Church’s teaching on justice is relevant to how the Church treats its members
Pádraig McCarthy presents the Church’s teaching on justice, as outlined at the 1971 Synod of Bishops.
Year: 2013
What the new pope should do
Brendan Butler of We Are Church outlines the main issues that he would like to see the new pope dealing with.
First Sunday of Lent – Bidding prayers
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.
Priest resigns as dean of Maynooth Deanery over treatment of Tony Flannery
John Hassett, the VF of Maynooth Deanery, explains why he has resigned his position.
Fifty Years after Vatican II, Irish Catholicism is at a crossroads
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).
Fr Tony Flannery ‘denied natural justice’, say Australian priests
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.
Church described as a ‘juggernaut’ at Leighlinbridge meeting
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’.
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Bidding prayers
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.)
Clogher group unhappy with ACP leadership and this website
ACP members of Clogher Diocese report on their latest meeting
Tony Flannery talks with Michael Enright on Canadian radio
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.
American priests seek to join with ACP in support of Tony Flannery (Revised List 2)
Numerous priests based in the USA have applied to join the ACP, as an expression of support for Fr Tony Flannery
Will journalists accept responsibility for false reporting, and apologise?
Brendan Hoban challenges a Catholic newspaper to apologise for inaccurate reporting (Written for the Western People)
ACP members in Cork county gather
ACP members in Cork & Ross and Cloyne dioceses met recently in Ovens. Fr Oliver Brennan (Armagh) was their guest speaker.
The Irish Church: ‘We need to talk’
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!
Magisterium needs to seen in its proper historical context
Richard Gaillardetz, a lay theologian from the U.S., puts the current exercise of authority within the Catholic Church into a historical perspective. The magisterial activism that we are witnessing today is not traditional, he maintains: it is quite novel and its merits will need to be assessed in that light. (First published in the 1-14 Feb issue of the NCR under the headline: The church’s shifts in spheres of authority.)
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Bidding Prayers
We gather this first Sunday in February as people love by God, people called to pass on the love we have received. The love God has put into the world will never fail, but will last as long as humanity lasts. We praise God for the gifts lavished on us.
The leadership of this institution is in terrible disarray
In its most recent editorial, the US-based National Catholic Reporter concludes that the leadership of this institution is in disarray, its leaders lacking all accountablility while the illegal thoughts of such as Fr Tony Flannery are elevated to capital offences.
ACP meets with Archbishop Martin and Dublin Priests’ Council
This is the report of the meeting between the ACP and members of Dublin Priests’ Council. It was agreed at the start of the meeting that while everything could be reported, views would not be attributed to particular people.
All the documents of the Tony Flannery case are here
In response to readers’ requests, Tony Flannery has put all the relevant documents of his case with the CDF together in one post — to make the situation clearer for those who are interested.
Petition provided to have Fr. Tony Flannery returned to priestly ministry
Over 1,900 people have now signed a petition to have Fr Tony Flannery returned to priestly ministry.
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