- Written by: Paul Browne
Pope Francis ends three days of meetings with a senior group of cardinals on 20 February. John Sullivan, Professor of Christian Education at Liverpool Hope University, and Sister Jane Livesey, head of the Congregation of Jesus, discuss whether this is a moment of change for the Catholic Church.
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- Written by: Admin
Many ACTA groups are working very hard, collecting parish experiences of the new translation, sharing them on the web-site as Shrewsbury ACTA did recently, studying the issues involved such as inclusive language or dynamic translation - all helping us to accumulate a powerful body of evidence to help campaigning for a change to the 1998 ICEL excellent translation. The prayer life of many, many Catholics is deeply affected by the inadequacies of the current translation.
Letter to Archbishop Nichols (15.36 kB) 
Response from Mgr Marcus Stock p1 (5.69 MB) Response from Mgr Marcus Stock p2 (117.59 kB)
- Written by: Bishop Colin Davies
For St Valentines Day, an edited letter written by
+C.C.DAVIES. MHM. BSP. EMERITUS OF NGONG. KENYA on 4/2/14 in response to criticism of ACTA. Bishop Colin Davies attended Vatican Council II having become Prefect Apostolic in July 1964 which entitled him to join the Council for the 1964 and 1965 sessions and he was appointed a Bishop in 1976. He fully supports ACTA and feels it is being condemned without being heard:To deny the sincerity of ‘A Call to Action’s’ mission statement is a totally unwarranted and unloving lack of appreciation of the sincerity, the attitude and motivation of Catholics who want what the Church wants.
- Written by: Pope Francis
Message of Pope Francis for the 29th World Youth Day 2014
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” (Mt 5:3)
The Beatitudes of Jesus are new and revolutionary. They present a model of happiness contrary to what is usually communicated by the media and by the prevailing wisdom. A worldly way of thinking finds it scandalous that God became one of us and died on a cross! According to the logic of this world, those whom Jesus proclaimed blessed are regarded as useless, “losers”. What is glorified is success at any cost, affluence, the arrogance of power and self-affirmation at the expense of others.
- Written by: Canon Chris Walsh
Canon Chris Walsh has written four commentaries on the Pope's exhortation - Evangelii Gaudiam for his local newspaper. They are published here with kind permission of the author. A former member of ICEL and lecturer in Liturgical Studies at Ushaw College.
The Joy of the Gospel - Christian Viewpoint (90.27 kB)