What Now for the Catholic Church? – RTÉ Radio 1 Leap of Faith programme

The National Catholic Reporter carries a robust editorial on Cardinal Ouellet’s response to Archbishop Viganò. It challenges the role of those U.S. catholics “whose primary ambition, it seems, is to convince the rest of us that the Christian Gospel was actually promulgated to justify the most extreme expressions of American-style capitalism.”
It concludes “The work ahead will require more than bluster and misappropriated slogans. It will require accessing the deepest levels of our sacramental tradition. It will require the imposition of unprecedented accountability from bishops. It will also require bishops with the will to confront the toughest questions about how the clerical culture arrived at this point.”

 Fr John Gribowich writes in the National Catholic Reporter, Nov 7, 2020: Bob Dylan explores death to self in ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ …Once again, the singer-songwriter does not disappoint,…

On the anniversary of St Francis of Assisi’s death, Pope Francis celebrates Mass before the Saint’s tomb and signs his Encyclical “Fratelli tutti”. By Sr Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp  …

Gerard O’Connell reports in America Magazine Italian media is reporting that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky could visit Rome and meet with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, May 13,…

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Members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference gathered this week for their Winter 2025 General Meeting.  The President of the Conference is Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, and the Vice-President…