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

In what was one of Europe’s most religious countries, mass attendance has dropped severely, Irish priests find themselves working far past retirement age, and only a small number of apprentices…

It’s time we stood up to the anti-vaxxers.                   Western People 19.10.2021 What, I wonder, will be the response to Ireland’s latest footballing…

Press coverage of ACP AGM: Irish Independent:  https://www.independent.ie/world-news/priests-bullied-and-mocked-over-their-appearance-by-bishops-priests-meeting-hears-41039680.html Irish Times:  https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/diocesan-synods-last-chance-saloon-for-catholic-church-priest-meeting-hears-1.4725168        

Brendan Hoban in the current edition of Studies gives an honest assessment of the current state of the Church in Ireland and says “that ongoing change is now a permanent reality for the Catholic Church”. Brendan also posits a possible way forward based on the reality of the situation but reminds us that by rejecting the reality of change we are “by extension, rejecting the possibility of reshaping a different church.”
Our thanks to the Editor of Studies, Bruce Bradley SJ, for permission to publish this article on our website.

The following statement was released by the ACCCR when the Australian (Synod) Assembly ended in disarray after the 43 bishops voted down a Motion on the equality and ministry of…

John Wijngaards is founder of the UK-based Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research, writing in the Irish Times: Pope Francis has unleashed a synodal process of consultations in the Catholic Church. It offers…