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Deciding Referendums
Brendan Hoban, writing in the Western People, comments on the factors that may influence the outcome of the proposed referendum on the eight amendment to the constitution.
“In a strange way the vote may break down not in terms of how convincing the arguments are one way or the other but how the debate is conducted by the different protagonists.”Presider’s Page for 11 August (Ordinary Time 19)
We gather together as friends, called by the Lord to forgive each other as quickly as God forgives us.
An opinion poll is a snapshot of reality, not a call to revolt
There are some people commenting on the ACP Opinion Poll who do not seem to understand what an opinion poll is, and who interpret it as a list of demands about the way the church should be: they see it as a type of disloyalty or rebellion. Pádraig McCarthy explains…
President’s Strasbourg address is worth reading
President Michael D Higgins‘s address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg has drawn much favourable comment and is recommended to ACP members. (For those who prefer to listen, his address is here .)
An Association of Priests and People? – Mary O Vallely
Mary Vallely, from Armagh, is raising the question as to why we have an association for priests only. Should we not have one made up of priests and people together?
A drop of over 43% of priests in active ministry since 1995 – no crisis
When is a crisis not a crisis? When it involves the church it seems.
The number of priests in active ministry 20 years ago – in 1995 – was 3,550.
There are now just 2,019 in active ministry – which represents a drop of 43%.
Just over 67% of that number are over the age of 55 – while it is believed the majority of those are actually even older.
Where is there evidence of strategy and planning to face this ‘crisis’?