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  • Annual General Meeting, Tuesday, 24 November

    November 23 2015
    gerry

    Dear Friends, I was very impressed by the Leadership Committee asking such an important question as ... should the ACP continue to exist ? A deeply empowering question that cuts to the meaning and pur

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  • Not an era of change but a change of era. Updated

    November 11 2015
    Darlene Starrs

    How does this speech of Pope Francis square with his comment in the plane returning to Rome from the U.S., that "the question of women's ordination has been decided?" (paraphrased)

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  • Ordination of married men would cause other major changes within the church

    November 7 2015
    John Healy

    Further to my last message, it does seem odd that, in arguments regarding the ordination of married men, no one appears to address the canonically legal and ancient tradition of ordaining married men

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  • Fear or Faith

    November 9 2015
    Mike Kerrigan

    Peter, re Anglicans and Catholics in the UK, whatever the details, here's one striking comparison: in 2010, the Anglicans in England alone ordained 273 male priests, while the Catholics of England and

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  • Not an era of change but a change of era. Updated

    November 11 2015
    Soline Humbert

    Like Seamus @1 I was immediately struck by the congruence between pope Francis' speech in Florence and Gabriel Daly's book The Church Always in Need of Reform, and saw in it a sign of the Holy Spirit

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  • Not an era of change but a change of era. Updated

    November 11 2015
    Peter Shore

    #1, "Pope Francis must be his marketing manager." He certainly sounds like a marketing manager. I was at a loss to understand most of his papal gobbledygook, other than that he taking a badly aimed sw

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  • Not an era of change but a change of era. Updated

    November 11 2015
    Pól Ó Duibhir

    Not handling Tony Flannery's book is an act of supreme cowardice by Veritas. Let's hope Gabriel Daly has better luck. I remember Veritas's form from the time of Vatican II when they were more interest

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  • Not an era of change but a change of era. Updated

    November 11 2015
    Seamus Ahearne

    Gabriel Daly osa published his book on the 6th November 2015. The book is called 'The Church: Always in need of reform.' (Dominican publications). Pope Francis must be his marketing manager. He said

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  • Fear or Faith

    November 9 2015
    MM

    Ned @1, this is encouraging to hear. However what we now need are bishops who take the next step of actually naming and supporting specific concrete reforms. I think when they do they will be pleasan

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  • Priests call for open discussion on the need for equality of Women in all aspects of Church life, including Ministry.

    November 1 2015
    Soline Humbert

    "STILL GUESTS IN OUR OWN HOUSE?” A report on a recent conference on women in the church. http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/conference-looks-women-and-church-vatican-ii The conference took its

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