A Voice to Reflect
The ACP is an association for Catholic Priests who wish to have a forum, and a voice to reflect on, discuss and comment on issues affecting the Irish Church and society today. We welcome any feedback you may have. If you are an existing member, you can pay your membership fee here. If you would like to support the ACP with a donation, you can do so here.
Today’s Homily Resources
30 May 2026 – Saturday of Week 8
30 May 2026 – Saturday of Week 8 1st Reading: Epistle of Jude, verses 17; 20-25 Persevere in God’s love, and welcome the mercy of Our Lord Jesus Christ My beloved, you must remember the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. But build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in...
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The Irish Catholic editorial: The Synod that forgot to save the Church – The Irish Synodal Pathway process is a serious undertaking by serious people. But who is it for?
Link to article There is something very admirable about the Irish Synodal Pathway. The people involved — and this newspaper has spent considerable time examining who they are and what…
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The Witness of Our Words: John Allen, Taylor Marshall, and the Catholic Culture of Contempt
Msgr. Arthur Holquin, S.T.L. May 29, 2026 Link to article John L. Allen Jr. died on January 22, 2026, two days after his sixty-first birthday, in Rome — the city…
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Seán Walsh: Just Another Blind Beggar
Just Another Blind Beggar He sat by the roadside in squalor and darkness, a cloak about frail shoulders, empty bowl to hand… Bartimaeus. ‘Sensed crowds gathering… caught snatches of chatter,…
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Association of Catholics in Ireland – ACI: Anthropic AI ‘Claude’ Finds Biblical Pattern of Violence in Church Secrecy Over Abuse
The AI Chatbot ‘Claude’, managed by Pope Leo’s preferred Silicon Valley AI firm Anthropic, has matched Catholic church secrecy over clerical abuse of children with recurring episodes of violence in…
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The Future of Religion: A Four-Week Online Class with Dr. Ilia Delio & Dr. Tripp Fuller
The Future of Religion Join the Class A Four-Week Online Class with Dr. Ilia Delio & Dr. Tripp Fuller – Link You haven’t lost your faith. You’ve outgrown its container….
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Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP leadership Team weekly Sunday video homily
‘Flowing Outward’ Holy Trinity – 31 May 2026
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Julieann Moran at Katholikentag – Saturday Panel Discussion on Synodality 16/05/26
My first observation concerns how and who shapes the future. Cardinal Grech has reminded us that synodality is not simply a process or a programme but a way of being…
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Jim Cogley’s Reflections: Tues 26 May – 1 June 2026
Wood You Believe – Seminar Healing of Childhood Trauma and Abuse Born out of immense suffering in the Christian Brothers Order and arising from revelations of Sexual Abuse within their…
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Vatican News – Anna Rowlands: Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’ will have enduring impact
As Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical ‘Magnifica humanitas’ is unveiled, Professor Anna Rowlands, theologian at Durham University, tells Vatican News that such a powerful message—addressing both the benefits and dangers of…
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Brendan Hoban: A struggle for the soul of US Catholicism
Western People 19.5.2026 Podcasts from the idiotic to the sublime now pepper the airwaves. All are to some degree or other ‘on the make’ – either by struggling to squeeze…