all our needs to God: For an end…
Synodal Path Update…from Julieann Moran
Dear Friends, In wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year, I am also conscious that we brought in the new year with the news of the death of…
Séamus Ahearne: “What has happened is that a certain kind of God has gone absent, leaving open the possibility of experiencing God in a new way.”
(Paul Graham osa, The Furrow, November, whose Month’s Mind was yesterday.) A little thought on George Pell and Francis: “George Pell’s death symbolises the demise of a Church out of…
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