AUDIO: Brendan Hoban’s ACI presentation on Synodality 24 June 2021

Seamus Ahearne finds the ‘living is easy’ in summertime.
“The unexpected has to happen or we have to believe in the surprises of life. The unlikely does occur. ‘Summertime and the living is easy.’ That may not be so always. But in faith and with God, there is always a summertime.  The life of grace. The life of wonder. The life of love. It is there. Our church cannot be dour.”

Brendan Hoban responds to recent articles in The Furrow. He says he takes the opportunity “of setting out … the policy of the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) in choosing particular issues and in robustly arguing our positions.”

Vatican, September 19, 2023 On the eve of the publication of a “new” Laudato sì, the General Secretariat of the Synod intends to make its contribution to the conservation of creation…

In debates about how to counter the declining number of priests in the Catholic Church it is often argued that despite having a married clergy, women and men, the Church of England is not attracting vocations either. In a recent interesting article in The Tablet Jonathan Wynne-Jones seems to give the lie to that argument with an account of 1000 ordinations in the Church of England this year.

The time of reckoning Chris McDonnell CT January 22nd 2021 These few words are being written in the days leading up to the Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris…

ROOT & BRANCH Community international grassroots community for an inclusive, just & safe Catholic Church.  hello@rootandbranchsynod.org                  www.rootandbranchsynod.orgNo. 119   26/04/2024 FLOURISH AND THRIVEDear friends,We’re delighted to be able to announce…