I am deeply troubled having read in today's Sunday Times that the theologian Fr Sean Fagan was silenced 2 years ago by the Vatican. And what frightens me most is the threat to him.
To quote
Jeannie, you must have a look at the current home page of the National Catholic Reporter (NCP) where one of the top stories today is " Bishops issue rallying call for religious freedom " The irony of
Thanks Jim, for taking the time to address the points I made. There is much food for reflection.
I waited in vain to see if anyone else would come in on the discussion. OK, it's Sunday and priests are
Where were priests, bishops, archbishops and cardinals all around the world, when Bishop Morris of Australia was removed from office? Where was their outcry of injustice? Look what happened in Toowo
What? Are priests just now waking up to the fact that there should be JUSTICE in the Church for priests as well as the faithful and the not-so-faithful? This present day Inquisition is similar to th
Ciara (and Martin, who wrote, "Máire: We must study [official Church teachings] and accept their conclusions as the will of Christ Himself"), you seem to think any questioning of the human voice of a
Fr. Pat and Fr. Mattie, I want to thank you for the moving and honest reflections you have shared with us above. This has been another good day. Earlier we heard fron Fr. Gerry Hefferan from Australi
Seminarian II, you are absolutelly right. The history proves that the church has a serious problem with discerning whether one has a vocation. All the scandals of the church are a direct result of ina
On Holy Thursday it was with a sense of sadness and increasing anger that I tried to assimilate the news of the action taken against Tony Flannery and Gerard Moloney by the Congregation for the Doctri
it is with saddness that I write these few words, while the Catholic church in Ireland is tearing itself apart in the row over Fr.Flannery's 'silencing'. I recall, as if it were yesterday, the words
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A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012I am deeply troubled having read in today's Sunday Times that the theologian Fr Sean Fagan was silenced 2 years ago by the Vatican. And what frightens me most is the threat to him. To quote
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012Jeannie, you must have a look at the current home page of the National Catholic Reporter (NCP) where one of the top stories today is " Bishops issue rallying call for religious freedom " The irony of
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April 12 2012Thanks Jim, for taking the time to address the points I made. There is much food for reflection. I waited in vain to see if anyone else would come in on the discussion. OK, it's Sunday and priests are
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012Where were priests, bishops, archbishops and cardinals all around the world, when Bishop Morris of Australia was removed from office? Where was their outcry of injustice? Look what happened in Toowo
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April 14 2012What? Are priests just now waking up to the fact that there should be JUSTICE in the Church for priests as well as the faithful and the not-so-faithful? This present day Inquisition is similar to th
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April 9 2012Ciara (and Martin, who wrote, "Máire: We must study [official Church teachings] and accept their conclusions as the will of Christ Himself"), you seem to think any questioning of the human voice of a
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012Fr. Pat and Fr. Mattie, I want to thank you for the moving and honest reflections you have shared with us above. This has been another good day. Earlier we heard fron Fr. Gerry Hefferan from Australi
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April 13 2012Seminarian II, you are absolutelly right. The history proves that the church has a serious problem with discerning whether one has a vocation. All the scandals of the church are a direct result of ina
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012On Holy Thursday it was with a sense of sadness and increasing anger that I tried to assimilate the news of the action taken against Tony Flannery and Gerard Moloney by the Congregation for the Doctri
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April 9 2012it is with saddness that I write these few words, while the Catholic church in Ireland is tearing itself apart in the row over Fr.Flannery's 'silencing'. I recall, as if it were yesterday, the words
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