Surely a more accurate term would be Bishop-select.This would reflect the reality that bishops are not elected by the faithful of the diocese but selected from on high according to an opaque, secretiv
About a fortnight ago Paddy Ferry lamented, on the evidence of the Sarah Mac Donald interview, that we have not had the benefit over the years of young Fr Paddy Byrne's contributions on this ACP forum
Well Brendan, I think we could all agree with your take on this. From my previous comments@1,6,9 I'm sure it's clear that 'in hac pugna canem non habeo', but it's nice to see one or two newish comment
Really Eddie? People make mistakes. Deacons do. Even Priests to. And Bishops do. And it’s not the end of the world. No sense in getting ourselves into a twist about it.
Parish life doesn’t always
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Alright to dismiss this as insane and silly season angel counting if we're all agreed that this church is an insane institution which now and again gives us all a b
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Pól @ 2 is spot on. This IS insane. The silly season equivalent of ‘How many angels on the head of a pin?’ Whatever happened to Ecclesia supplet - the Church supplies?
I fear this article is correct. It is especially noticeable in the 'States, where the extreme right-wing catholic movement seems to be very much tied up with wealthy corporate benefactors and right-
Seamus, I didn't catch sight of your triple-Augustine paragraphs till now, near the end of my 77th birthday and I'm glad to hear from Joe that I share mine with Goethe. I began to discover Augustine a
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Interview on Midwest Radio with Achonry Bishop-elect Paul Dempsey
August 27 2020Surely a more accurate term would be Bishop-select.This would reflect the reality that bishops are not elected by the faithful of the diocese but selected from on high according to an opaque, secretiv
Interview on Midwest Radio with Achonry Bishop-elect Paul Dempsey
August 27 2020About a fortnight ago Paddy Ferry lamented, on the evidence of the Sarah Mac Donald interview, that we have not had the benefit over the years of young Fr Paddy Byrne's contributions on this ACP forum
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Well Brendan, I think we could all agree with your take on this. From my previous comments@1,6,9 I'm sure it's clear that 'in hac pugna canem non habeo', but it's nice to see one or two newish comment
30 August, 2020. 22nd Sunday, Year A
August 30 2020Thank you for the reflections. "Have we fallen in love with Christ?" is the question I shall ask and will help my parishioners ask.
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Really Eddie? People make mistakes. Deacons do. Even Priests to. And Bishops do. And it’s not the end of the world. No sense in getting ourselves into a twist about it. Parish life doesn’t always
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Thanks Brendan. I really don't think the CDF have thought this through.
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Pól@2 & Liamy(for Brendan)@8: Alright to dismiss this as insane and silly season angel counting if we're all agreed that this church is an insane institution which now and again gives us all a b
The National Catholic Reporter: “After learning his baptism was invalid, priest finds blessing in ‘re-ordination'” – the story of the importance of words at baptism…
August 26 2020Brendan Hoban writes: Pól @ 2 is spot on. This IS insane. The silly season equivalent of ‘How many angels on the head of a pin?’ Whatever happened to Ecclesia supplet - the Church supplies?
Facing down the Catholic Church’s crocodile – the weekly Western People article from Brendan Hoban
August 28 2020I fear this article is correct. It is especially noticeable in the 'States, where the extreme right-wing catholic movement seems to be very much tied up with wealthy corporate benefactors and right-
Seamus Ahearne in one of his regular columns – George Bernard Shaw, Covid, Messi, Dara Calleary, Augustine and of course the Heron and Indi…
August 27 2020Seamus, I didn't catch sight of your triple-Augustine paragraphs till now, near the end of my 77th birthday and I'm glad to hear from Joe that I share mine with Goethe. I began to discover Augustine a
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