Hope Springs…Spirituality for Lent

Note from the Apostolic Penitentiary on the Sacrament of Reconciliation in the current pandemic.

From the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference website: https://www.catholicbishops.ie/2022/07/23/archbishop-eamon-martin-our-synodal-pathway-stepping-forward-in-communion/ Homily at the annual Mass and investiture of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem in Saint Patrick’s College Chapel,…

Peter McVerry SJ draws our attention to a document from the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice about the homeless/housing crisis which Ireland finds itself in.
“there is no version of holiness that satisfies itself with doctrinal rigour, or liturgical purity, but does not act for the sake of the marginalised:”

We Are Church Ireland  launched a petition calling on Pope Francis to change Vatican theological language that is gravely insulting to LGBTQI people.

From Gript.ie… The government had told Catholic leaders to postpone First Holy Communions and Confirmations earlier this summer. Gript.ie understands that the four Catholic archbishops of Ireland have written to…

R O O T  &  B R A N C H A SYNOD THAT STARTS WITH WOMEN AND DOESN’T END THERE. *In the Catholic Church, Synods usually mean only bishops…