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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Mary Vallely

    I agree, Pádraig@15. Consultation (x3!) is the answer but it means a letting go of control and power and presupposes respect for the other. That's a big shift in mindset for some. It's not just the h

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Paddy Ferry

    Just a wee reminder of what the eminent Catholic theologian, Werner Jeanrond has had to say about this matter recently: "The fact that for centuries cultural forces have prioritised men to take on rel

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Padraig McCarthy

    I would suggest a more radical approach. The first principle is that every Christian community has a right to a full celebration of the Eucharist. All else serves that. Bernard Kennedy had an article

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Eddie Finnegan

    Paddy@12, I think Ned and Colm are referring to the sparse response (12 / 1,000+) to Tony Flannery's October 2015 appeal or challenge for at least a dozen or so priests to take a stand and sign up to

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Paddy Ferry

    Ned@4, are you sure about that --"only 12". I find that very hard to believe. In Colm's list @8 there is no Padraig McCarthy nor Seamus Ahearne. So, that's another 2 more for starters --please excuse

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Michael

    I wouldn't critique the article writer for outlining a course if action that had been discussed for some time. The question is as to why the bishops aren't listening. Will this generation of bishops o

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Phil Greene

    I am not sure why anyone is surprised at these suggestions, for as Lloyd says its like Groundhog Day regularly on this site due to the lack of any progress in this and other areas by the CC at large.

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Colm Holmes

    Lloyd @7 The ACP's Amarach Survey of 2012 asked: Should women be allowed to be ordained into the priesthood? Yes - 77% No - 23%

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Colm Holmes

    Ned @4 The 12 ACP apostles are leaders indeed! They will each bring home a 100 fold harvest! Benny Bohan Tony Conry Roy Donovan Adrian Egan Tony Flannery Kevin Hegarty John D. Kirwin Eamonn McCarthy S

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  • Rome, we’ve got a problem

    July 17 2017
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    Colm @ 3, when you say 77% support women priests, where does this information come from? Ned @ 4, 100% of the members of the ACP support female ordination - ACP membership has to be considered public

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