Two very interesting posts have gone up this evening in the ACP website.
The first one is a report of the meeting between representatives of the Bishops Conference, and some members of the ACP.
The second one is the detailed results of a survey of priests attitudes to the New Missal, commissioned by the Association of Catholic Priests.
You can find both at”http://www.associationofcatholicpriests.ie”
Dealing with the Bishops
Since I am now retired from my leadership role in the Association of Catholic Priests I can stand back a little and observe things for some bit of distance. One of the most extraordinary things for me is the difficulty of having any sort of real discussion with Church authorities. After five years in existence, and representing a very large body of priests, the few meetings that have taken place with bishops’ representatives have been very unsatisfactory, with no real or meaningful discussion happening at them, and there has been no contact of any nature with the Papal Nuncio.
Statement of the Austrian Pastors’ Intitiative on the Excommunication of Martha and Gert Heizer
“Who are we to close doors? In the ancient church we had the office of the person opening the doors to let the people in. But there has never been an office of somebody closing the door!”
Pope Francis, morning mass, May 12, 2014
Statement of the Austrian Pastors’ Intitiative on the Excommunication of Martha and Gert Heizer
Vienna, May 26, 2014
We, the Austrian Pastors’ Initiative, are deeply concerned about the actions the Church’s leadership has taken against Martha and Gert Heizer.
