The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins meeting Pope Francis in Rome

In debates about how to counter the declining number of priests in the Catholic Church it is often argued that despite having a married clergy, women and men, the Church of England is not attracting vocations either. In a recent interesting article in The Tablet Jonathan Wynne-Jones seems to give the lie to that argument with an account of 1000 ordinations in the Church of England this year.

Brian Eyre, catholic married priest, Recife, Brazil, asks is it more important to demand that the Eucharist can only be celebrated by celibate priests or that it be made available to people frequently by allowing celibate or married priests celebrate it.

We have decided to put this letter on the website, since it gives a context and explains our Press Statement;  and members have been asking us for it.

It has been said that politicians campaign in poetry and govern in prose. It is certainly true that extravagant promises and self-promoting claims are the order of the day. That…

14th November, 8pm London timeCome and join us to find out Why are we OUTSIDE THE SYNOD? “The main protagonist of the Synod is the Holy Spirit,” says Pope Francis.We hope, pray,…

Taken from Religión Digital this is a letter from a religious sister to Leo our new Pope. Click on the English translation within the link: https://www.religiondigital.org/vaticano/Carta-Papa-Leon-XIV-nuevamente-mujeres-iglesia_0_2778622120.html