In a BBC interview, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, speaks of the need for a debate on priestly celibacy. And he believes it may be time for a pope from the developing world.
The ACP Leadership Team provide a brief summary of a very well attended meeting of ACP priest-members on Feb. 20th, commenting that “it would be impossible to do justice to the many great interventions at the meeting”.
Mattie Long (a priest of Tuam diocese) admires the courage of Pope Benedict in retiring when he could no longer provide effective ministry. He hopes this act might embolden Irish dioceses to face the dramatic reduction in priest numbers with more visionary solutions than the clustering of parishes.
Alan Hilliard (a priest of Dublin diocese) wrote this open letter to Fr Tony Flannery as a response to a talk given by Tony at the meeting of ACP priests in Athlone.
The qualities Karl Rahner suggested we look for look for in a candidate for bishop or parish priest are given here by Pádraig McCarthy.
Bernard Cotter offers bidding prayers for use at masses next weekend. In his own parish of Newcestown, young people read out the intentions, so they are designed for this. Two young people read three intentions each.
Pádraig McCarthy presents the Church’s teaching on justice, as outlined at the 1971 Synod of Bishops.
Brendan Butler of We Are Church outlines the main issues that he would like to see the new pope dealing with.
The 40-day pilgrimage to Easter that began on Ash Wednesday is just a few days old. We pray that God, who sustained Jesus in his 40 days of temptations and suffering, will support us on our journey also.
John Hassett, the VF of Maynooth Deanery, explains why he has resigned his position.
Gerry O’Hanlon SJ suggests that the prevailing mood in the Church in relation to Vatican ll is a sense of disappointment, of hopes unfulfilled (article first published in the Winter 2012 issue of Studies).
This report from the National Council of Priests of Australia (NCP) February meeting includes a ‘statement of concern regarding the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery.
The church was described as a juggernaut at the recent Leighlinbridge ACI meeting — with the institutional church out in front and Jesus to the rear – the ‘cart before the horse’.
Everyone who believes God’s Word is called to pass on the Good News. Like many who have gone before us, including the prophet Isaiah and the apostles Peter and Paul, we may not feel up to the task. But God helps us every day.
(This is the last Sunday before Lent, which is celebrated as Temperance Sunday.)
ACP members of Clogher Diocese report on their latest meeting
Michael Enright is in conversation with Father Tony Flannery, Redemptorist Priest, joint founder of the Association of Catholic Priests of Ireland, writer – and a priest on the outs with the Vatican. Open website here and press ‘LISTEN’ button.
Numerous priests based in the USA have applied to join the ACP, as an expression of support for Fr Tony Flannery
Brendan Hoban challenges a Catholic newspaper to apologise for inaccurate reporting (Written for the Western People)
ACP members in Cork & Ross and Cloyne dioceses met recently in Ovens. Fr Oliver Brennan (Armagh) was their guest speaker.
Seamus Ahearne OSA reflects on the aftermath of the meeting between the ACP and Dublin priests’ council and Archbishop Martin. As a Church, we need to talk, bishops, priests (Nuncio) and people together!
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