Mandatory celibacy is simply a disciplinary rule that was enforced.
Clearly, not really an issue, that can't be readdressed and changed.
After all, the Anglican priests are returning to the Catholic c
Thank you Alan very well written, from another outsider and very sad follower of the Way, the sign posts have been changed, and we are lost we need a true Shepherd to find us and lead us back.But we h
Fr Steve, I an so happy that you have at last acheived peace, I mat you at your 1st Mass after leaving Ireland, on a Christmas cruise, I have kept you in my prayers. You made a lasting impression on m
"How interesting that the most forward looking cardinals, i.e. Mahoney (sic) and O'Brien, have been excluded from the conclave."(18)
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Well no, Wiliam, they haven't. Keith O'Brien has thought over his
William, that certainly is a ghastly thought, that there is such conspiracies to oust "liberal" thinking cardinals before the election. Unfortunately, it might well be true, that once again, we are
How interesting that the most forward looking cardinals i.e. Mahoney and O'Brien have been excluded from the conclave. One wonders why these allegation have come so close to the resignation and the el
This man has just resigned because four priests called him a hypocrite. Does this mean his views on celibacy are wrong? Or is it that every word he speaks is false? Roll on the death of celibacy, and
MJT (13) I don't want to turn this thread into a lengthy discussion on Leonard Cohen. However, I disagree with your interpretation of the line, "Forget your perfect offering" which you say is "a line
Well done Alan. Tony's plight is another example of the colonising Trent era in the church that put dogma before people. Hopefully, we are seeing the end of that era. In the gospel the "outsiders" had
MJT, good point - Cohen is right. If the law doesn't conform to Natural Law, a law where every voice counts, then you are trying to seek approval from the lawless. They can pray until their voices s
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‘Priests should be allowed to marry’ – Cardinal Keith O’Brien
February 23 2013Mandatory celibacy is simply a disciplinary rule that was enforced. Clearly, not really an issue, that can't be readdressed and changed. After all, the Anglican priests are returning to the Catholic c
A letter from Alan Hilliard to Tony Flannery
February 21 2013Thank you Alan very well written, from another outsider and very sad follower of the Way, the sign posts have been changed, and we are lost we need a true Shepherd to find us and lead us back.But we h
On Prayer and Paedophilia.
September 16 2011Fr Steve, I an so happy that you have at last acheived peace, I mat you at your 1st Mass after leaving Ireland, on a Christmas cruise, I have kept you in my prayers. You made a lasting impression on m
‘Priests should be allowed to marry’ – Cardinal Keith O’Brien
February 23 2013"How interesting that the most forward looking cardinals, i.e. Mahoney (sic) and O'Brien, have been excluded from the conclave."(18) . Well no, Wiliam, they haven't. Keith O'Brien has thought over his
‘Priests should be allowed to marry’ – Cardinal Keith O’Brien
February 23 2013William, that certainly is a ghastly thought, that there is such conspiracies to oust "liberal" thinking cardinals before the election. Unfortunately, it might well be true, that once again, we are
‘Priests should be allowed to marry’ – Cardinal Keith O’Brien
February 23 2013How interesting that the most forward looking cardinals i.e. Mahoney and O'Brien have been excluded from the conclave. One wonders why these allegation have come so close to the resignation and the el
‘Priests should be allowed to marry’ – Cardinal Keith O’Brien
February 23 2013This man has just resigned because four priests called him a hypocrite. Does this mean his views on celibacy are wrong? Or is it that every word he speaks is false? Roll on the death of celibacy, and
‘Priests should be allowed to marry’ – Cardinal Keith O’Brien
February 23 2013MJT (13) I don't want to turn this thread into a lengthy discussion on Leonard Cohen. However, I disagree with your interpretation of the line, "Forget your perfect offering" which you say is "a line
A letter from Alan Hilliard to Tony Flannery
February 21 2013Well done Alan. Tony's plight is another example of the colonising Trent era in the church that put dogma before people. Hopefully, we are seeing the end of that era. In the gospel the "outsiders" had
‘Priests should be allowed to marry’ – Cardinal Keith O’Brien
February 23 2013MJT, good point - Cohen is right. If the law doesn't conform to Natural Law, a law where every voice counts, then you are trying to seek approval from the lawless. They can pray until their voices s
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