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A new style of leadership needed for the church in Ireland
Brendan Hoban writes in his Western People column of his hopes for a new style of leadership in the church in Ireland.
“What we need are bishops who are secure enough in their own skin to be able to live with ambivalence and complexity……who have the imagination, the creativity and above all the courage not to keep looking over their shoulders to Rome and to confront – respectfully but robustly – those who want to lead us back to the nineteenth century. “Many Years On – Lest we ever forget
75 years ago, on 27 January 1945, the Soviet Red Army arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The world was soon to learn the full extent of the true horror of Nazi Fascism.
Chris McDonnell, writing in the Catholic Times, remembers: “All too easily we play with words to justify events, tell stories where truth is the casualty leading only to a greater misfortune. Maybe we should pause awhile as the month-end days arrive to ask a question and seek forgiveness.”Brendan Hoban: Sooner or later, Putin must be confronted.
Sooner or later, Putin must be confronted. Western People 15.3.2022 ‘Not too many people know that’ is a phrase attributed to the film actor, Michael Caine. Applying it to a…
Gerry O’Connor CSsR, Sunday Homily video for 32nd Sunday of the Year, 10 Nov 2024
ACP Leadership Team member, Gerry O’Connor CSsR, with his weekly Sunday video homily for Sunday 10 Nov 2024, 32nd Sunday of the Year – ‘Little Things’:
Roadmap for reopening Society
The Government has announced a plan for the phased lifting of restrictions that were introduced to help stop the spread of the corona virus.

