I came across this thread just today. Jo - you are a good man and a wonderful priest I am sure.
As a lay catholic Irishman living now in Scotland I stopped attending mass some 18 months ago. I have be
Brian, is the abuse of power,the institutional spiritual violence of silencing, the refusal of dialogue,compatible with communion? Is fear compatible with love? Is the slogan of the Eucharistic Congre
Frank Graham,
Dogma can not change (otherwise it could not be a dogma), it is a revealed truth. Therefore, 'no salvation outside the church' can never equal 'there is salvation outside the church'.
CA
Thankyou Brian, really well said.
I'm just a lay Catholic, but am concerned about why this has become such a news story around Easter time when I believe it started two months ago? Also, in light of t
There is no such thing as the "Vatican Catholic" church or even the "Roman Catholic" church for that matter. The church is the "Catholic Church" plain and simple. The one true Church founded by Christ
joannes sacredotus (sic), it would help to provide some nuance in your understanding of obedience. It's not a military or party political concept, where there is one line emanating from the top down t
Sean(Derry)
if I'm not mistaken I don't think that the Church any longer holds as Dogma that 'outside the Church there is no salvation.'How can we arrogantly presume to limit Christ's saving g
Dear A Rural Priest, it's very sad that you can't append your name to the views you have expressed here. Is it that you stand over what you have said only thus far?
Sad to see in these days when the church is suffering from external criticism for being removed from its flock and out of step with the times that our pastoral head seeks to stifle debate and healthy
ON THE DANGERS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
People who live in stone houses
Shouldn’t throw glass.
The cut crystal of dogmatism
May shatter on the granite of certainty
May splinter on the limestone of rectitude
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April 9 2012joannes sacredotus (sic), it would help to provide some nuance in your understanding of obedience. It's not a military or party political concept, where there is one line emanating from the top down t
The Vatican is a ‘cold house’ for liberal Catholics, writes Kevin Hegarty
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A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012Sad to see in these days when the church is suffering from external criticism for being removed from its flock and out of step with the times that our pastoral head seeks to stifle debate and healthy
Tony Butler laments the “silencing” of Tony Flannery
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