This article, taken from the National Catholic Reporter, deals with the situation in Austria. It is very interesting to see the nature of the debate going on between the Cardinal and the Priest’s Initiative. It is public and open, with a great deal of respect being shown on both sides.
If only we could have that here in Ireland!!!
Fr. Jimmy McPhillips of Clogher Diocese defends his fellow Fermanagh man and ACP member, Fr Brian D’Arcy CP.
The Fourth Sunday of Easter is often called Good Shepherd Sunday, because the readings are about the care we receive from Christ, our true shepherd, a care Christians are invited to copy. Today is also the day of prayer for vocations.
This is a very interesting short piece sent to us by Des O’Donnell OMI. It show that the U.S. bishops were open to discussing the sort of issues that Irish Priests are now being silenced and censored for; indeed they were prepared to go much further.
Jo O’Sullivan has put pen to paper again for us, and she looks at one possible vision of the future of the Church, what might happen if all those who think differently to the Magisterium on certain issues have either left or been driven out.
This comment, about the problem of anonymous contributions to our website, has come in from Michael O’Brien. Since it is something the ACP leadership has been thinking about, it has been put up as a post. A comment from the moderators is added underneath.
For those who do not read the Sunday World, this is Fr Brian D’Arcy’s column for Sunday, April 22nd.
Throughout the Easter season, the Church continues to announce and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead…
This is the press statement issued by We are Church announcing a silent vigil outside the Apostolic Nunciature on Sunday afternoon, April 29th.
There are some people commenting on the ACP Opinion Poll who do not seem to understand what an opinion poll is, and who interpret it as a list of demands about the way the church should be: they see it as a type of disloyalty or rebellion. Pádraig McCarthy explains…
The present debate is certainly inspiring people to begin to think out their position in the Church in a way that they may not have done before, and to state it publicly. This time Martina Killeavy takes pen to paper.
This extensive article on the Eucharistic Congress was sent to us by John O’Loughlin Kennedy.
We publish this with acknowledgement to the Western People
This article was sent to us this evening by Nessan Vaughan.
We are happy to put it up.
This open letter comes from the Association of Pittsburg Priests in the United States. We thank them for their support
This piece is by a Redemptorist colleague of Tony Flannery, writing from Brazil. It is typical of the widespread support being given to Tony by Redemptorists here in Ireland and in many other countries.
A reflection from a friend of Sean Fagan
Pat Donnellan expresses sadness at the attempt to ‘silence’ Tony Flannery, but also prays for hope and tolerance. Pat is parish priest of Islandeady in the archdiocese of Tuam, one of almost 50 priests there who are ACP members.
These interesting quotations from the 1971 Synod on ‘Justice in the World’ came from our colleague in Australia, Gerry Hefferan. This official Church document has much to say that is relevant to the current situation in the Church. It is a short piece, well worth reading.
Fr Pat Moore reports on Kerry priests’ reaction to the “silencing” of Tony Flannery
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