Rome will be PERMANENTLY discerning the female Diaconate.
The Traditional teaching is that only baptized males can receive Holy Orders. (CIC 1917 #968
& CIC 1983 #1024)
Leo XIV is scared to re
Joe, I never bit the host— well that was the teaching that people like myself took so seriously.
Then about 30 ago, I suppose, I became a lay minister of the Eucharist — title since changed — a
"The fact that only 10% of the faithful believe in the real presence suggests that they have been badly taught about it."
This is probably true - but it is also a mistake to believe that we are mos
A child asked the teacher: Is it ok to bite the Host? and got the reply: How would you like to be bitten?
This bad catechesis should be corrected -- the real presence does not mean that when the ho
A child asked the teacher: Is it ok to bite the Host? and got the reply: How would you like to be bitten?
This bad catechesis should be corrected -- the real presence does not mean that when the ho
Correction:This is the link for "God calls, Rome stalls, this day, 13 years ago. https://associationofcatholicpriests.ie/ordination-of-women-would-correct-injustice-says-the-ncr/
(But the other link
Dom @10, I mentioned recently my surprise at the findings of a recent — perhaps two years ago — survey into what Catholics in Ireland actually believed and it was found that only 10% of Irish Cath
We took a wrong turn while travelling on a mild but snowy winter day and ended up beside a large modern cemetery. We pulled over, turned the car off to gaze in wonder at a young man in the cemetery bu
A chance encounter with a Muslim woman.
I was waved into the cubical for my blood work. There sat a Muslim woman with her Hijab firmly in place. I said I was a wimp when it came to having my blood wo
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