When Will Irish Bishops Get Serious About Synodality?
In 1964, just three years short of ordination to the priesthood, the Jesuit scholastic Ken McCabe spent a week in Daingean reformatory, Co Offaly. Shocked at what he saw as the under-resourcing of the institution and the consequent impact on the staff and the boys...
Still Undiscussable – the Ryan Report – May 20th, 2009
1. Physical and emotional abuse and neglect were features of the institutions. Sexual abuse occurred in many of them, particularly boys’ institutions. Schools were run in a severe, regimented manner that imposed unreasonable and oppressive discipline on children and...
Erring Shepherds – Aidan Hart
It has pained me greatly to write this article. I deeply love the Catholic Church – which has an unconditionally loving, merciful and triune God at its centre. I have great respect and love for Pope Francis and have worked closely throughout my life with many...
Has Richard Sipe explained the cover-up of clerical child sex abuse in the Catholic Church?
The globally revealed cover-up by Catholic bishops of clerical child sex abuse has never been explained by the Catholic central leadership in Rome. In the case of Ireland, Pope Benedict XVI in 2010 attributed failures by bishops in the Dublin archdiocese to the...
The movie ‘Spotlight’ and the church’s need for outsiders
Warned by media and friends to compare the movie Spotlight with the 1976 classic All the President’s Men I am now intensely grateful for that misdirection. It meant that Spotlight was a complete surprise, and a stunning reminder of the Catholicism that for most...ACI – Latest News
The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) marks a watershed in its history - a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of our concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, our bishops have already shown evidence of a new commitment to listening, to solidarity with the excluded and to 'walking together' - after so many arid decades of walking apart.
So here we offer the ever-trustable gateway to the future: our globally known Prayer Page:
Prayer of the Faithful
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Apprised of our concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, our bishops have already shown evidence of a new commitment to listening, to solidarity with the excluded and to 'walking together' - after so many arid decades of walking apart.
So here we offer the ever-trustable gateway to the future: our globally known Prayer Page:
Prayer of the Faithful
If you like what you see here why not support our work?
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