VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Catholic Church must combat clericalism among its ranks by giving authority to a “responsible and…
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More parishes than priests
The situation of more parishes than priests speeds towards us. The shift from the current parish priest model of sole decision-maker to joint leadership…
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Working towards a co-responsible leadership model
The shifts of emphasis since Vatican II that have come down into parish life, particularly with the sacraments and Mass,…
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Living lay vocation as salt, light and leaven
US priest Fr Roger Landry’s second talk at the Auckland Eucharistic Convention might have been about the vocation of the…
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The scandal of the hierarchy
by Dan Stollenwerk I hate it too. And who wouldn’t? A cardinal sleeping with seminarians — an open secret; priests raping…
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