Skip to content
Search
Shopping Cart 0
Association Of Catholic Priests
  • Home
  • LiturgyExpand
    • Weekday Homily Resources
    • Sunday Homily Resources
    • Presider’s Page
  • Blog
  • Events
  • About
  • Contact
Association Of Catholic Priests
Search
Shopping Cart 0
Your basket is currently empty.

Return to shop

Most Recent Comments

  • 3 comments

    The Irish Catholic: Archbishop Martin hopes papal visit could form part of ‘lost’ Ireland’s spiritual renewal

    December 18 2025
    Phil Dunne
    What nonsense! No surprise at the “sharp decline in the church’s credibility and influence”, the recent statement on women deacons marks the low point of this decline. Archbishop Martin had nothing to say about this. As others have noted the synodal process is effectively dead. No major jubilees or papal visits will change the decline.
    Go To Comment
  • 6 comments

    Vatican News: Pope Leo XIV convenes his first Consistory of Cardinals

    December 20 2025
    Joe O'Leary
    Soline, the Church is great at arranging assemblies of men, somewhat like some exclusive London Clubs. But when I saw the ranks and ranks of men at Pope Francis's funeral, I thought of Wagner's spooky final opera, Parsifal. In one of Canon Sheehan's novels, some literary type exclaims that the Mass is just like Parsifal, drawing the riposte from the priest that no, the Mass is nothing like that. Parsifal is indeed a cringeworthy parody of the Eucharist (celebrated by a band of noble brothers) and of the priesthood (the sexual traumas of Amfortas and Parsifal and the castrated Klingsor brew up a fabulous psychodrama). The only female character, Kundry, is the eternal-feminine not in the joyful sense of Goethe but as the eternal temptress and source of rebellion against the all-male divine order. In the third act she is redeemed and speaks only one word: Dienen, to serve. Yes, it's a ghastly parody. But the Vatican itself has become self-parodying. The homosocial arrogance of the processions of richly-clad males is arousing increasing incredulity in those who witness these spectacles. The pressure and stress of sustaining this system is increasingly palpable. Ordaining women deacons would alleviate this situation, whether or not female presbyters and bishops were added. Girl acolytes and female readers and ministers of the Eucharist have already done so partly.
    Go To Comment
  • 6 comments

    Vatican News: Pope Leo XIV convenes his first Consistory of Cardinals

    December 20 2025
    Soline Humbert
    Where are the women? Another exclusively male gathering for the governance of the church. Fraternity yes, but no sorority as it remains unashamedly an entrenched patriarchal institution.
    Go To Comment
  • 12 comments

    Julieann Moran: Synodal Pathway Update

    December 17 2025
    Dermot Quigley
    I agree Joe, that not everything a Pope says is necessarily the will of the Holy Ghost. Let us examine once again the last Sentence of "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis": "I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful." Definitively to be held: for me that is the will of the Holy Ghost on Female Presbyterate. For all time. Roma Locuta..... "Ordinatio Sacerdotalis" is a Post Vatican II Document issued by a Pope who was at the Council. His academic qualifications are impeccable. I believe that John Paul II clearly enunciated the will of Heaven on Female Presbyterate. Logically, a Female Episcopate is also not the will of Heaven as, Diaconate, PresbyTerate and Episcopate form one Sacrament. Back to to the Female Diaconate: Heaven does have a will in this Regard. Let us Hope that by following the will of the Holy Ghost, Perpetual discernment for political reasons ends, and at some point a Pope (it won't be Leo XIV) will teach Definitively on this. Anyhow Joe, all will be explained at the General Judgment. What an interesting day that will be!
    Go To Comment
previous comment

Copyright 2025. Designed by acton|bv

  • Home
  • Liturgy
    • Weekday Homily Resources
    • Sunday Homily Resources
    • Presider’s Page
  • Blog
  • Events
  • About
  • Contact