I feel many priests are in effect bearing a cross in their lives and they know more about the teaching on such crosses than I do so I won't comment further. Mention was made in the article of Irish pr
Lumen Gentium put the People of God first and recontextualized the hierarchical structure of the Church within that vision.
Pope Francis has done a lot to bring back Vatican II, which some were in
So, Gerry, the Hierarchical model of the Church, bequeathed by Christ Himself is still valid.
That means that the De Fide Dogma "CHRIST GAVE HIS CHURCH A HIERARCHICAL CONSTITUTION" still stands.
Ver
Dermot @2: There is no question of abrogating the hierarchical element of the Church. Rather, it a matter of understanding it as but part of a whole, in service of that whole (the People of God). And
Thank you Brendan for another interesting Article.
Any task in a Parish that doesn't require Holy Orders should be handed over to the laity. I've always been of that Opinion.
That said, could I brie
"Seminal" is a word fillled with hope. If Francis and his synods have succeeded in planting a seed, it is bound to grow, "it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest
"Gerry O’Hanlon explained to Diarmuid Ferriter, the operative image of the Church as a pyramid with, in descending order of priority the pope, bishops, priests and lay faithful, has been flipped by
Today, here in Strasbourg, I heard Bishop Etienne Vetö (whose father Miklós was a friend) hold forth magnificently on the Nicene Creed. It turns out that he is the principal author of the original (
Key Message:
Jesus does not promise ease - but He promises eternity!!
Homily:
We see how a conversation on the cross changed life from cross to eternity.
Bad thief
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