What an extraordinary article by Fr McPhillips.
I'll just pick out one sentence that made my eyes boggle: Isn’t ‘Sensus Fidelium’ still the ultimate authority in Church teaching?
Maybe I'
The Association of Catholic Priests and Fr Tony Flannery have my full support and prayers. I am looking forward to "Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church" on 7th May.
Fr Peter's suggestion that perhaps young people are leaving the church because they no longer find God there is true for many young people I know - and many not so young. Recently, one young person de
Its true that the Irish church and its hierarchy have a lot of problems, and I don't blame some priests (particularly in Dublin) for being disaffected with their bishop. However, I'm glad someone is
"The God of compassion is incompatible with the God of the Law." Yes!!! Young people need good role models and no better a role model than Peter McVerry. Fear is so destructive and there is much fear
Is this utopian pseudo church of compassion attracting our youth? It seems to me that it isn't. So then, what is? To my knowledge the Reality magazine has not been flying off the shelves in Newsagents
Fr McVerry is a great example of Christianity at work and I admire him greatly. However, Jesus, although He showed compassion, he still adhered to the law of God, He did not come to remove one jot.
In reply to Brendan McCarthy: my reference to quitters was to lapsed Catholics who write in to the Irish Times telling those of us who are still practising how inferior we are. They have been doing it
I've been re-reading Luke's Acts of the Apostles. I'm encouraged by the number of times Paul gets into trouble. In Thessalonika, he and Silas annoyed the religious establishment so much that citizens
The quote of a young Catholic in posting No. 56 above is both appalling and worrying if indeed it is as typical as Fr Egan suggests. Clericalism, sectarianism and sexism, all embraced in one short sta
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A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012What an extraordinary article by Fr McPhillips. I'll just pick out one sentence that made my eyes boggle: Isn’t ‘Sensus Fidelium’ still the ultimate authority in Church teaching? Maybe I'
ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery
April 9 2012The Association of Catholic Priests and Fr Tony Flannery have my full support and prayers. I am looking forward to "Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church" on 7th May.
Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry
April 9 2012Fr Peter's suggestion that perhaps young people are leaving the church because they no longer find God there is true for many young people I know - and many not so young. Recently, one young person de
ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery
April 9 2012Its true that the Irish church and its hierarchy have a lot of problems, and I don't blame some priests (particularly in Dublin) for being disaffected with their bishop. However, I'm glad someone is
Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry
April 9 2012"The God of compassion is incompatible with the God of the Law." Yes!!! Young people need good role models and no better a role model than Peter McVerry. Fear is so destructive and there is much fear
Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry
April 9 2012Is this utopian pseudo church of compassion attracting our youth? It seems to me that it isn't. So then, what is? To my knowledge the Reality magazine has not been flying off the shelves in Newsagents
Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry
April 9 2012Fr McVerry is a great example of Christianity at work and I admire him greatly. However, Jesus, although He showed compassion, he still adhered to the law of God, He did not come to remove one jot.
We cannot lose heart, writes Seamus Ahearne
April 8 2012In reply to Brendan McCarthy: my reference to quitters was to lapsed Catholics who write in to the Irish Times telling those of us who are still practising how inferior we are. They have been doing it
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012I've been re-reading Luke's Acts of the Apostles. I'm encouraged by the number of times Paul gets into trouble. In Thessalonika, he and Silas annoyed the religious establishment so much that citizens
A Response to the news about Tony Flannery
April 6 2012The quote of a young Catholic in posting No. 56 above is both appalling and worrying if indeed it is as typical as Fr Egan suggests. Clericalism, sectarianism and sexism, all embraced in one short sta
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