The international Catholic reform group CCRI has urged the head of Rome’s new department for Laity to support lay-led initiatives inspired by Pope Francis.
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‘Crusade’ against poverty needed: Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Ireland needs a new sense of common purpose and ‘a revolutionary campaign’ to fight poverty – Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in Dublin.
Irish-born bishop to head new Vatican department for Laity, Family and Life
Pope Francis appoints Irish-born Bishop Kevin Farrell to head new Vatican department for Laity, Family and Life
Next Roman synod to consider married priests?
With Pope Francis committed to synodality, and to confronting major issues, Austen Ivereigh wonders if the next Roman synod might consider the ordination of married men.
Being Catholic in Post-Catholic Ireland
An interesting conversation between Dr Gladys Ganiel (Queens University Belfast) and Sean Moncrieff (Newstalk FM) on the shifting sands of Catholicism in Ireland today.
“Build bridges, not walls!” Pope Francis to world youth
Forsake the couch – and the video screen – to build a multicultural world at peace with itself: Pope Francis to the millennials.
Video from “The Role of Church in a Pluralist Society: Good Riddance or Good Influence?” June 22nd-24th 2016
Watch this short video from conference speakers (3.25 mins)
Killing of Fr Jacques Hamel in Normandy: A ‘New Frontier’ for the Church?
The Manchester Guardian attempts to assess the likely impact on Catholicism of a most shocking event that is not without precedent.
Minutes of ACI North Wicklow Meeting 29th June 2016
The meeting used as a basis for its discussion the Priests Council Data Report 2030 published on the Archdiocese website in January 2016.
Family-centred shake-up in Rome
"We need lay people with a vision of the future, not confined to the little things of life." Pope Francis, June 16th, 2016.
Faith school: Desertmartin PS and Knocknagin PS to make NI history (BBC News)
The BBC are reporting that two small County Derry primary schools are set to make history by becoming the first jointly-run church school in Northern Ireland. Desertmartin PS and Knocknagin PS want to merge and be jointly managed by the Catholic Church, Church of...
Is the LGBT community still ‘them’ and not ‘us’?
Fr James Martin SJ asks whether US Catholic bishops should have expressed solidarity with the LGBT community in the wake of the Orlando tragedy.
Pope Francis enables removal of bishops for negligence on abuse
Will Pope Francis’ decision on errant bishops actually work? Marie Collins is hopeful but waiting to see.
Rome changing its tune on female ordination?
Women’s Ordination Worldwide hold their first permitted meeting in Rome, June 2016.
Minutes of ACI North Wicklow Meeting Wednesday 27th April 2016
Discussion this month included Pope Francis’ encyclical, ‘Amoris Laetitia (The Joy of Love) and the recent diocesan Synod in Limerick.