Watch: CBS interviews Pope Francis on 60 Minutes
- Written by: Alex Walker
Pope Francis sits down for a global exclusive interview with CBS Evening News anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell from the Vatican.
In this wide-ranging conversation, Francis speaks about the wars across the world, immigration, climate change, his vision for the Catholic Church and his legacy. Ahead of the Church's first World Children's Day, the Pontiff talks about children as hope for the future.
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Describing the Pope as "warm, engaging, thoughtful, and funny," Norah O'Donnell tweeted on X: "When 60 Minutes interviewed Pope Francis, he insisted on shaking everyone's hand in the room, including our entire crew."
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SYNOD: ACTAs Response to the Synthesis Report
- Written by: Frank Callus
"One man, two vocations is perfectly possible"
- Written by: Chris McDonnell
Founded in Britain in the 1970s, the Movement for a Married Clergy is closing down its work on Easter Sunday and handing over the reins to a new synodal group, explains its secretary.
I return this Easter to an issue that refuses to hide its face, the continuing fall in the number of priests serving our parishes. We should be considering this question as a matter of some urgency if we are to maintain our present diocesan structures at anywhere near their present level, let alone seek to become a missionary Church.
A number of factors might be considered that have given rise to our present predicament. The age profile of serving priests continues to rise. Parishes with more than one priest are rare so the return alone to an empty house is uninviting. Above all, the question of a compulsorily celibate clergy remains with us. How often do our bishops face the unenviable task of replacing a priest who, through age or infirmity, can no longer continue with his duties? Or a younger man who has fallen in love and is unable to sustain his vocation?
Authority and the Church - Oscott College
- Written by: Alex Walker
This one-day Symposium is an opportunity to explore the role of authority in the Church, especially in light of developments in synodality and a post-modern culture. A particular focus will be the relationship between Revelation and the Papacy.
There is a link to register via Eventbrite on our homepage www.oscott.net .
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Believing, not Belonging Research
- Written by: Frank Callus
The ACTA National Conference in 2018 was addressed by Dr Anna Abrams, of the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology on the subject of Ecclesial Ethics.
Last summer Bishop Alan Williams SM, the Bishop of Brentwood, invited Catholics who no longer regularly come to church to get in touch. Bishop Alan wanted to seriously listen to their stories and experiences to understand why so many Catholics no longer feel as though they belong in the Church.
The results of that research, carried out in partnership with the Margaret Beaufort Institute, have now been published.
Dr Liam Hayes, Director of The Centre for Ecclesial Ethics at the Margaret Beaufort Institute, Cambridge, undertook the research on Bishop Alan’s behalf. He says: “Our research revealed that many of the 80% of baptised Catholics who no longer go to Church do not feel welcome, appreciated or even visible, for they experience a Church in which they no longer see their face, hear their voice or recognise their story in too many of the church’s ethical teachings and its wider praxis.
Believing, not Belonging, he says, presents a moving and challenging insight into how our Church and the Covid-19 pandemic have contributed to a movement away from a regular practice of faith for many Catholics and offers our Church a living repository of wisdom that might enrich and inform our ongoing journey of renewal in the diocese.
The research report can be read here:
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