- Written by: Frank Callus
The ACTA AGM will take place at 7.00pm on Sunday 6 th July 2025 via Zoom
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- Written by: Alex Walker
As we gain insights into the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV the Scottish Laity Network are delighted to welcome back Massimo Faggioli on Thursday, 19 June at 7pm, to help us discern what these early days are revealing.
Massimo is a professor in the department of theology and religious studies at Villanova University, which is the only Augustinian university in the United States, and the university where Pope Leo XIV earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 1977 and received an honorary Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa, from the University in 2014.
Massimo writes regularly for Italian and English-speaking journals and magazines on the Church, religion and politics, has a column in "La Croix International", is contributing editor for 'Commonweal', and staff writer for 'Il Regno'. His books and articles have been published in eight languages.
You can register for this online session at: https://forms.gle/kjbvb26BMdKMjfS77
- Written by: Alex Walker
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22/06/2025 ACTA Co-ordinators Meeting
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06/07/2025 ACTA Annual General Meeting
08/07/2025 Synodality 101: Conversations in the Spirit Workshops
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- Written by: Root & Branch
As we start to gain insights into the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV we are delighted to welcome back our friend and companion Massimo Faggioli who will help us to discern what these early days are revealing.Read more: Pope Leo XIV - insights on the first month of his pontificate
- Written by: Alex Walker
United in prayer
As the Cardinal electors cast their votes in the Sistine Chapel, Cardinal Re urged everyone to pray that the Holy Spirit, "who in the last hundred years has given us a series of truly holy and great Pontiffs, will give us a new Pope according to God’s heart for the good of the Church and of humanity."
“May we pray for "a Pope who knows how best to awaken the consciences of all and awaken the moral and spiritual energies in today’s society" that "tends to forget God."”
The Cardinal remarked how the world expects much from the Church in safeguarding the "fundamental human and spiritual values" that human coexistence and future generations depend upon.
“May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, intercede with her maternal intercession, so that the Holy Spirit will enlighten the minds of the Cardinal electors and help them agree on the Pope that our time needs.”