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  • Seminaries perpetuate gender inequality in church

    August 18 2016
    Joe O'Leary

    Make-up of pope's commission on women deacons: 6 men and 6 women, including Phyllis Zagano.

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  • Seminaries perpetuate gender inequality in church

    August 18 2016
    Josie O Reilly

    Joe O Leary's assertion that“the Pope is opening the door to female ordination in the tried and trusted Catholic way of consultation and reflection and dialogue…Begs the question, with whom is Pop

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  • Seminaries perpetuate gender inequality in church

    August 18 2016
    Tony Conry

    When I read Joe O'Leary's assertion that "The Pope is opening the door to female ordination in the tried and trusted Catholic way of consultation and reflection and dialogue"I didn't give a hearty chu

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  • The election of bishops – ACP Statement

    August 19 2016
    Colm Holmes

    Your headline "The election of bishops" is incorrect. None of our bishops are elected. They are all SELECTED by Archbishop Brown and confirmed by our unelected leaders in the Vatican. Pope Francis has

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  • Silly Season Scrum: Archbishop Martin and the Media

    August 15 2016
    Christine Lynch

    Nobody answers the question: "if Vatican II was such a great success, why are the churches emptying and why are there so few priestly vocations these days". Is it not a situation of the "emperor havi

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  • Seminaries perpetuate gender inequality in church

    August 18 2016
    Pól Ó Duibhir

    I have always seen the "Real Presence" as a touchstone. When this is eventually redefined, along Protestant lines, at least one of the obstacles to women's ordination to the priesthood will be weakene

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  • Seminaries perpetuate gender inequality in church

    August 18 2016
    Elizabeth O'Donnell

    With Pope Francis we have the opportunity to hear more clearly the message of Christ. Pope Francis is speaking to us in a language that we understand. We all have to be proactive and support the man

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  • Seminaries perpetuate gender inequality in church

    August 18 2016
    Mary Vallely

    I would agree with Joe O'Leary in this. "I think the church is unhealthily obsessed with eucharistic routines. Less frequent celebration would not, in my opinion, bring any spiritual loss." I am afr

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  • Seminaries perpetuate gender inequality in church

    August 18 2016
    Joe O'Leary

    I really stumble on illicit ordinations and eucharistic celebrations, and I don't think they have helped the cause of ordaining women one bit. There is such a thing as spiritual communion, and there i

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  • Prising open the door – women deacons

    August 16 2016
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    I honestly think someone had a sensitivity training with the Roman Catholic Church about advances in human rights that have taken place over the last 60 years. The more I read on these sites, the real

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