Tag: Church Reform
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Head of German Bishops’ Conference on Office of Female Deacons – UPDATED
Archbishop Zollitsch said that the Catholic Church could only regain credibility and strength by committing to reform.
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Pope Francis: Vatican II was “beautiful work of the Holy Spirit” but some “wish to turn the clock back”
But 50 years later, “have we done everything the Holy Spirit was asking us to do during the Council,” he asked. The answer is “No,” said Pope Francis.
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Cardinal Hummes, Close to Pope Francis: “New Methods of Doing Mass”
“The church does not work anymore.”
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German Cardinal Lehmann Criticizes Pope Benedict on Vatileaks
It displeases Lehmann that Benedict himself didn’t say all he knew about the Vatileaks affair when questioned by the cardinals.
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No Red Cape for Pope Francis: “Carnival Time is Over!”
Pope Francis is sweeping away trappings of court ceremonial left and right.
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Association of US Catholic Priests: A Call for Reform of the Papal Office
Ratzinger said bishops “have been complaining about this problem of excessive Roman centralization for at least two centuries.”
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First Impressions of Pope Francis
Pope Francis I made his first public appearance wearing house dress, not choir dress. He doesn’t care much for ecclesiastical pomp and splendor, we read.
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Catholic Church and Today’s World: Two Views
“I do think there’s a real big crisis in the Church, and it actually feels a bit like 1989…” – Diarmaid MacCulloch “Viewed theologically, the church is already ‘open’.” – Cardinal Cottier
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Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland Calls for Dialogue and Mediation
We the undersigned ask the Irish Bishops’ Conference to meet as soon as possible with those Irish priests who have been censured by the Vatican in recent years.