The church institution is a petrified oligarchy, monolithic, a dictatorship like the medieval monarchies it once existed alongside and it's run by a small circle of conservative, rigidly ideological o
Since the predestination nightmare is a thing if the past, gently put to rest in Barth's great 600 page discussion in Church Dogmatics II/2, I think it is more fruitful to tackle the pull-up-your-sock
Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it"
I have been paying particular atte
I never met bishop Edward but spoke to him once on the phone to thank him for the insight into his first book. At the end of our conversation he asked me where I was from and I mentioned that I was an
I often wonder about this,it seems to be the common practice now under this Nuncio.Surely there is room for both local and outsiders on a case by case basis. I have known many good ones of both variet
Thank you Paddy for your reflection on the life of a good man.
Only after we saw the image of Fr. Edward Daly, the priest in black, waving a blood-stained white handkerchief, leading a small group of
Maybe my Grandaughters aged 4,5,6 will live to see women taken their rightful place as ordained priests ,not because the are women but because they have a vocation. Far from opening a door ,I think Po
Joyce makes fun of a Jesuit brooding on "the number of the elect" in Ulysses. It is a mark of theological decrepitude that some still waste their brains on this question. The warnings of Jesus can be
But Joe, the commission is weighted 7 men to 6 women. It includes the Jesuit Secretary of the CDF (Archiepiscopal rank), two other Jesuit heavyweights, an Augustinian, a Salesian, a Monsignor and one
"Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”
Jesus said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able."
Could it be t
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