By Vatican News
In his prayer intention for October 2020, Pope Francis asks everyone to pray that women be given greater leadership roles in the Church.
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Tony Flannery thinks we should accept Pope Francis’ invitation to discuss openly and honestly issues in the church.
Francis said recently’ The path ahead, then, is dialogue among yourselves, dialogue in your presbyterates, dialogue with lay persons, dialogue with families, dialogue with society.I cannot ever tire of encouraging you to dialogue fearlessly.’
Tony feels it is time there was an open dialogue about the issue of ordination for women.
NO COMMENT! I think our ACP site would now qualify for a place in any Garda Station where an interrogation was taking place: ‘No Comment.’ There has been a real…
Presiders’ pages for the Sundays of August have now been published on the ACP website
The readings this Sunday focus on the end of the world, though we are also reassured that people of faith have nothing to fear. (Today is also World Day of…
A few days before the start of the European Continental Assembly of the Synod which will take place in Prague from 5 to 12 February 2023, we invite you to an…
RTÉ reports: The Papal Nuncio is ending his six-year mission to Ireland following an announcement by the Vatican. Pope Francis has stated that Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo Martin will take…
Tony Flannery thinks we should accept Pope Francis’ invitation to discuss openly and honestly issues in the church.
Francis said recently’ The path ahead, then, is dialogue among yourselves, dialogue in your presbyterates, dialogue with lay persons, dialogue with families, dialogue with society.I cannot ever tire of encouraging you to dialogue fearlessly.’
Tony feels it is time there was an open dialogue about the issue of ordination for women.
NO COMMENT! I think our ACP site would now qualify for a place in any Garda Station where an interrogation was taking place: ‘No Comment.’ There has been a real…
Presiders’ pages for the Sundays of August have now been published on the ACP website
The readings this Sunday focus on the end of the world, though we are also reassured that people of faith have nothing to fear. (Today is also World Day of…
A few days before the start of the European Continental Assembly of the Synod which will take place in Prague from 5 to 12 February 2023, we invite you to an…
RTÉ reports: The Papal Nuncio is ending his six-year mission to Ireland following an announcement by the Vatican. Pope Francis has stated that Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Okolo Martin will take…
Tony Flannery thinks we should accept Pope Francis’ invitation to discuss openly and honestly issues in the church.
Francis said recently’ The path ahead, then, is dialogue among yourselves, dialogue in your presbyterates, dialogue with lay persons, dialogue with families, dialogue with society.I cannot ever tire of encouraging you to dialogue fearlessly.’
Tony feels it is time there was an open dialogue about the issue of ordination for women.
NO COMMENT! I think our ACP site would now qualify for a place in any Garda Station where an interrogation was taking place: ‘No Comment.’ There has been a real…
So Pope Francis is praying that “women be given greater leadership positions in the Church”. While praying for this is admirable, doing something about it would be even more laudable.
Well said Iggy O’Donovan, the hierarchy are still making it complex, without even mentioning ordination.
Many words,little action and plenty of closed doors.
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/10/16/pope-francis-women-leadership-catholic-church