28Feb 28 February. Thursday in the Second Week of Lent
27Feb
27 February. Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent
Not fighting for the honours
26Feb
26 February. Tuesday in the Second Week of Lent
Charity and personal integrity
25Feb
ACI plan meeting in Limerick on March 1st
Noel McCann will speak about the vision and background of the Association of Catholics in Ireland at an information meeting to be held in Limerick next Friday evening
25Feb
25 February. Monday in the Second Week of Lent
Beautiful Compassion
24Feb
Theologians lament the procedures of the CDF
Bradford E. Hinze, professor of theology at Fordham University, New York lists ten "lamentations" theologians have about the procedures of the CDF. His essay, titled "A Decade of Disciplining Theologians", appeared on pages 33-37 of "When the Magisterium Intervenes" by Richard Gaillardetz (Liturgical Press, 2012).
24Feb
24th February 2013. 2nd Sunday of Lent
So What's New?
23Feb
Successive popes have transformed the Vatican into an absolute monarchy
Fr John P Mannion argues that while the western world has moved from absolute monarchy to participant democracy, the Catholic Church has moved in the opposite direction, concentrating all power in the Bishop of Rome. Even the Commandments can be re-written as a result - as can be seen in the then Cardinal Ratzinger's reply to the US bishops, apparently allowing exceptions to the fifth commandment. (This a condensed version of his article: original can be obtained from the author at Killoran, Clonfert, Co Galway.)
23Feb
‘Priests should be allowed to marry’ – Cardinal Keith O’Brien
In a BBC interview, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, speaks of the need for a debate on priestly celibacy. And he believes it may be time for a pope from the developing world.