Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership Team weekly Sunday homily – 3 Nov 2024

Brendan Hoban writes in the Western People in the wake of the recent Rome meeting on ‘The Protection of Minors in the Church’

“No one, reading what Francis has said, could find any kind of doublethink, evasion or prevarication. Or indeed any room for equivocation. He clearly means what he says and there’s a real sense that he is now giving the abuse of children (and how the Church has dealt with it in the past) his full and undivided attention. And, by announcing his ‘defrocking’ of former cardinal, a few days before the Rome conference he’s sent a clear signal of his intent.”

The document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Pope Leo XIV, offers clarifications on titles applied to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and calls for special…

Tues 17th Sept – Growing Older – Living with Open Hands It seems to be true that ageing is not an option while growing old is. We can neither turn…

Following meetings of the Advisory Committee, ACP Leadership Team and a discussion at the recent ACP AGM, it has been agreed to increase annual membership of the ACP to €50….

Press Release – We Are Church

Video – We are Church Ireland – Fr Bernard Lynch: The title of his talk was “Vatican hypocrisy and hope for our church” but the title should really be “The Meaning of Life”