Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership Weekly Homily – Sunday 16 Feb 2025

My initial reaction to the statement from the Vatican ruling out the possibility of women being eligible for the diaconate in the Catholic Church was one of great sadness. This…

This is the link to the English version of Fratelli Tutti from the Irish Bishops Conference website.     https://www.catholicbishops.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/FRATELLI-TUTTI.pdf

Brandon Vaidyanathan, Ph.D., Christopher Jacobi, Ph.D., Chelsea Rae Kelly, Ph.D.Department of Sociology, The Catholic University of AmericaStephen White, Sara PerlaThe Catholic Project, The Catholic University of America. October 2022 •…

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.”

‘Hard times come again no more.’ (Stephen Foster) We are blessed: The River Tolka beckons me early each morning. The river wakes up and wants me to get up too….