ACP AGM via Zoom Wed Oct 28th @ 2.00pm
From the comfort of your own home or office
join us for the
Annual General Meeting of the ACP
via Zoom on
Wed Oct 28th 2020 @ 2.00pm
Agenda, running order and Zoom code to follow.
All welcome
From the comfort of your own home or office
join us for the
Annual General Meeting of the ACP
via Zoom on
Wed Oct 28th 2020 @ 2.00pm
Agenda, running order and Zoom code to follow.
All welcome
Pope Francis rejects the resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx as Archbishop of Munich. “Thank you for your Christian courage, which does not fear to be humbled before the reality of…
Survivors need action a lot more than words Western People 26.1.21 Many years ago in a parish in which I served, part of the collective memory of the people –…
Today’s readings ask for decisions, challenging Christians to choose the right path. We gather to worship God, who can help us in all our choices.Penitential RiteTo prepare ourselves for the…
There is an interesting, if sad, article in americamagazine.org on the subject of the campaign against Pope Francis and against his attempt to renew and reform the church in the light of the teachings of Vatican II.
Climate Change conference fails to convince Western People 9.11.2021 There’s something wholly unconvincing about the Climate Change conference in Glasgow. Even though in excess of 200 countries are involved and…
DELIRIUM: There is something mysterious and delightful about Stephen’s Day. Boxing Day. The old phrase from the distant past comes back: It is a ‘Dies Non.’ In the usual hurly…
There are two sides to this debate about freedom of speech within the Catholic Church and Fr. Tony Flannery, whilst giving a most interesting talk on the podcast, address only the first side. One side is the right of theologians and scripture scholars to explore new approaches to centrally important theological, scriptural and spiritual issues. After all, that is precisely what Vatican 11 did. The terms ‘centrally important’ are vital but not always clear or agreed upon. For example, I do not regard priestly celibacy as centrally important whereas Jesus the Christ’s real presence in Eucharist is. Without that freedom doctrines, and the spirituality built upon them, will never develop and grow.
The second side is the right of the Catholic listener/reader not to have his/her faith undermined or confused by books, articles, speeches that contradict or move far ahead of traditional and centrally important teaching. This, of course, presupposes that Catholics make the effort to be appropriately and correctly informed about their faith and do keep up to date. I accept that as being a big presupposition which touches on personal responsibility and the role of parish. The second side also requires a body to take difficult decisions about what is helpful and acceptable to faith development and what is destructive. The current body in the Vatican performing that function has been far too restrictive and ignoring of the human rights of theologians to be consulted and listened to before a decision is taken.