The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has confirmed the approval by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales for the new Lectionary. The Lectionary, which…
Tue 25th July Loneliness Loneliness is undoubtedly one of the great cancers of our age that just eats into the bones. More and more people find themselves living on their…
TALK TO JOE: Joe Duffy. He is one of Noel Kelly’s ‘stars’ and among the high salaried in RTÉ. Joe does great work but his programme, it is, however, a…
This occurred during the installation of Bishop Stephen Wright at Hexham and Newcastle diocese. Link to speech below. Full script of the speech by Maggie Mathews at the end of…
An ACP website reader has suggested that we post a link to the above article from the First Things website. The article is by John Duggan. https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/08/sally-rooneys-catholic-millennials
We have been called together by the Spirit of God to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. The Spirit teaches us to pray, and moves us to glorify the…
Western People 18.7.23. My fifty years of priesthood (1973-2023) falls naturally into two parts. The first 40 years (1973-2013) were a struggle through a long and difficult wintertime when (as…
Tue 18th July The Professional Worrier A man told his friend that he was up to his neck in debt. He had lost his job, his car had been repossessed…
Western People 11.7.2023 RTÉ did what institutions tend to do. It created an elite and inevitably a culture of precedence and entitlement followed. It also side-lined a defining principle of…
The RTÉ Obsession: ‘The most trusted man in Ireland’ (?) he was, according to Noel Kelly. (Ryan Tubridy). ‘I am the same person; my soul hasn’t changed.’ (Ryan on himself)….
We gather as pilgrims on a journey, asking God to keep us steadfast until we reach our eternal home. In the Spirit, let us worship God who cares for us…
Western People 4.7.23. There’s another epidemic doing the rounds and it’s in danger of becoming a pandemic, though its effects are thankfully less related to health than to worldly success…
(A comprehensive overview of who will be attending the Synod discussions…) Article by Gerard O’Connell. The Synod on Synodality is officially the 16th ordinary assembly of the synod of bishops,…
The art of kissing: I like the idea that Victor Manuel Fernandez has been appointed Head of DDF (formerly CDF). He might be rather different. Did he write a book…
Western People 27.6.23 I write a lot. Now in retirement writing is (mainly) what I do. Sometimes writing seems almost effortless as words pour themselves on to a page. Sometimes…
Pope Francis announced a consistory for the creation of new cardinals from around the world to be held at the Vatican on 30 September 2023. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-07/pope-announces-consistory-for-creation-of-new-cardinals.html
List of Synod Participants Published Dear Friends, The full list of the participants attending the first session of the Universal Synod in Rome this October was published during a press…
There is much good news in today’s Gospel. We’re told we can bring all our troubles to Jesus and find rest. God will make our burden light. We praise God…
From the crowded city streets to the busy town hall square, from the local village community to the crofter’s moorland cottage we find human beings going about their business. Some…
Seán O Conaill asks why the synodal discussions of 2022 in Ireland came to a year-long pause, after highlighting ‘a crisis in the transmission of faith’ and ‘serious weaknesses in…
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