Fr Peter Hughes SSC speaks about the Amazon

Fr Peter Hughes SSC speaks about the Amazon

Fr Malachy Smyth interviews Columban Fr Peter Hughes who is on mission in Peru. He shares some of his knowledge of, and interest in the Amazon Region, which he refers to as the ‘Lungs of Planet Earth’. He stresses that the people of the Amazon “have...
Clerical celibacy debate: When Fr Bobby wrote to Pope Francis

Clerical celibacy debate: When Fr Bobby wrote to Pope Francis

In light of the recent tension over Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s comments on clerical celibacy and as Pope Francis prepares to publish his response to the recommendation on ordaining married men made at the Synod on the Amazon, Fr Bobby Gilmore has given us a copy of...
Update from Fr Peter Hughes on the Synod on the Amazon

Update from Fr Peter Hughes on the Synod on the Amazon

In the final week of the Synod on the Amazon, Columban missionary Fr Peter Hughes, who is a participant at the Rome gathering, provided this update on the progress of discussions. Greetings from Rome and a note beginning the final week of this extraordinary event. The...
Scott Wright on the need to respond to creation’s cry

Scott Wright on the need to respond to creation’s cry

The Director of the Columban Centre for Advocacy and Outreach in Washington DC writes on theme ‘Signs of the Time: Responding to the cry of creation with hearts full of mercy’. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and preparation for Easter by calling us to a...