Regular ACP online contributor Paddy Ferry has recommended the following article by Mike Harding in the Irish Times. Mike Harding is a folk musician, stand-up comic, broadcaster and poet who lives…
Link to Vatican News: https://www.vaticannews.va/en.html Links for speeches taken from https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2021/09/12.html [B0557] Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Francis to Budapest on the occasion of the concluding Mass of the…
Root and Branch Synod Bristol Friday September 10 at 2.00 pm Opening keynote address by Dr. Mary McAleese “No Synodality Without Freedom of Speech– Canon law must acknowledge the human…
Fr Bernárd Lynch was accused by person/persons unknown just as he was to receive an Award in 2019 from President Michael Higgins. Bernárd Lynch has not been charged with any…
Much ado about nothing The Fox and the Heron: I sometimes meet two herons at the Tolka River in the mornings. They are never together and maintain an appropriate distance…
The ties that bind us to the Catholic Church Western People 7.09.2021 James Joyce, probably Ireland’s most lauded novelist, famously rejected Catholicism, the religion of his youth. In the autobiographical,…
From Vatican News: Listening to the Faithful: Vatican releases Synod Preparatory Document The General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops presents the base text and “vademecum” – or handbook – to…
Nicole Winfield – Associated Press in America Magazine reports: ROME (AP) — Vatican officials declined on Tuesday to say if women would be able to vote on concrete proposals about the…
Claire Giangrave writes in the NCR online: VATICAN CITY — In 2001, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was a rapporteur for the summit of bishops at the Vatican — and he did not…
Paralympics is sport in its purest form Western People 31.8.2021 In my senior years, sport is a great companion. The passive rather than the active version, I…
We Are Church presents: Jane Mellett “Laudato Si’ and Season of Creation” Followed by Q & A ZOOM Meeting 7.30 pm Tuesday 14th of September 2021 Jane Mellett lives in…
Floating thoughts after reading from Brian Devlin’s book – ‘Cardinal Sin.’ I read ‘Cardinal Sin’ by Brian Devlin over the past few days. (Columba Books. 2021). Andrew Greeley’s novel:…
From the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference website Submissions for a new edition Lectionary In June bishops further considered a revision of the Lectionary during their Summer General Meeting. The Lectionary is the book from which…
Article from ncronline: New women deacons commission to meet with unclear agenda by Phyllis Zagano First, the bad news: two officials of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith…
Artificial Intelligence and Medicine Seán McDonagh In 2020, with every country in the world attempting to fight against Covid-19, researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to understand the coronavirus more…
COVID-19 restrictions in Ireland Changes to restrictions from September All changes are subject to public health advice. From 1 September 2021: Public transport can run at 100% capacity From 6…
The Leadership of the ACP would like to extend sincere sympathy to our founding member Tony Flannery, CSsR, on the death of his sister, Geraldine, RIP. We would like to…
Climate Sunday Service Patricia & Emmet Devlin ZOOM Meeting 11.00 am Sunday 5th of September 2021 This is NOT a Eucharist. What is Climate Sunday? The Climate Sunday…
Thoughts on priesthood and faith Priests as magicians? I was in Birmingham (St Mary’s Harborne) during the week. We were celebrating 402 years of priesthood: Eight Golden Jubilarians. I was…
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