These are interesting, and quite disturbing, poll finding released by the Iona Institute. They show either a high degree of ignorance or prejudice among many Irish people towards priests. Or maybe it is saying something about the way media are reporting cases of clerical sexual abuse. Read for yourself.
Some thoughts on the AGM of the ACP 2011. The Proces by which bishops are appointed. I do not remember any discussion on this despite, I think, four dioceses being…
I wonder would any of our members be willing to share with us how you are faring with the New Missal. Are you using the full Missal yet, and if…
This article was first published in the Irish Catholic
This is Paddy O’Kane’s account of the AGM, and of his own contribution. As you can see, he called on us to invite a bishop on to our leadership team.
Out of our 560 members, only four are from Derry diocese, so it is one of our weakest areas.
This article has already appeared in the IN&M Regionals, for whom Michael is a regular contributor.
While it is satisfying that RTE has apologized unreservedly to Fr. Kevin Reynolds, I cannot help believing that we have replaced the arrogance of the institutional church with that of…
Wilfred Harrington OP and Jim Stanley CSsR share their reflections
Kevin Hegarty speaks of ‘the two kinds of Catholic Churches in Ireland – the parish community where I work and find fulfilment and the institutional Church from which I often feel alienated’ in his address to the AGM on Tuesday 4 October
This is the text of Marie Keenan’s talk at the AGM. Members found it a very challenging talk, which questions many of the assumptions about child protection. Two that stand out for this editor are what she has to say about the National Board for Safeguarding Children, and the fact that bishops and religious superiors have now taken on the role of policing criminal activity, which she says should be reserved to the organs of the State.
Bishops set too much store by seniority. Talent should matter, says Bernard Cotter, in an article recently published in The Tablet. He argues that the priority in parish appointments should be to find the person who has the particular gifts needed in a specific post.
Dairne McHenry is a Sister of the Sacred Heart. This article is in the September issue of The Furrow. She puts a challenge to her colleagues, the women religious
Fr. Paddy Banville of Ferns was interviewed on Morning Ireland this (Monday) morning in relation to his article in the Irish Catholic about child abuse in the home. Since we…
This is an article well worth taking your time to read. The author is Steve Gilhooley, parish priest of the English speaking community in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was first published in the Dominican magazine, Spirituality
These reactions to Bishop Edward Daly’s comments came to us from Des Wilson in Belfast and from Seamus Deegan in Long Island
James Good argues that priests against whom allegations are made should not be removed from their priestly ministry pending investigation. Punitive action against such priests would be unjust, illegal and unconstitutional; they remain innocent until proved guilty
Two different, both very interesting, reactions to the interview given by Bishop John Magee. Brendan Hoban reflects on the problem of the language used by some senior clerics. Margaret Lee wonders about saying that people who were abused are ‘destroyed’ or that they ‘can never find peace’
The media have given very slanted versions of what is a very slanted Report – or just engaged in anti-clerical rants. However have priests in the Cloyne diocese done anything…
Padraig McCarthy has supplied us with the links for those who are looking for the Rite of Marriage as it will be celebrated when the New Missal come in this Autumn.
We thank him for this information
You will see Vincent Twomey’s intemperate attack on the ACP on this website. This is a response from Brendan Hoban
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