Interesting Noreen that Archbishop Martin's Easter Message also looks to the Papacy of John the 23rd - there seems to be almost universal dismay at this sledgehammer approach to church discipline.
Thank you for your prayers Theodore,
I will also remember you in my prayers and hopefully we can all pray for healing and unity within our Church, "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are c
I wish to offer my sincere support to Fr Tony. The door that the Holy Spirit inspired Pope John XX111 to open with Vat. 11 is now firmly closed and its Fr Tony and others like him who are trying to k
The Japanese have a proverb which acknowledges the value of conformism and the way it is often achieved: "The nail that sticks up is hammered down." I weep for a Church that believes the silencing of
Just listened to Fr Colm Kilcoyne speak on Marian Finucane on Radio 1, and wonder why at 77 years, which he said he was, he cannot say more clearly what he was obviously implying.
We know priests, in
Time to reread that great chapter in Sean O'Casey's autobiography, with its refrain, "Silence, Dr McDonald, silence!"
The smaller, purer Church believes that the old anti-Modernist crackdown tactics w
How sad to read the messages of "support" urging Fr Flannery to maintain his disobedience and defiance towards the Vicar of Christ.
I do not support the aims of the ACP but I sincerely care about our
I'm with Paddy Ferry at No 5
It was said on Thursday that "Rome" will not tolerate disobedient priests. Such a pity that the same intolerance wasn't shown against prelates who sheltered criminal abus
As an Irish Anglican priest I too am saddened by this gagging of Fr Tony and his colleagues in Reality Magazine. I had the pleasure of having Tony preach for me during Christian Unity Week some years
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A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012Interesting Noreen that Archbishop Martin's Easter Message also looks to the Papacy of John the 23rd - there seems to be almost universal dismay at this sledgehammer approach to church discipline.
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012Thank you for your prayers Theodore, I will also remember you in my prayers and hopefully we can all pray for healing and unity within our Church, "There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are c
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012I wish to offer my sincere support to Fr Tony. The door that the Holy Spirit inspired Pope John XX111 to open with Vat. 11 is now firmly closed and its Fr Tony and others like him who are trying to k
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012The Japanese have a proverb which acknowledges the value of conformism and the way it is often achieved: "The nail that sticks up is hammered down." I weep for a Church that believes the silencing of
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012Just listened to Fr Colm Kilcoyne speak on Marian Finucane on Radio 1, and wonder why at 77 years, which he said he was, he cannot say more clearly what he was obviously implying. We know priests, in
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012Dear Sean (Derry), I am on my way to the church to pray for you, so you may see the light of resurected Christ. May the Lord set you free.
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012Time to reread that great chapter in Sean O'Casey's autobiography, with its refrain, "Silence, Dr McDonald, silence!" The smaller, purer Church believes that the old anti-Modernist crackdown tactics w
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012How sad to read the messages of "support" urging Fr Flannery to maintain his disobedience and defiance towards the Vicar of Christ. I do not support the aims of the ACP but I sincerely care about our
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012I'm with Paddy Ferry at No 5 It was said on Thursday that "Rome" will not tolerate disobedient priests. Such a pity that the same intolerance wasn't shown against prelates who sheltered criminal abus
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012As an Irish Anglican priest I too am saddened by this gagging of Fr Tony and his colleagues in Reality Magazine. I had the pleasure of having Tony preach for me during Christian Unity Week some years
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