Managing Identities: Towards a better understanding of Liberal-Catholics Volunteers required. Read on ... Roman Catholicism has long been the dominant religion in Ireland. Despite a general decline in religious participation across Europe, Ireland has...
New Era – Last chance: Catholic Priests Associations and Reform Groups unite in International Conference in Limerick, Ireland PRESS RELEASE Limerick, 16.04.2015. “With the resignation of Pope Benedict we are at the end of an era, and this is our best chance to renew...
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!
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” (1 Peter 1:3). Wishing all ACI Members and their Families Joy and Peace this Easter....
The Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) hosted an open forum in the Regency Hotel, Dublin on the 21st of March 2015. The aim of the conference was to facilitate dialogue and to develop submissions to the Synod on the Family from ACI members and...
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.
We do not need to believe that Jesus intended violence – just that he has obliged us to choose repentance to achieve peace.
"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 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...
Wherever Catholics gather this year to participate in the Synod on the Family consultation process, the issue of family planning and contraception will undoubtedly feature. This short history of how it became and remains a hotly contested issue within the Church may...
Commenting on the Family Synod, Frank Gregg explains why so many of his peers have given up on the church – and why he has not.
"Reform of the Roman Curia is difficult … there is no consensus on the Petrine ministry or the needs of the church today," says Thomas Reese.
Sean O’Conaill reflects on an early consumerist fantasy – and on the work of René Girard, profound Catholic theoretician on the origins of violence.
Cardinal Sean O’Malley tells media that accountability proposals for bishops are currently with theologians and canon lawyers.
Secularisation doesn’t need to be seen as the end of Christianity. This page provides a link to a masterly short history of the process, by Richard Lebrun.