Mary McAleese speaks for the majority of Catholics in Ireland when she says that our church is not going to be updated by a small number of celibate male ordained bishops. The key to synodality is equ
Recently life in Japan has taken a sombre hue. New blood is needed but the country has become more wary of foreigners and immigrants than ever. 80% of applications for permanent residence are turned d
I am in agreement with Mary McAleese on one point. Leo XIV is most definitely a stopgap. However, I strongly suspect that the type of Pontiff that I wish to see whenever Pope Leo's successor is electe
I was already experiencing the Synodal process with its controlling exclusions as trying to put new wine into the old patriarchal wineskins, but now I also picture rancid butter being spread on freshl
Martin of Cochem (born at Cochem on the Mosel, 13 December 1630 or 1634; died in the convent at Waghäusel, 10 September 1712) was a German Capuchin theologian, preacher, and ascetic writer.
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Key Message:
You are Blessed, even when you are right and everything around you goes wrong!!
Homily:
Testimony of a Christian worker: I was distressed that none of m
Ahhhh Brendan! All 4 books you recommend are by men!
And the 3 books in Comments 1 and 2 are also all by men!
Is Equality for Women just a slogan?
I must recommend an excellent book launched by
Ron Rolheiser, omi, newest book release: "Insane for the Light" is a spirituality for our wisdom years. He sheds a light on how to relinquish one's life and how to give one's death away.
Thank you Brendan for your thoughtful suggestions. I would like to recommend my two favourite books on the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Faith.
1."The Incredible Catholic Mass" by Fr. Martin vo
It's hard to do more than project one's fantasies onto a saint if there is no documentation, which is not the case with St Patrick whose voice comes to us so clearly through his writings. I asked Chat
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