Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership team weekly Sunday video homily

The National Catholic Reporter carries a report about the conclusions of the Synod on the Amazon.

The idea that all sanctions and restrictions were lifted from Sean Fagan before his death is being widely circulated, and also in some of the comments on this site.
Shamefully, for those who had the authority to do so, all the sanctions placed on Sean Fagan were not removed before his death.

The priest was also amused to have lent his surname to Fr Ted Crilly of the sitcom Father Ted Link to article: https://www.irishtimes.com/obituaries/2025/08/02/fr-oliver-crilly-obituary-scholar-who-overhauled-the-churchs-publishing-and-attempted-to-negotiate-an-end-to-the-1981-hunger-strikes/ Sat Aug 02 2025 – 19:00 Born July…

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.”

Root and Branch are organising a Synod in Bristol (5-12 September 2021) where Mary McAleese, Ally Kateusz, James Carroll, Ursula King, Helena Kennedy, and James Alison are some of the…

‘The Last Priests in Ireland’ and ‘The Last Nuns in Ireland’ Episode one, Monday 15th Jan 9.35pm and Episode two, Tuesday 16th Jan 10.15pm The statistics are stark. The average…