We the undersigned ask the Irish Bishops’ Conference to meet as soon as possible with those Irish priests who have been censured by the Vatican in recent years.
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Fr. Tony Flannery, Emblematic of Our Era
“Finally, it could be asked why I am going public now having remained silent for a year. I need to take back my voice.”
Read morePriests organizing
It is too early to say what form the new initiatives in the US and England and Wales will take, or whether their reformist statements and actions will mirror those in Austria or Ireland.
Read moreCalls for Reform in Irish Catholic Church
More than 1,000 Catholic laity, priests and nuns called for dialogue in the Irish church at a day-long conference in Dublin yesterday.
Read moreSurvey says: Irish Catholics are in a different place than their leaders
43% of Irish Catholics have an unfavorable view of the new Mass translation. 78% prefer “And also with you.” 61% accept homosexuality. 87% support Communion for remarrieds. 87% support married priests, 77% support women’s ordination. 46% say the voice of the people concerning worship is not heard.
Read moreAn interesting post from Ireland
Dairne McHenry RSCJ writes an interesting piece in the September Furrow, reacting to the new translation and its imposition specifically as a woman religious.
Read moreWho began the undoing of Vatican II? Was it already Pope Paul VI??
“Oppose ecclesiastical power, but look with mercy on the custodians of this power. Try daily in your communities to build this Church-for-others of Vatican II. We sow, the Gospel also says, in tears; others, in their day, shall reap in joy. But let us not lament our fate. It is very laborious, difficult, but still wonderful.” — Abbot Giovanni Franzoni, OSB
Read moreFor all and for many
A member of the Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland, Redemptorist Seamus Devitt, reflecting on the conondrum facing all of us later in the year. Will we say “for all” or “for many”?
Read moreLiturgy and Church Reform?
by Pádraig McCarthy
“The response from the Executive Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference to the Association of Catholic Priests was offered as a response to the the Association. Yet it does not address any of the genuine concerns which were put to them.”
Association of Catholic Priests met June 2
A recommendation was unanimously accepted that priests and people avoid using the sexist language that pervades the New Missal. The ACP is requesting time and space for priests who have conscientious or pastoral objections to the use of some of the new texts.
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