Euro Synod Prague update…

Our prayers and sympathies go to the Catholic community of Paris and to all French people following the devasting fire at Notre Dame Cathedral.

Updated – Notre-Dame refleurira!

A new paper by the Iona Institute has highlighted Ireland’s marriage and birth rates – On The Wrong Course – birth, marriage and family trends in Ireland Link to paper:…

Mary McAleese is reported as saying the exclusion of women from ordination is based on “fake theology”. Ireland’s former President has formal qualifications in both Civil and Canon Law but…

Brendan Hoban, in his Western People column, reacts to the letter, Beloved Amazon, issued by Pope Francis last week.
“It is important for us to name the disappointment, the frustration, the sadness, the upset, the anger that are part of the fall-out from last week’s letter.”
“The answer is that for some people, and progressively more, the waiting is over. Parents with children – teenage and adult – understand why time is important. Our leaders seem to be in denial about the impact such catastrophic delays are having on the confidence and the membership of our Church.”

Mini Incarnations of Christ Franciscan sister Ilia Delio focuses on the theology of the incarnation and the universal nature of the Christ mystery: The Christian message is that God has…

Should world news media be giving serious time these days to the possibility that the direction set by Pope Francis for Catholic Church reform – the programme he called ‘Synodality‘ – could be reversed by…