Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership, Weekly Homily for First Sunday in Advent

 Renata Steffens   August 15, 2024 The Diocese of Kilmore is having to rearrange and redistribute priests due to the declining number of available priests in the diocese. “There are simply…

Western People, 22.11.2022 Nowadays, as interest in religion declines and as religious imagery is no longer part of the common currency of a lived life, art galleries have taken to…

Brian Eyre expresses concerns about the illogical norms that are being followed in ordaining married men, former Anglican priests, while excluding Catholic priests who wish to marry from official ministry.

Book Review by Joe O’Leary      Theological revisionism is a dangerous investment, and fearless critical negativity can easily lead to shipwreck with regard to faith (cf. 1 Tim 1:19). Tony…

Brendan Hoban comments on the progress so far in the campaign to suppress the corona virus but cautions that the battle is still only half fought.
“The phased re-introduction of normality has encouraged different vested interests to argue their claims to be shunted up the list of important services. Clearly concerted media campaigns by groups with commercial agendas are in train. “
Brendan mentions those in the media who comment on everything and anything and do so as if they bear no personal responsibility for their commentary apart from satisfying their readers.
“Leaders, in church and society, haven’t that luxury.”

At the opening of the Continental Synodal Assembly for Europe, Cardinal Mario Grech focused on two aspects of the synodal journey experienced so far: the active participation of the People…