Gerry O’Connor CSsR, ACP Leadership – Weekly Sunday Homily

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Sarah Mac Donald – Irish Independent The declining fortunes of the Catholic Church in Ireland is making itself felt on its overworked and stretched priests, many of whom are working…

BY CHRISTOPHER WHITE, Vatican Correspondent, Rome — May 21, 2024 Pope Francis expressed firm opposition to the idea of ordaining Catholic women as deacons in a new U.S. television interview,…

Chris McDonnell  writing in the Catholic Times on Friday 06 July comments on the shattering of the ‘American Dream’.
“The current argument in the US is not between Democrats and Republicans; it is between decency and autocracy.”
“”It is a time when the Christian voice of compassion and care must be strong in defence of those who have little, whose strength is insufficient to meet the challenge that they face.”

The National Catholic Reporter carries a robust editorial on Cardinal Ouellet’s response to Archbishop Viganò. It challenges the role of those U.S. catholics “whose primary ambition, it seems, is to convince the rest of us that the Christian Gospel was actually promulgated to justify the most extreme expressions of American-style capitalism.”
It concludes “The work ahead will require more than bluster and misappropriated slogans. It will require accessing the deepest levels of our sacramental tradition. It will require the imposition of unprecedented accountability from bishops. It will also require bishops with the will to confront the toughest questions about how the clerical culture arrived at this point.”

An Invitation to Prayer from the Archdiocese of Armagh On Sunday, 24 August parishes across Ireland are invited to unite once more in a Day of Prayer and Reflection for…