Wolfgang Palaver on ‘Faith and Power’ – April 30th, 2026

Apr 14, 2026 | 0 comments

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Palaver will speak for 40 Minutes,
followed by a Question and Answer session.

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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Palaver, as the former Head of the Research Platform “World Order – Religion – Violence” at the University of Innsbruck, was invited to carry out research at Stanford University (California, USA) where he met the billionaire Peter Thiel with whom he remains in contact to this day. He is very aware of the radical right tendencies in US politics and the manner in which Christianity is misused.

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Palaver will set out how this undermines the core Christian message. He is an expert on the relationship between violence and religion. For many years, he has also been engaged in interreligious dialogue at both local and international levels. He is the president of the Austrian section of Pax Christi and he is a Personal Representative to the OSCE to fight against intolerance, racism and discrimination, including against Christians and Members of other religions.

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ACI’s Campaign for Lumen Gentium 37

The Promise of Synodality

What we have experienced of synodality so far gives ACI real hope that a longstanding structural injustice in the church may at last be acknowledged and overcome.

As all Irish bishops well know, the 'co-responsibility' they urge lay people to share - as numbers and energies of clergy decline - has been sabotaged time and again by canonical rules that deny representational authority and continuity to parish pastoral councils.  ACI's 2019 call for the immediate honouring of Lumen Gentium Article 37 becomes more urgent by the day and is supported by the following documents - also presented to the ICBC in October 2019.

The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents and victims of clerical abuse who taught Catholic Bishops to prioritise the safeguarding of 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.

For the full story of ACI's campaign for the honouring of Article 37 of Lumen Gentium, click here.

Prayer

"Come Holy Spirit, Renew Your wonders in this our day, as by a new Pentecost. Grant to Your Church that, being of one mind and steadfast in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and following the lead of blessed Peter, it may advance the reign of our Divine Saviour, the reign of truth and justice, the reign of love and peace. Amen."

Saint Pope John XXIII, 1962 - In preparation for Vatican Council II, 1962-65.

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