Longtime peace activist removed from ministry after concelebrating Mass with woman priest
Clearly the ‘Francis effect’ is not making much impact on the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as yet!!
Author: Tony Flannery
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German Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst dismissed by Pope Francis
praytellblog.com and the National Catholic Reporter are carrying reports that German Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst has been dismissed by Pope Francis.
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Lent—a time for almsgiving (Joan Chittister)
Mary Vallely, who states she’s a JC fan (yes, both!), would like to share this reflection for Lent.
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Fr. John Shea repeats call for explanation of Church’s opposition to women’s ordination
On the Feast of the Annunciation this article might give an impetus to the discussion on women’s contribution to salvation history
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Time for the Church leaders to stop pretending it’s the same old game
Brendan Hoban’s article in The Western People argues that Irish Bishops may be too careful and too averse to risk. Instead, he says, they need to give the type of leadership people are asking for.
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ACP welcomes bishops’ publication of survey results
The ACP Leadership Team welcome the publication by the Irish Bishops of a summary of the responses they received to the Synod survey, and note the similarity with the results produced by a similar survey on this website: all reveal a gap between church teaching and practice.
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ACP Leadership meet with reps of 75% of Irish dioceses
The ACP Leadership Team report on their meeting with representatives of ACP members in Irish dioceses on 25 February
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Latest schedule of talks by Tony Flannery published
Tony Flannery announces the schedule of talks being given by him for the next month or so, as part of his speaking tour
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Japan’s bishops respond to Synod survey
Pádraig McCarthy presents the Catholic bishops of Japan’s description of their particular situation in their responses to the Synod survey.
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ACP leadership to meet diocesan reps
The ACP Leadership Team announces a meeting between them and representatives of each diocese on Tuesday, February 25th at 2.30pm in the Hodson Bay Hotel.
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Pope Francis addresses engaged couples on St Valentine’s Day
Padraig McCarthy reports Pope Francis’ words to engaged couples on St Valentine’s Day. (The talk was in Italian and was published on the Vatican website: this is an unofficial translation.)
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ACP Leadership calls for transparency in the Irish Church
The ACP Leadership Team believes the Irish Bishops’ decision not to publish the results of the Synod Survey runs contrary to the spirit of openness being promoted by Pope Francis. (Contact details of Leadership Team are here)
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Florida bishop reports on the results of the Synod Survey
Bishop Robert Lynch of St. Petersburg, Florida made a big effort to consult his people on the Vatican survey. This is his summary of the responses.
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It’s time for the bishops and the ACP to talk
Tony Flannery reflects on the remarkable exchange between the Austrian bishops and Pope Francis, in which the the bishops were challenged to stay in close contact with their priests. He calls for the Irish bishops to do likewise.
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Synod Survey results published
The ACP Leadership Team publishes the results of the Synod survey completed by suubscribers to the ACP website before Christmas: 1,562 priests, religious, lay people, parents and teachers participated.
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ACP Leadership decries Ruairi Quinn’s ‘unreflective comments’
The ACP Leadership Team responds to comments made by the Minister for Education, in which he suggested that time spent at religious instruction would more profitably be given over to core curriculum subjects.They call his comments “unhelpful, unwarranted and unacceptable”.
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Tony Flannery’s lectures in Galway and Athenry spark vigourous debate
Tony Flannery reports on the first two events of his planned speaking engagements, under the title “Repairing a Damaged Church”.
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Dublin priests’ responses to the Murphy Report are published
Pádraig McCarthy welcomes the publication of a survey of Dublin priests’ responses to the Murphy report, which was compiled by Alan Hilliard and published under the title ‘A Window on Murphy‘.
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Pope’s G8 group member criticises CDF chief
Tom Heneghan, the Reuters ‘Religion Editor’, reports on the comments of Cardinal Maradiaga, a member of Pope Francis’ kitchen cabinet’ of advisers: first published on Reuters, under the heading ‘Top papal ally urges Vatican doctrine chief Müller to loosen up‘ (read original article here).
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Tony Flannery embarks on a lecture tour of Ireland
Tony Flannery announces a series of talks on church reform — and is open to groups wishing to organise such gatherings in March and April,
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