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The Regulation of Episcopal Conferences since Vatican II
Joe O Leary commented that “The whittling away of the theological status of episcopal conferences right through John Paul II’s pontificate has a kind of blueprint in Joseph Ratzinger’s 1982 book, Theologische Prinzipienlehre [Principles of Catholic Theology,1987]. It is dismal reading and unveils a full-length portrait of the conservative theologian that he had become.”
Joe kindly makes available an article that Massimo Faggioli wrote in the Japan Mission Journal in 2004:Séamus Ahearne: EX CATHEDRA
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Tim Hazelwood reflects on Cloyne’s Council of Priests report on the Synodal Synthesis.
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Séamus Ahearne: ‘Everything is going to be alright.’ Derek Mahon
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