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In a new documentary that premiered in Rome yesterday, Pope Francis appeared to endorse civil unions for same-sex couples for the first time as pope.

As portrayed …

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Annual General Meeting of the ACP

via Zoom on

Wed Oct 28th 2020 @ 2.00pm

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WOMEN’S ORDINATION IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH,

by John O’Brien

(Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2019)

by Angela Hanley

My first reaction to such a title was “do we really need yet another book on …

‘Catch a falling star and put it in your pocket.’

The Fall:

The leaves. The colour. The deep pile carpet. The Fall. Words can be such a distraction. They can tempt us, tease us and even taunt us. The Fall? …

Fr. Tony Flannery

From the Outside: Rethinking Church Doctrine 

Followed by Q & A

7.30 – 9.00pm Monday 2^nd of November 2020

Online ZOOM event

Fr Tony Flannery

• Tony Flannery (born 1947) joined the Redemptorist Order in 1964
• He

This is the audio of the book launch by Prof Tom O’Loughlin of Tony Flannery’s new book ‘From the Outside.’ The launch took place via Zoom on Wed 21st Oct 2020.

Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership Team hosted proceedings …

From the Outside

Brendan Hoban

Many years ago, at an inter-church meeting, a Protestant minister who later became a great friend asked me the question: ‘Can you tell me this? Is it true that Catholics believe there are four persons …

From the Outside

by Tony Flannery

Zoom Book Launch

on

Wednesday 21^st October 2020 @ 7.30pm

by

Emeritus Professor Tom O’Loughlin

University of Nottingham

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Head coverings come in many shapes and sizes, as do the terracotta tiles that roof houses. This week’s words are built round the various tiles we wear on our heads and their significant purpose.

A roof tile to wear…

If fidelity oaths seem like something out of the Crusades, contemporary Catholics might be surprised to hear that the Vatican is still requiring some theologians and pastors to sign them.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has said …