In the Irish Times, Patsy McGarry reports on the Bishop of Clonfert, Michael Duignan’s recent pastoral reflection on the what might lie ahead for the church. He also cites the financial challenges facing the Archbishop of Dublin, Dermot Farrell.
AN OASIS OF TRANQUILITY: Glencomeragh House and Grounds has appeared in the News. ‘Tread softly. You tread on my dreams.’ My mother and family lived as immediate neighbours to that…
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…
Dear ACP Member The Irish Bishops are inviting submissions on methods/models to be adopted before the Synodal Pathway consultation gets underway. They are seeking submissions of no more than…
An edited version of this article by Peter Stanford about the bishops’ meeting in Rome to discuss clerical sexual abuse appeared recently in The Observer.
“It is an appalling moral failure and needs to end now, but that will involve rethinking an entire approach to sexuality in Catholicism that is peculiar, punitive and often plain perverse. The Jesus of the gospels had almost no interest is such matters. Why does the Church leadership? “
Take five minutes to be…surprised by joy! ‘The Hill We Climb’ by Amanda Gorman, 22 years young… https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55738564 The Hill We Climb “When day comes we ask ourselves, where can…
A season to reawaken our childhood wonder Western People 21.12.2021 As we said last year, Christmas won’t be a ‘normal’ Christmas this year. As if we need to be reminded!…
