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  • The Current Method of Selecting Bishops runs counter to Church tradition

    July 22 2015
    Pádraig McCarthy

    The original article by Robert Mickens is at http://ncronline.org/blogs/roman-observer/we-need-new-way-choosing-bishops. He writes about the procedures for appointments. Another reflection offered by

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  • Brendan Hoban on Changing Times in the Church

    July 20 2015
    Willie Herlihy

    Welcome back to good health Brendan,It is great to see you in print again. I love the manner in which you always call a spade, a spade. I agree completely with your practical solutions to the shortage

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  • Brendan Hoban on Changing Times in the Church

    July 20 2015
    Cornelius Martin

    Mary at #4. Your comment on defensiveness raises interesting considerations. Does being on the defensive mean being more concerned about our image than about the issue at hand? One common defensive

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    MM

    Going by the book, Cornelius @ 23 has it pretty much pinned down. Awful bad news though for everybody outside the Catholic Church and for most of us in it. Seems God who 'desires all to be saved' is

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  • Brendan Hoban on Changing Times in the Church

    July 20 2015
    Mary Vallely

    Delighted to hear that Brendan Hoban is on the road to good health again. I have always admired his courage in speaking out and his passion and commitment to his calling but Cornelius @1 he is only ta

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  • Brendan Hoban on Changing Times in the Church

    July 20 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    "There are no changes in teaching" -- well, what about Nostra Aetate 4, which is a huge change in the Church's teaching on Judaism. Must I quote again Newman's great dictum with regard to a living, de

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    ts, there is a lot of very harsh language in the Gospels, particularly in Matthew. But one could query your interpretations of what you quote. "He didn’t just continue to raise the girl but first pu

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  • Priesthood and Vocations: Seamus Ahearne

    July 13 2015
    Niall Byrne

    Re Seamus @14, thankfully another enlightened ordained minister, I always say you don't invite people to a meal and then don't feed them, Eucharist experiences available all the time not just inside t

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  • Brendan Hoban on Changing Times in the Church

    July 20 2015
    Darlene Starrs

    Well, you might achieve the ordination of married men...but, I doubt, it will do little to address the greater ecclesial issues that Fr. Seamus Ahearne speaks to on another ACP website thread.

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  • Brendan Hoban on Changing Times in the Church

    July 20 2015
    Cornelius Martin

    Welcome back to good health. The only thing that's changing in the Church is the numbers of the baptised who practise. There are no changes in teaching. The teaching of the Church is perfectly safe

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