The “diplomatic incident” in which the Cardinal Archbishop of Lisbon, Jose da Cruz Policarpo was involved in recent weeks, following the release of some opening statements in relation to women priests, seems to have been permanently dismissed. As reported by Vatican Radio, the Pope, in fact sent him a letter expressing his wishes on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Archbishop’s priestly ordination. In the letter, he recognized the Cardinal’s “sound doctrine,” among other things.
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Final day for priest advocate of women’s ordination
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Wednesday 17 August was ‘the’ day for Fr Roy Bourgeois to recant from his support of women’s ordination. All he has to say to avoid dismissal from the Maryknoll Fathers are the two words “I recant,” however doing so means he will not be true to himself. “Wednesday is the day,” Father Bourgeois said in Read more
Cardinal clarifies view on Women’s ordination
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Cardinal Jose Policarpo of Lisbon has issued a statement clarifying remarks he made on women’s ordination during an interview with the Portuguese Order of Lawyers. The cardinal wants to clearly explain his position “as bishop and pastor of the People of God.” Cardinal Policarpo, who was elected president of the Bishops’ Conference of Portugal in Read more
Portugal’s Cardinal: Women priests in God’s time
Friday, July 1st, 2011
There will be women priests “when God wills” according to the archbishop of Lisbon, Portugal, Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo. The veteran cardinal, a one-time contender for the papacy, says there’s “no fundamental theological obstacle” to the ordination of women as priests in the Catholic Church. Rather, he suggested, it has never been done from the time Read more
Are women and men interchangeable at will?
Friday, July 1st, 2011
A number of issues which may appear to be unrelated have been in the news Redefining Marriage, Children being raised in a “gender free” environment, Alasdair Thompson’s comments on workplace productivity, Cardinal sees ‘no theological obstacle’ to women priests. They are however connected by the underlying issue of gender difference. At one end of the Read more
- Redefining Marriage
- Gay marriage supporters misunderstand human nature
- Same sex marriage postmortem
- Cardinal see no theological obstacle to women priest
- Swedish pre-school goes gender free
- Swedish parents keep 2-year-old's gender secret
- Sweden's confusing gender neutral schools
- Men don't recognise benevolent sexism
- Research backs Thompson's period comments
- Shipley urges Employers' Association to act
2,000 meet to call for reform in Detroit
Friday, June 24th, 2011
At the American Catholic Council an estimated 2,000 reform-minded Catholics stood en masse to endorse a 10-point Catholic Bill of Rights and Responsibilities that asserts primacy of conscience and the right of every Catholic to have a voice in the way the church is run, as well as an obligation to advance the proclamation of Read more
German Catholics call for reform, many leaving
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
A year after a widespread sex scandal rocked Roman Catholics in Pope Benedict XVI’s homeland, German intellectuals and faithful alike are turning their backs on the church, calling for change or simply leaving the congregation. German theologians and others have aired their discontent in a series of petitions to church leaders calling for changes including Read more
Expulsion looms for unrepentant priest
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
An unrepentant priest, American Maryknoll father, Roy Bourgeois will not recant for participating in the attempted ordination of a woman and he faces laicisation and explusion from his religious order. “I cannot do it,” said Father Bourgeois, 72. “Rome wants two words from me to make this go away: ‘I recant.’ Those words I cannot Read more