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The school placement debate: Margaret Lee weighs in
Given the rising campaign for schools of minority parental choice, should the Irish church be more proactive in divestment?
Nuclear Weapons an Increasing Threat: Pulitzer Author
Have we escaped nuclear catastrophe merely through ‘dumb luck’, and do smaller nuclear weapons put us in ever-greater danger?
Minutes of ACI North Wicklow Meeting 10th June 2015
The Meeting reviewed the recent past activities ……
ACI discusses marriage and the family with archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Press Release: ACI emphasises the authority of married people in the context of marriage and the family, and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin concurs.
Pope Francis approves new Vatican department to judge failing bishops
Bishop accountability at last? The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith will supervise a new process to remove failing bishops.
Family Synod without married Catholics will lack authority: ACI
Without significant input from married Catholics the upcoming synod in Rome will lack authority. Our full press release can be accessed here.
Report from 3rd ACI Belfast Meeting: Sat 23rd May 2015
‘What is the Emerging Church?’ (click here to watch video) We live in a turbulent and difficult time for the church. Many worry for their families and wonder will faith remain an integral part of their lives in the future. So has the Holy Spirit gone on holiday or...
NCR Calls Catholics to oppose the ideology of Nuclear Deterrence
This cogent argument for ending reliance on the nuclear option for defence is also a very useful summary of Catholic Church statements on the issue.
Megan Rice Released
Anti-nuclear activist Sister Megan Rice, 85, has been released from prison in the US, having served two years for breaking into a nuclear facility in 2012.
Minutes of ACI North Wicklow Meeting 6th May 2015
The meeting was called to discuss the Marriage Referendum. It was agreed that the cases for ‘yes’ and ‘no’ positions would be examined against a background of what information the members were aware of.
ACI Mid-West participate in Limerick Diocesan Synod ‘Listening & Discernment’ process
ACI Mid-West, together with the Redemptorist Community, are jointly sponsoring an Open Meeting at the Redemptorist Monastery at Mount St. Alphonsus on Thursday next, May 7th at 8.00pm sharp (to conclude by 9.30pm) where ALL – that includes everybody, practising and non-practising alike – can share their views and have a say.
Press Statement from International Catholic reform Conference in Limerick, April 2015
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...
OMG! A new catholic online quarterly
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...
ACI Submission to Vatican Synod on the Family Consultation
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...