Global Catholicism ‘Going South’!
With the bulk of the world’s practising Catholics now in the global south – Africa, Asia and Latin America – and the youth of the global north tending to drift away, Catholicism is becoming ‘polycentric’ – and is also under serious...
‘Say No to Ideologies!’: Pope Francis
“Say no to ideologies,” urged Pope Francis on Pentecost Sunday 2021 – making clear that he was speaking not just of secular ideologies such as communism and capitalism but also of the ‘isms’ that divide the church. “Today, if we...
Pope Francis: Another Bombshell – a ‘Peoples’ Synod
Pope Francis has postponed the Rome Synod of Bishops set for 2022 – and instructed the world’s Bishops to undertake a preliminary process of consultation with their own people in their dioceses, beginning in October 2021. Then they are to meet in...
Pope Francis Makes Catechesis a Lay Ministry
In a move toward promoting family prayer and faith formation, and the role of all lay people in the mission of the church, Pope Francis has instituted the lay ministry of Catechist. On Tuesday May 11th, 2021, he made catechesis – formal instruction in faith...
Synodality: Australian Hopes and Fears
Heavily impacted by Irish influence – especially by Ireland’s Cardinal Cullen in the later 1800s – the Australian Catholic church now stands close to dissolution following a familiar and shattering sequence of events: the mishandling of clerical...ACI – Latest News
THE SYNODAL PATHWAY
The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' - a journey towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) may mark a watershed in its history - if it fulfils the promise of a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of ACI's concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, the Irish Bishops Conference has assured ACI that our submissions to it in 2019 - centred on the Baptismal Common Priesthood of the People of God - will be included in the Irish Synodal Pathway deliberative process.
The following documents were submitted to the ICBC, by the ACI Steering Group, for consideration at its autumn meeting in Maynooth beginning on October 1st, 2019.
The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents who educated Catholic Bishops on the paramountcy of the obligation of safeguarding 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.
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The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' - a journey towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) may mark a watershed in its history - if it fulfils the promise of a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of ACI's concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, the Irish Bishops Conference has assured ACI that our submissions to it in 2019 - centred on the Baptismal Common Priesthood of the People of God - will be included in the Irish Synodal Pathway deliberative process.
The following documents were submitted to the ICBC, by the ACI Steering Group, for consideration at its autumn meeting in Maynooth beginning on October 1st, 2019.
The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents who educated Catholic Bishops on the paramountcy of the obligation of safeguarding 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.
If you like what you see here why not support our work?
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