There can no longer be any doubt that the momentum for reform is building rapidly in the Catholic Church. This has been most starkly demonstrated by the public response to the style and priorities of the new papacy Perhaps the most…
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Gay Men in This Conclave: Could Women Be in the Next?
In the build – up to the conclave that will elect a new pope, an Italian priest has called for the election of an openly gay one. That may be unrealistic this time – but Andrew Sullivan has pointed out…
The Catholic Spring: Ferment in Switzerland
One of the disadvantages of English as a home language, is that too often it leaves us linguistically challenged in other tongues, and as a result all too ignorant of developments in the wider world (outside, that is, the UK,…
A Catholic OBLIGATION to Discuss Women’s Ordination
We are all too familiar with the Vatican insistence that not only is women’s ordination impossible, but that even discussion of the subject is not permitted. Others disagree. In a hard-hitting editorial, the National Catholic Reporter argues strongly that not…
Irish Broadcaster Leaves Church Over Its Refusal to Ordain Women
Broadcaster Olivia O’Leary has, very publicly, left the Catholic Church. The Carlow-born journalist renounced Catholicism because of the church’s refusal to ordain women, though the institutional cover-up of clerical child sex abuse was a “proximate factor”. This Christmas, Ms O’Leary,…
Bursting The Vatican Bubble
In a comment to my friend Terry’s post Bishops’ Double-Speak: Gay Ministry, Liturgy, a reader who goes by the name PrickliestPear (I just love the name) said the following: I’m not sure that the majority of Catholics who disagree with…
Swiss Bishop Calls for Radical Reform, Women Priests.
Hard on the heels of the controversy over the dismissal of Australian Bishop Morris over some very cautious remarks he made years ago, on the need to condider ordaining women priests, comes this report of a Swiss bishop, who has…
Catholic Revolution Gaining Momentum: Germany, Ireland
German Theologians Call For Radical Reforms. Within hours of my post earlier today on the Catholic silent revolution, came news of a dramatic corroboration, with a solid band of German academic theologians in open revolt. In September this year, Pope…
Pope Benedict, on the Priesthood
Before I elaborate on Pope Benedict’s views on gay men and the priesthood as expressed in “Light of the World”, I want to put this into the broader context of his views on the priesthood generally, and some other observations…
Womenpriests, and Vatican Horror.
The Vatican has issued new guidelines on dealing with sexual abuse (which in principle is to be welcomed), and included in those guidelines a declaration that the “attempted” ordination of women is to be classed among the ”delicta graviore“. That…
