Green Shoots in Killaloe.
Bishop Kieran O'Reilly having "listened very carefully to the observations and concerns raised - has decided to not now proceed with the introduction of the permanent diacona
"What do you imagine would be the outcome of ‘a worldwide parishioner vote’ on the Church’s teaching about homosexual genital acts? I suspect the wording of the Catechism on the subject would be
Bob @ 5 - "white metropolitan anxieties" and "enormous practical logistics" might show your age a little there. I live on the eastern-most corner of the continent of North America in one of the only
Allow me to clarify....Thank you in advance...I mentioned worker priests, as a tradition before celibacy was introduced, and I'm pointing to the practice of having someone who is employed and who also
Here are a few more observations that may have contributed to the lack of Vocations to Priesthood and Religious Life in recent decades:
The Clergy have become more laicised than the laity themselves a
Thanks for the responses. Darlene Starrs and Fr Kieran mentioned worker priests, "priests who have a job" and Fr Kieran said "that the worker priest experiment seems to have been forgotten".
As you kn
Lloyd (no. 1), aside from the enormous practical logistics of organising 'a worldwide parishioner vote', what many seeking change in the Church seem to overlook is that two-thirds of Catholics live in
DOM - I am sure you are aware that there is an amount of debate on Matthew's 'get-out' clause, and that such a clause (or intent) is not repeated elsewhere in the Bible (Mark, Paul etc) when marriage
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Statement on the Synod, Association of Catholic Priests
September 13 2014Green Shoots in Killaloe. Bishop Kieran O'Reilly having "listened very carefully to the observations and concerns raised - has decided to not now proceed with the introduction of the permanent diacona
Statement on the Synod, Association of Catholic Priests
September 13 2014"What do you imagine would be the outcome of ‘a worldwide parishioner vote’ on the Church’s teaching about homosexual genital acts? I suspect the wording of the Catechism on the subject would be
Statement on the Synod, Association of Catholic Priests
September 13 2014Bob @ 5 - "white metropolitan anxieties" and "enormous practical logistics" might show your age a little there. I live on the eastern-most corner of the continent of North America in one of the only
Married priests: A financial burden? Divided hearts?
September 10 2014Allow me to clarify....Thank you in advance...I mentioned worker priests, as a tradition before celibacy was introduced, and I'm pointing to the practice of having someone who is employed and who also
On the Edge
September 9 2014Here are a few more observations that may have contributed to the lack of Vocations to Priesthood and Religious Life in recent decades: The Clergy have become more laicised than the laity themselves a
The challenge of mission
September 15 2014Your theology of church seems flawed to me. Where there is Church, there must be Eucharist.
Married priests: A financial burden? Divided hearts?
September 10 2014Thanks for the responses. Darlene Starrs and Fr Kieran mentioned worker priests, "priests who have a job" and Fr Kieran said "that the worker priest experiment seems to have been forgotten". As you kn
Statement on the Synod, Association of Catholic Priests
September 13 2014But didn't Paul give us the Pauline Privilege. The Church is actually quite divorce-friendly, if you consider the Petrine Privilege as well.
Statement on the Synod, Association of Catholic Priests
September 13 2014Lloyd (no. 1), aside from the enormous practical logistics of organising 'a worldwide parishioner vote', what many seeking change in the Church seem to overlook is that two-thirds of Catholics live in
Statement on the Synod, Association of Catholic Priests
September 13 2014DOM - I am sure you are aware that there is an amount of debate on Matthew's 'get-out' clause, and that such a clause (or intent) is not repeated elsewhere in the Bible (Mark, Paul etc) when marriage
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