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Tues Dec 30th – Key Words As we approach the end of another year I remind myself of the three key words that have been central to my life for…

Dignitatis Humanae (1965), the Vatican II declaration on  religious liberty, offers, in just one sentence, a consistent deductive theology that supports the Creed, illuminates the past and can shape the future….

Theme: ‘Fidelity’ Holy Family 2025 – Sunday 28 Dec 2025

Christmas Greetings from the ACP The ACP Leadership – Tim Hazelwood, Roy Donovan and Gerry O’Connor – would like to extend Christmas Blessings to all members, contributors and visitors to…

Christmas Greetings from the ACP The ACP Leadership – Tim Hazelwood, Roy Donovan and Gerry O’Connor – would like to extend Christmas Blessings to all members, contributors and visitors to…

‘Reshaped’ Christmas Day 2025

Tuesday 23rd December – Speaking our Truth Speaking our truth is not an easy matter while not speaking it is not good for us in the long-term. When we feel…

Western People 9.12.25 It’s now generally accepted that for Catholics ‘the way of being Church in the future’, as Pope Francis described it and as Pope Leo has confirmed, is…

Pope Leo XIV convenes his first Consistory of Cardinals, which will take place on January 7-8 and will be marked by prayer, support, and counsel for the Pope. Vatican News…

These are interesting days. Advent is such an evocative time if it isn’t taken over by the razzmatazz of Christmas. I do wish that we could all open our Advent…

Pope Leo XIV accepts the resignation of Cardinal Vincent Nichols and appoints Richard Moth as the new Archbishop of Westminster, in Great Britain. Vatican News – link: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-12/pope-leo-xiv-britain-richard-moth-new-archbishop-westminster.html File photo…

As Pope Leo XIV accepts the resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan and appoints Archbishop Ronald Hicks to shepherd the Archdiocese of New York, Archbishop Hicks tells Vatican News that the…

Archbishop Eamon Martin has said Ireland is “in some ways lost” and in need of a renewed spiritual conversation, expressing hope that Pope Leo XIV could visit Ireland as part…

Sunday 21 Dec 2025 – ‘Worth the Cost’ 4th Sunday of Advent Year A 2025

Jubilee 2025 and Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta Is teach foilsitheoireachta Íosánach é Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta a bhfuil leabhair á bhfoilsiú aige as Gaeilge faoin gcreideamh agus faoin gcultúr Críostaí le seachtó…

You’ve been duped – exposing Vatican deceptions about the decision on women deacons Dr Luca Badini Confalonieri – 17 December 2025 Link to article: published on The Wijngaards Institute for…

We Are Church Ireland wishes to add its voice to those who have expressed deep disappointment at the conclusions of the Petrocchi Report, barring women from the diaconate. We are…

Baptised and Sent Sets out Seven Priorities for Renewal https://synod.ie/baptised-and-sent-seven-priorities/ Julieann Moran and Fr Declan Hurley offer their insights into the seven priorities for the Irish Synodal Pathway, as set…