by soconaill | Dec 28, 2021 | News, Synodal Pathway, Video Links, WithSidebar
‘I am continuously searching for a God I am not sure exists,’ Tom Inglis told an ACI Zoom gathering on Thursday Nov 25, 2021. Identifying as some kind of Catholic because no other identity quite fits, the retired sociologist explored the mystery of...
by soconaill | Dec 7, 2021 | News, WithSidebar
“We cannot avoid noting with concern how today, and not only in Europe, we are witnessing a retreat from democracy.” So declared Pope Francis in Athens, the birthplace of Democracy, on Saturday December 4th, 2021. In remarks that a conservative 19th...
by soconaill | Dec 6, 2021 | News, WithSidebar
With every one of the twenty-six Irish dioceses having had at least one bishop in the past, the Irish Bishops Conference is set for downsizing – with the pending appointment of just one bishop to administer two adjoining dioceses. On Tuesday November 16th, 2021...
by soconaill | Nov 29, 2021 | News, WithSidebar
What does the Bible mean by saying we are made in the image of God? For Richard Rohr OFM its meaning is that ‘Our DNA is divine’, that the Trinity dwell within us and that ‘the divine indwelling is never earned by any behavior, group membership, or...
by soconaill | Nov 27, 2021 | News, Parish Development, WithSidebar
With nearly half of the 312 priests in Dublin’s Catholic Archdiocese now 70 or older, and just two students preparing for priesthood, Dublin archdiocese faces a personnel crisis in the short term – with so many priests set to retire by 2026. This stark...
by soconaill | Nov 23, 2021 | Environment, News, WithSidebar
In the wake of Cop26 in November 2021 – which disappointed the most climate-threatened societies on Earth – the task of carbon reduction for Cop27 is even more urgent, according to one of Pope Francis’s own advisers for the papal encyclical Laudato...
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