Edinburgh Newman Association

Vatican, September 19, 2023 On the eve of the publication of a “new” Laudato sì, the General Secretariat of the Synod intends to make its contribution to the conservation of creation…

Members of the clergy will be able to act as witnesses to the signing of decision-making assistance agreements, so it would be important that this is drawn to their attention…

Thomas O Loughlin offers his thoughts on a “new” lectionary following the recent announcement by the bishops of Scotland. Can we hope that our bishops might engage with Thomas and others before making a decision?
“There is an alternative – one already adopted in the 1973 English-language edition of the Liturgy of the Hours – which is to use a range of translations depending on what portion of scripture is being translated and how it is being used. Indeed, the very fact that in the current lectionary there is a distinct translation of the Psalter (and there is going to be a distinct version of the psalms in the proposed lectionary), shows that the ‘one size fits all’ approach to translations is faulty.”

JUDAS RELENTS At the start of 2016, Pope Francis on clericalism – Celebrating Mass in Santa Marta, he cited the return of the remorseful Judas to the Sanhedrin – and…

Paddy Ferry has forwarded the following: Bishops’ Conference of Scotland The Catholic Church in Scotland has submitted its response to the Vatican following the call from Pope Francis in 2021…

‘God is down in the swamps and the marshes, sensational as April.’           (THE ONE.  Paddy Kavanagh) Attention seekers: It was the cowslips peering out of the ground; it…