McAleese Blasts ‘Embedded Inequality’ in the Church
As the Rome ‘Synod on Synodality’ was under way in Rome in October 2023, Professor Mary McAleese again criticised the church’s “out-dated internal structure of governance, teachings and laws” in which, she argued, “inequality...
How the Synod Is Operating: Austen Ivereigh in The Tablet
For some there can be no mystery, and nothing to fear from, synodality as it operates in Rome’s Universal Synodal Assembly of October 2023. For others the process is an ominous departure from ‘tradition’ – the manner in which Catholic bishops...
Tony Flannery – Misneach – TG4 – Wed 18th Oct 2023
Wednesday 18th October @ 9.30 pm on TG4 A new documentary by Midas Productions A personal insight to the life of Redemptorist priest Tony Flannery who was suspended from public ministry by the Vatican in 2012 for expressing his support for women’s ordination,...
Pope Francis Takes On Climate Crisis Deniers and Irresponsible Lifestyles
“The world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point.” In a follow-up to his 2015 Encyclical Laudato Si Pope Francis has hit out strongly at those who are still in denial of human-induced global warming and climate change. ...
Pope Francis Affirms Equality of Common Priesthood
In a statement permitting further study of the question of ordaining women to the sacramental priesthood, Pope Francis has insisted on the equal importance of the common priesthood of the faithful, the ‘priesthood of all believers’. He has also given a...ACI – Latest News
THE SYNODAL PATHWAY
The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' - a journey towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) may mark a watershed in its history - if it fulfils the promise of a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of ACI's concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, the Irish Bishops Conference has assured ACI that our submissions to it in 2019 - centred on the Baptismal Common Priesthood of the People of God - will be included in the Irish Synodal Pathway deliberative process.
The following documents were submitted to the ICBC, by the ACI Steering Group, for consideration at its autumn meeting in Maynooth beginning on October 1st, 2019.
The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents who educated Catholic Bishops on the paramountcy of the obligation of safeguarding children in the church
Jesus as Model for the Common Priesthood of the People of God
It was for challenging religious hypocrisy and injustice that Jesus was accused and crucified. He is therefore a model for the common priesthood of the laity and for the challenging of injustice - in society and within the church.
A Suggested Strategy for the Recovery of the Irish and Western Catholic Church
Recovery of the church depends upon acknowledgment of the indispensable role of the common priesthood of the lay people of God and the explicit abandonment by bishops and clergy of paternalism and clericalism - the expectation of deference from lay people rather than honesty and integrity.
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The Declaration of a 'Synodal Pathway' - a journey towards a Synodal Assembly for the Catholic Church in Ireland (March 10 2021) may mark a watershed in its history - if it fulfils the promise of a return to dialogue and the task of renewal.
Apprised of ACI's concerns in 2019 for the slow progress of co-responsibility and faith formation at parish level, the Irish Bishops Conference has assured ACI that our submissions to it in 2019 - centred on the Baptismal Common Priesthood of the People of God - will be included in the Irish Synodal Pathway deliberative process.
The following documents were submitted to the ICBC, by the ACI Steering Group, for consideration at its autumn meeting in Maynooth beginning on October 1st, 2019.
The Common Priesthood of the People of God and the Renewal of the Church
It was Catholic parents who educated Catholic Bishops on the paramountcy of the obligation of safeguarding children in the church
Jesus as Model for the Common Priesthood of the People of God
It was for challenging religious hypocrisy and injustice that Jesus was accused and crucified. He is therefore a model for the common priesthood of the laity and for the challenging of injustice - in society and within the church.
A Suggested Strategy for the Recovery of the Irish and Western Catholic Church
Recovery of the church depends upon acknowledgment of the indispensable role of the common priesthood of the lay people of God and the explicit abandonment by bishops and clergy of paternalism and clericalism - the expectation of deference from lay people rather than honesty and integrity.
If you like what you see here why not support our work?
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