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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Shaun

    @ Michael C: Christ took men only as His Apostles. The Church tells us that only men can be ordained as priests. We can argue about this from now to eternity, but the fact is, and it is a fact, the Ch

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Darlene Starrs

    God's plan, Shaun, is that every baptized woman and man of this universal RC Church, come to such a life in Christ, that we can say with St. Paul...that it is no longer I who live, but, Jesus Christ i

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Michael C.

    Shaun @6 Please explain to me why women can't be priests. Please I would love to hear a reason, rather than so & so said so or because i don't want it or i don't like it. A logical understandable

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Darlene Starrs

    If we were all on the same page with the theology and spirituality of Vatican II, we would be on to creating new forms of Eucharistic celebration. These would be celebrations that were not dependent

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Shaun

    Darlene, women can't be priests as they can't be Fathers in the spiritual or biological sense and they can't act in the Person of Christ, just as men can't be mothers. It's all part of God's plan.

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Darlene Starrs

    Here comes this foreign voice crying in the wilderness again! Any pastoral concern ought to be discussed by the local conferences of Catholic bishops, and suggestions for change, taken to Rome! While

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Fr. Kieren

    Hi DOM, At present in my own Diocese we have 3 former Anglican priests now serving as Diocesan priests (2 are married), we also have an Ordinariate priest serving in the Diocese, the 3 (now) Diocesan

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Fr. Kieren

    Can I just correct Brian, as I understand it Francis has not called for the ordination of married men, but rather has suggested that it is for Bishops to begin the discussion. I personally have no pro

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    Sean O'Conaill

    "Pope Francis has made a call to the Conference of Bishops to take a courageous step and ordain married men, “vir probati” (proven married men). This call should not be forgotten." This is surely

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  • “ Courage”! “ It is I. Don’t be afraid”

    August 11 2014
    DOM

    This is a most important article. But, take hope there are already many married priests. Those Anglican Priests who converted to Roman Catholicism and became Roman Catholic Priests and who are married

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