Rosaline Redican believes everyone should be invited to receive from the chalice at every Mass and asks why the bishops have not followed through with their teaching in 1998 that this should be the case.
Press statement from the Chicago conference of International Catholic Priest Movements and Reform Groups.
Link to recording of The Women The Vatican Could Not Silence. Dr Mary McAleese and Sister Joan Chittister in conversation
Voices of Faith, We are Church Ireland and the School of Religion in Trinity College presented two leading Catholic women in a public conversation to overcome the silence on issues that affect Catholics today and must be openly discussed for the future of an inclusive, egalitarian and harmonious Church.
Following on from Jo O’Sullivan’s piece, this is a further reflection on the Katie Taylor phenomenon; and this one comes from a man in Bray, Aidan ffrench. He raises some interesting questions.
In light of the discussion due to take place at the AGM and as part of the ongoing debate in our church about vocation and ordained ministry we include these two contributions of how ministry is already being carried out in varied ways in church. Thanks to Brian Eyre and Mossy Hynan for these contributions.
Tony Flannery takes issue with Archbishop Charles Brown, the papal nuncio to Ireland, responding to an interview conducted by Mary Wilson on the RTE programme, ‘Drivetime’ on 15 March 2013
