Brendan, I am always uplifted when I read your accounts of synodality at home.
I have shared this article tonight on the Scottish Laity Network FB page. My sharing of your previous articles were ver
While I’m very impressed with the report it seams to me that it has been overly influenced by interest groups and seems to be lacking in any way of reviewing the church such as in the education of c
Dr Nicola Brady has done a fine job as overall Chair - as I expected, given her fine record and her understanding of what synodality means in practice.
I would like to draw attention to the following
Sadly these fears proved to be well founded in the case of England and Wales. I am grateful the integrity of the synodal process wasn't compromised here in Ireland, even after some of our bishops had
Thanks to Seán O'Conaill for so well articulating this very important issue. With so much energy and focus now being put on synodality and the effort to restore the Church's credibility, particularly
Joe, I hope you will be pleased to know that I was thinking about you at Mass today.
We had a reading from Hebrews for the second reading ( 12:5-7, 11-13).
Now, given the wee bit of knowledge that
Thanks, Paddy, for that referral to ‘The Last Week’. Those two scholars (Crossan and Borg) strengthen the case for regarding Jesus’s teaching on the Kingdom of God as both anti-imperialist and n
Sean O'Conaill is right to sound a note of caution regarding any program of catechesis or evangelism that is rooted in a model of atonement whereby God is portrayed as orchestrating the crucifixion s
Key Message:
God disciplines us to enable us to pass through the narrow gate.
Homily:
In today's Gospel reading, our Lord Jesus urges us to enter Heaven through the
The stonewalling of the hierarchy is becoming a joke. Seeing women priests in action (and seeing same-sex couples thrive) one is convinced beyond argument that the church attitude to women (as to LGBT
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August 24 2022While I’m very impressed with the report it seams to me that it has been overly influenced by interest groups and seems to be lacking in any way of reviewing the church such as in the education of c
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