I never met John personally, but I followed his articles from Rome for years. I did recognise his gradual drift to a more traditional line, and his disapproval of Francis, as Christopher mentions abov
Thank you, Kieran O'Mahoney for a beautifully written, calm theologising, scripturally literate support for the full acceptance of women's institutionally recognised ministries. Praying that it will h
What the Gospel says, unambiguously, is that we should live our lives responsibly, with justice and compassion. This can mean speaking out against evil and injustice, even at some cost to ourselves.
S
P.S. Women do not apply if you need a roof over your head, food and clothing as Deacons in the Catholic Church do not receive a salary.....to my knowledge!
Dermot, you ask why the magisterium does not make an infallible statement on this matter.
Probably because the magisterium realises that infallible statements would not carry any credibility anymore,
"Trump isn't harmless."
Rutger Bregman in his Reith Lecture on 'Moral Revolution' was asked by BBC to remove a line in his lecture referring to Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in Am
Kieran, you have Clearly put a lot of Thought into this.
Why does the magisterium not make an Infallible Teaching on this?
It is my Opinion that No Decision either way will be made on a female Dia
One essential component of religion, and probably the most indubitable one, is human dissatisfaction and suffering and the sense of crushing limits. I am rewatching a great film of 1972, Bergman's "Cr
Yes, Sean, those two little Declarations that came at the Council's end, Dignitatis Humanae and Nostra Aetate were surprises of the Spirit. And those surprises reach back to what is deepest in Scriptu
.. ".the call of God is never completely dimmed."
My new neighbour was tending her garden and as she turned the soil a medal of the Sacred Heart glistened in the dirt. As I retrieved it, she said in a
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