Mattie Long (a priest of Tuam diocese) admires the courage of Pope Benedict in retiring when he could no longer provide effective ministry. He hopes this act might embolden Irish dioceses to face the dramatic reduction in priest numbers with more visionary solutions than the clustering of parishes.
The qualities Karl Rahner suggested we look for look for in a candidate for bishop or parish priest are given here by Pádraig McCarthy.
Pádraig McCarthy presents the Church’s teaching on justice, as outlined at the 1971 Synod of Bishops.
Brendan Butler of We Are Church outlines the main issues that he would like to see the new pope dealing with.
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).
Brendan Hoban challenges a Catholic newspaper to apologise for inaccurate reporting (Written for the Western People)
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!
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.)
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.
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.
Brendan’s Hoban writes of the shame and humiliation he felt after attending Tony Flannery’s press conference on 20 January. (First published in the Western People)
We are Church Ireland expresses unconditional support for Fr Tony Flannery; a vigil to express this is to be held at the Papal Nunciature today, Sun. 27 January.
The Provincial Leadership Team of the Irish Redemptorists express sadness at Fr Tony Flannery’s plight and hope for an agreed resolution
The ACP Leadership Team issued this statement on Sunday 20 January 2013 in support of Tony Flannery
The ACP Leadership Team reports the contact and meeting details of the new support group
Clare O’Sullivan conducted an end-of-year interview with Bishop John Buckley of Cork & Ross for the Irish Examiner, during which he stated that the central tenets of Catholicism were not rules of memberships but “ideals”.
The ACP Leadership Team propose an agenda for meetings between the ACP and priests’ councils around the country
Christa Pongratz-Lippitt reports on the strong plea for church reform issued by the Abbot of Einsiedeln, Switzerland, a member of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference (first published in the 21 December issue of the National Catholic Reporter, USA).
An ACP member believes he understands why the Irish bishops are reluctant to meet the ACP. This is the letter he wishes they wrote to the ACP, explaining their position in full honesty.
The ACP Leadership Team report on their meeting with Ian Elliot, the CEO of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
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