A colleague in Germany prepared the following last evening on Cardinal Marx’s letter of resignation: (Background note: Cardinal Marx is one of those cardinals on the advice panel which the Pope summoned at…
The Church Has a Right to Protect its Assets Western People 1.6.2021 One of the unanswered questions now for anyone interested in the Catholic Church is: what are we going…
A Catechism of the Heart: A Jesuit Missioned to the Laity – 23 July 2020 by Benjamin James Brenkert (Author), Robert Waldron (Contributor) This book is a deep cry…
Them and Us Chris McDonnell CT June 4th 2021 We live in an inclusive age, a time when you have to be careful with what you say and how you…
Seán McDonagh writes in The Tablet: Virtual Friends – Artificial intelligence and automation are transforming the way we live and work. Responding to the social, economic and religious impact these new technologies are…
Michael W. Higgins is principal of St. Mark’s and president of Corpus Christi Colleges, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. This article, An Extraordinary Synod, is available in the following link:…
Homily of Archbishop Dermot Farrell on the Feast of Saint Kevin 03. JUN, 2021 Mass celebrated in Saint Mary’s Pro Cathedral, Dublin, for the Metropolitan Chapter There is a deep…
A conversation about what a Catholic Synod is and how Synodality will apply in the Catholic Church. From Flashes of Insight with Joe Grayland – featuring: Cardinal John Dew Archbishop Mark Coleridge…
Pope Francis has updated Canon Law to criminalise sexual abuse: Thanks to Pádraig McCarthy (§1 below) for the link to the text of the Revised Book VI of the Code…
Green Sod Ireland is a Land Trust that Protects Land and its Biodiversity. To date Green Sod Ireland has been gifted in excess of 100 acres by visionary individuals and…
Dermot A. Lane is a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin. He is also a member of the ACP Advisory Team. His latest book, Theology and Ecology in Dialogue: The Wisdom…
You’ve got a friend (James Taylor) A life in the day We watched and waited. The chicks appeared. Six of them. The Cygnets. In two days, they were out from…
Church is not immune to dying local loyalty Western People 25.5.2021 God be with the days when everything seemed so predictable. Apart from our notoriously changeable weather, life in…
You’ve Got a Friend Chris McDonnell CT May 28th 2021 In a song made famous by the singer James Taylor, Carole King wrote of friendship. The opening verse says it…
Blowin’ in the Wind (Dylan) Where are all the flowers gone? My cowslip (outside the door) is beginning to fade. I feel lonely. That beautiful flower is like a guard…
Chris McDonnell pens a tribute to Bob Dylan on his 80th Birthday. Drawing by Irish rock legend, Rory Gallagher. Copyright Strange Music Ltd. Dylan at 80 24 May 1941 We…
We Turn Around One Thing Unity is not the same as uniformity. Unity, in fact, is the reconciliation of differences, and those differences must be maintained. We must actually distinguish…
Pope Francis plans synodal shake-up by Christopher Lamb in The Tablet The next synod of bishops gathering in Rome has been postponed until 2023 so that an unprecedented consultation of Catholics can…
Earlier this week the ACP Leadership wrote to all the bishops calling for a conversation on the pastoral outreach to gay Catholics. The letter is attached: Tuesday 18 May…
Prophecy in Our Time. Chris McDonnell CT May 21. 2021 To continue after a brief interruption… My absence from this column happened to coincide with the passing of the theologian…
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