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Following meetings of the Advisory Committee, ACP Leadership Team and a discussion at the recent ACP AGM, it has been agreed to increase annual membership of the ACP to €50….

December 8th will mark sixty years since the formal end to Vatican II, described by the late Fr Gabriel Daly (an Augustinian, like the new pope) as ‘a massive surgical operation carried out without…

Petrocchi Commission says no to female diaconate, though judgment not definitive A report presenting the results of the Commission’s work has been released. It rules out admitting women to the…

‘Forerunners’ – 7 Dec 2025 – 2nd Sunday of Advent Year A 2025

REMINDER DIARMUID O’MURCHU Thursday 4th December 8pm London time Root & Branch are honoured to welcome Diarmuid O’Murchu to lead us through  Reworking the Tradition:Implications for our Time Tradition is about…

Louis Stevenson Scottish author. The Treasure of Franchard (1883) (Noted from The Times). FOOTBALL AND A PLAYWRIGHT: It was the London Times that has prompted me. (December 1st 2025). Those…

The final session in the series Celebrating and Sharing Good Practices in a Synodal Church Wednesday 3rd December 19.00-20.30 UTC A series developed by ICRN and  CCRI, with the support…

Aboard the papal plane returning to Rome from Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV speaks to journalists about the role of the Holy See, which works “behind-the-scenes” in peace negotiations, so that…

It has been a great privilege to share these reflections with you, many since early 2020. Their range has been considerable covering broad areas like spirituality, psychology, mythology, human development,…

Western People 25.11.2025 During November I visit cemeteries. In Ballycastle cemetery where my parents are buried, I spend time moving meditatively along the headstones and reading the spare words that…

Pope Leo XIV meets with Lebanese civil authorities in Beirut as he begins his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon, urging the country’s young people to speak “the language of hope,” which…

Pope Leo XIV prays with leaders of various Christian Churches in Nicaea, modern-day Iznik, Türkiye, and invites all Christians to follow the paths of fraternal encounter, dialogue, and cooperation. By…

‘Relentless’ 1st Sunday of Advent Year A 2025 Theme: Relentless

On his first Apostolic Journey abroad, Pope Leo XIV addresses authorities in Ankara, urging Türkiye to embrace its vocation as a bridge between cultures, faiths, and continents, and calling the…

Will the women deacons debate doom synodality? Heidi Schlumpf November 25, 2025 Link to article: https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/schlumpf-women-deacons-synodality-heidi-church-catholic hen the study groups on controversial issues from the Synod on Synodality released their…

Today –  19.00-20.30 UTC Wednesday 26th November – we reach the third week of presentations on identifying good practice in a synodal Church  Our presentations cover: The agenda and log…

Western People 18.11.2025 I’m not sure why I found some of the media coverage of the crimes of the disgraced  hurling icon, DJ Carey, so distasteful.(For those far from Ireland…

Coming Wood You Believe Healing Seminars with Jim Cogley & Luba Rodzhuk: An Tobar Retreat Centre, Navan, Fri 28th Nov 7.00-9.30pm – Recovery from Loss Saturday 10am-4pm Healing and Integration…

Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the Maga evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression Trumpism’s most revealing and defining moments…

Ahead of his upcoming Apostolic Journey to Türkiye, Pope Leo issues the Apostolic Letter ‘In unitate fidei’ on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, broken down into 12…