Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership Team, Christmas Day Homily

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…

By Lisa Zengarini of Vatican News Pope Francis’  Apostolic journey to Hungary kicked off on Friday morning with the arrival of the papal aircraft  at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport…

‘Playing God’ traces the history of Catholic conservatism gone extreme BY TOM ROBERTS This is the link to the NCR Online article (which is reprinted below): https://www.ncronline.org/culture/book-reviews/playing-god-traces-history-catholic-conservatism-gone-extreme A disturbing symbiosis…

Tony Flannery gives his impressions of the International Church Reform Conference that took place over five days last week in Pezinok, Slovakia.
“The variety of people was one of the striking factors, – from Estonia, Korea, Russia, Bulgaria, India, Argentina, Australia, and many other places, – fifteen countries in all. So it was a rich experience, being with such people over five days.”

Chris McDonnell in the Catholic Times remembers Henri Nouwen whose ‘perceptive nature and ability to relate to those in distress demonstrated that he was more than an inspiring teacher and fine book writer.’

After the close of a busy but fruitful pilgrimage season last night, it’s now time for recuperation, to come apart and rest awhile. It was lovely to meet lots of people…