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Mimetic Desire, The American Dream And the Next Global Financial Crisis

Mimetic Desire, The American Dream And the Next Global Financial Crisis

by | Apr 14, 2015 | ,

By applying René Girard’s theory of mimetic desire to the American Dream and national economies Aidan Hart shows how it reveals their deep sickness and inevitable journey towards another global crisis, increasing violence and the disintegration of the social, moral and religious fabric of society. Has Christianity the answer? Read on and find out!

OMG! A new catholic online quarterly

OMG! A new catholic online quarterly

by | Apr 11, 2015 | ,

A group of ordinary-but-imaginative Catholics, have launched a relatively new online quarterly called OMG! They want to establish a forum that will draw the attention of thoughtful people everywhere and appeal, ultimately, to men and women of good will looking to make...

Gay Sex: Moral or Immoral?

Gay Sex: Moral or Immoral?

by | Mar 24, 2015 | ,

Gary Gutting, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, provides food for debate in the form of a recent New York Times article. In it he claims there is an argument to be made that allows rational reflection to strongly supports the claim that homosexual acts are not in general immoral, nor is there a need to conclude that God’s revelation says otherwise. This he says, points the way to the church’s acceptance of homosexual acts as part of a morally fulfilling human relationship.

Women speak about gender reform in the church from the heart of the Vatican

Women speak about gender reform in the church from the heart of the Vatican

by | Mar 14, 2015 | ,

"In all my years as a Catholic, I have never heard anyone speak so clearly about gender equality." (Deborah Rose-Milavec, FutureChurch)

The following is taken from an email that Executive Director of the US Catholic Reform FutureChurch Deborah Rose-Milavec sent to members about activities at the International Women’s Day in Rome, March 8th 2015. Reproduced here with kind permission.
The event was organised by ‘Voices of Faith’*.

SOUNDING BOARD by Teresa Mee

SOUNDING BOARD by Teresa Mee

by | Mar 14, 2015 | ,

SOUNDING BOARD Dressed and staying in bed on a Saturday morning to relieve the pressure on a sore throat and cold exacerbated by a late evening meal out, I’m finally opening up to ‘the Power of the Now’. What is staying with me from yesterday’s enjoyable evening with...

ACI’s Campaign for Lumen Gentium 37

The Promise of Synodality

What we have experienced of synodality so far gives ACI real hope that a longstanding structural injustice in the church may at last be acknowledged and overcome.

As all Irish bishops well know, the 'co-responsibility' they urge lay people to share - as numbers and energies of clergy decline - has been sabotaged time and again by canonical rules that deny representational authority and continuity to parish pastoral councils.  ACI's 2019 call for the immediate honouring of Lumen Gentium Article 37 becomes more urgent by the day and is supported by the following documents - also presented to the ICBC in October 2019.

The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents and victims of clerical abuse who taught Catholic Bishops to prioritise the safeguarding of children in the church

Jesus as Model for the Common Priesthood of the People of God
It was for challenging religious hypocrisy and injustice that Jesus was accused and crucified. He is therefore a model for the common priesthood of the laity and for the challenging of injustice - in society and within the church.

A Suggested Strategy for the Recovery of the Irish and Western Catholic Church
Recovery of the church depends upon acknowledgment of the indispensable role of the common priesthood of the lay people of God and the explicit abandonment by bishops and clergy of paternalism and clericalism - the expectation of deference from lay people rather than honesty and integrity.

For the full story of ACI's campaign for the honouring of Article 37 of Lumen Gentium, click here.

Prayer

"Come Holy Spirit, Renew Your wonders in this our day, as by a new Pentecost. Grant to Your Church that, being of one mind and steadfast in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and following the lead of blessed Peter, it may advance the reign of our Divine Saviour, the reign of truth and justice, the reign of love and peace. Amen."

Saint Pope John XXIII, 1962 - In preparation for Vatican Council II, 1962-65.

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