Posts Tagged ‘Fr Tony Flannery’

Suspended Irish priest Tony Flannery calls Vatican inquiry ‘unjust’

Monday, September 28th, 2020
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The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)has formally requested that well-known Irish Redemptorist Fr Tony Flannery, sign a statement affirming his acceptance of church teaching as formulated by the CDF. The focus of the CDF’s request focussed on homosexuality, civil unions between persons of the same sex, the admission of women to the Read more

Women priests: priest suspended, bishops scott free

Monday, September 21st, 2020

Being prepared to consider ordaining women – and saying so – has seen a priest continue to be suspended from ministry while more senior clergy are not even smacked on the wrist. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, recently admitted that he is “open” to the idea of ordaining women to the Catholic priesthood. “I am not Read more

Women’s ordination panel split on female deacons

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Panel members at a conference organised by women’s ordination supporters have different views on conjectured future female deacons. The five-person panel met as part of the “Open to the Door to Dialogue” conference held in Rome earlier this month. Last month, Pope Francis said he would create a commission to study the history of female Read more

Vatican silence on call for theology investigation reform

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016

An appeal for reform of the process for theological investigations by the Church has met with a stony silence from the Vatican. In March, an international group of 15 bishops, nuns, priests and lay people wrote to Pope Francis and the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith calling for reform. Many Read more

Irish prelates to look at issue of Vatican-censured priests

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Four Irish prelates are to meet a priests’ group to discuss calls for restoration to full ministry of priests disciplined by the Vatican. This is one of the topics likely to be on the agenda of a proposed meeting between the prelates and representatives of the Association of Catholic Priests. Other matters to be discussed Read more

Call to return silenced priests to ministry in jubilee year

Friday, November 27th, 2015

A call has been made for Rome to allow priests silenced for expressing unorthodox views to return to full ministry as part of the Year of Mercy. The annual meeting of the Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland this week heard that six of their members had faced sanctions for their views. Among their number Read more

Priests call for talk on total equality of women in church

Friday, November 6th, 2015

Twelve priests in Ireland have issued a statement calling for an open discussion on equality for women in the Church, including in ministry. “Discriminating against women encourages and reinforces abuse and violence against women in many cultures and societies,” they said. Some of the 12 have been prominent members of the reformist Association of Catholic Priests in Read more

Irish hierarchy won’t respond to call for local synod

Friday, October 30th, 2015

Suspended Irish Redemptorist Fr Tony Flannery wants a synod of the Irish church, but says the Irish hierarchy hasn’t wanted to know. Writing on his blog after the synod on the family in Rome, Fr Flannery noted that Pope Francis sees the synodal process as the pattern for the whole church. Fr Flannery quipped that Read more

Bishop prevents suspended priest speaking at Irish event

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

An Irish bishop has moved to prevent a suspended Redemptorist speaking at a parish event next month. Fr Tony Flannery was invited by the parish pastoral council in Killeagh in Cloyne diocese to give the opening address at Spiritfest 2015. But Flannery’s invitation was cancelled at the order of Bishop William Crean of Cloyne. This Read more

Irish priest questions belief in Mary’s life-long virginity

Friday, July 10th, 2015

An Irish priest has challenged the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was a life-long virgin. Writing on his blog, suspended Redemptorist Fr Tony Flannery mentioned a Scripture passage that refers to Jesus’ brothers and sisters. “We are told that Jesus had four brothers, and an indefinite number of sisters,” Flannery wrote. “This does Read more