Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership – weekly Sunday video homily

Chris McDonnell writes in the Catholic Times about the urgency of the cry from the depths about the future of our church.
“Current critics have rocked the complacency of many priests and laity who simply prefer not to think of failure within the church. They still occupy a Church of peace and tranquillity that is the stuff of false memory. That is why the urgency to change is not recognized. The first stimulus  to begin reform is a recognition that current circumstances cry out with the urgency of a wounded child.”

Renewing faith, hope and love: Pope Francis’ message for Lent 2021 In his message for Lent 2021, Pope Francis calls on the faithful to “renew our faith, draw from the…

by Michael Sean Winters, November 13, 2025 Link: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/badly-divided-usccb-limps-future The overarching story from this year’s plenary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is that an increasingly slim majority of…

Western People  26.9.23. I suspect I’m not the only one who finds the Garda plebiscite on Commissioner Drew Harris as more than a bit weird. It’s not just the extraordinary…

Behold the man… PREVOST Card. Robert Francis, O.S.A. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A., Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, Archbishop-Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo, was born on 14 September 1955 in Chicago…

Much ado about nothing The Fox and the Heron: I sometimes meet two herons at the Tolka River in the mornings. They are never together and maintain an appropriate distance…