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The celebration of the Eucharist: Could it become a museum piece?
Brian Eyre wonders if the celebration of the Eucharist could become so rare it could be seen as a museum piece?
He hopes not but suggests the only way “This can be avoided is if the priesthood is opened up to others and not limit it to male celibate candidates only.”Still flying a tattered flag
Brendan Hoban in his weekly column in the Western People reflects on his 43 years in ministry in the light of the influence successive papacies have had on church.
‘as hope gradually died a long and difficult death and Rome eventually began to implode, a few years ago the cardinals came to the obvious conclusion that the Curia in Rome had to be reformed, rowing back in the general direction of the Council of Trent had failed and that the vision of Vatican Two was worth a second look.
Unexpectedly Francis emerged from the shadows……….’Joe O’Leary criticises ACP leadership
Joe O’Leary, for those who don’t know him, is a priest of Cork and Ross, who lives and works in Tokyo. He is a member of the association from the beginning, and a regular contributor to the website.
We would naturally be interested in comments; from members only in this instance, please.
Time to Break Out
Pope francis urges bishops to be vigilant over who they admit to the seminary as world needs “mature and balanced” clergy according to a report by Christopher Lamb in www.lastampa.it
The report continues ‘Priests must leave their “fortresses” ‘ says Francis and also quotes him as saying ‘the Church should stop reducing Catholicism to a “recipe of rules” while clergy needed to break out of their closed worlds.’– –
CHRISTOPHER LAMB
Letter to Cardinal Sean O’Malley
This is a letter written to Cardinal Sean O’Malley by one of our members, Peter McCarron, who is a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin. He wrote it in a personal capacity.
Bishop Resigns – Pope Francis backs down in dispute with Nigerian priests
Joshua J. McElwee reports in the National Catholic Reporter on the long running dispute in the Nigerian diocese of Ahiara.
“The priests had complained that Bishop Peter Okpaleke was not from Mbaise, the region surrounding their diocese..”