by soconaill | Feb 17, 2022 | News, WithSidebar
On his own initiative Pope Francis has issued a decree that modifies both the structure and the emphases of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) – notorious for its roles in the adjudication of clerical abuse and the monitoring of the writings of...
by soconaill | Feb 7, 2022 | News, WithSidebar
On Sunday Feb 6th, 2022 the death occurred, in Donegal, of Martin Ridge – the retired Garda detective who, with a colleague, investigated the prolific Catholic clerical abuser of boys in West Donegal in the closing decades of the 20th century, Eugene Greene....
by soconaill | Feb 4, 2022 | News, WithSidebar
“For some priests, it would be better if they were married—not just for sexual reasons, but because it would be better for their life and they wouldn’t be lonely…. We must hold this discussion.” So declared the Cardinal Archbishop of...
by soconaill | Feb 4, 2022 | News, WithSidebar
The Irish branch of the Redemptorist order has called on the Vatican to reinstate to ministry Fr Tony Flannery, who was removed from ministry in 2012 by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) the Vatican’s theological watchdog. The CDF took...
by soconaill | Jan 28, 2022 | News, WithSidebar
Synodality will not have relevance for younger generations unless our ‘walking together’ addresses the issue that will soon have the greatest impact upon the lives of everyone. This was Columban ecologist Sean McDonagh’s stark warning to a...
by soconaill | Jan 9, 2022 | News, WithSidebar
Over 21% of Ireland’s population of Catholic parish clergy and brothers have died in just three years, according to a report in the Irish Examiner. According to the Association of Catholic Priests “parishes are going to have to be amalgamated, churches...
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