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  • Beyond “Viri Probati”

    September 17 2015
    Prodigal Son

    We have two forms of priesthood in the Church, that of the faithful and the ordained priesthood. The main difference between the two resides in the sacrament of Holy Orders and the ministry that deri

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  • Beyond “Viri Probati”

    September 17 2015
    Sean O'Conaill

    This is indeed new ground. The concept of the 'elder' rests on the understanding that the parable of the Prodigal Son is about a universal spriritual journey - from a perceived need to prove oneself

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  • Camouflaging an inevitable reality.

    September 14 2015
    Anne

    The married priest could also be the stay at home husband while his wife could be the main breadwinner. Also they should provide their own home like everyone else and leave parish property to be used

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  • What did the bishop achieve?

    September 2 2015
    Peter Clifton

    Tony - To conclude, thank you for taking my comments in the spirit in which they were offered. If everyone was as committed to upholding the decencies of debate as you are, and as I hope I am, the

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  • What did the bishop achieve?

    September 2 2015
    Tony Flannery

    Peter, Thank you very much for your latest comment. You do me an honour by not only reading my book once, but twice. Your comments are thoughtful and reasonable, and I fully respect your right to

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  • Report on ACP Meeting, 09 September 2015

    September 12 2015
    Prodigal Son

    The most compelling reason for any association of priests to stay in existence is the same as that for any priest to exist. Benedictine spirituality is instructive. Monasticism’s role in shaping

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  • What did the bishop achieve?

    September 2 2015
    sara

    I always had a feeling the something was rotten in the Catholic Church. It was only when I read Tony's book that I realised I was not just being paranoid. Thanks for writing the book Tony it has hel

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  • What did the bishop achieve?

    September 2 2015
    John

    Cloyne now going in ever decreasing circles? The parish council of Killeagh have more than "missed an opportunity...". What has very publicly happened is that a group of adults have been asked to

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  • What did the bishop achieve?

    September 2 2015
    Peter Clifton

    I am grateful to the moderator for restoring the comment box on this post. I have now re-read "A Question of Conscience." Neither reading was undertaken in the spirit of a heresy-hunt. But the book i

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  • Camouflaging an inevitable reality.

    September 14 2015
    Brian Eyre

    Preparing for Married Priests Who would ever think that the day would come when the Catholic Church, of the Latin Rite, would be talking about married priests. Thanks to Pope Francis, who recently ope

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