PAX CHRISTI Mass for Peace today

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…

25th Anniversary of We Are Church IrelandDear WAC Members and Friends,We are celebrating 25 years of We Are Church Ireland! To mark this occasion we will be presenting to all who…

UPDATED with sample of guidelines from Diocese of Santa Fe, USA

Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, has contacted parishes suggesting “a list of the questions that each parish should be asking at this stage as it prepares its own plan and reflects on the personnel needs required to put that plan into action.”  

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.”

Sophie’s Choice Brendan Hoban – Western People ‘May you live in interesting times’ is an English expression that’s claimed to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Like it…