"For example, the short cut by some dioceses towards managing the problem through bringing in foreign priests is sometimes touted as a solution as if in India or Africa or cumulatively around the arou
Fr. Peadar, what an honest reflection!! Thank you.
What a shame that some of your brother priests -- are there still over 1000 fully paid up members of the ACP? -- would not engage with in this discus
In the continuing absence of an historical explanation for the uniform policy of secrecy followed by Catholic bishops in the handling of clerical sexual abuse of children - in flagrant disregard of Je
Key Message:
We are selected and set apart for Jesus!!
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Our Lord Jesus worked as a carpenter till his thirtieth year. But once He got baptized, He worked only
While lay ministry is crucial in its own right, is there a danger of commandeering lay ministry to compensate for a lack of priests? (instead of ordaining suitable women and men, married and unmarried
This is what happens when an institution invests in insanity. There was NO problem with finding priests, Just ordain married men and women. Paul VI got on a high horse about celibacy in 1967 and about
I was a priest in a dual men/women religious community, "charismatic" and experimental; after many changes of personel..." temporary vocations." l pointed out shortcomings and abuses, which left me t
Key Message:
If not Jesus, then who else?
Homily:
Jesus says in John 10:14, "I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me, just as the Father know
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