Father Tony Flannery: Stifling debate on women priests damages the church

[Fish and Bread]

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Tony Flannery: Stifling debate on women priests damages the church

 

[archer75]

Does anyone think that at least some of the resistance to this is because it would change the character of the internal workings of the hierarchy?

 

[Anhelyna]

Have you seen this Wiki article ?

Tony Flannery - Wikipedia

Or this one ?

Hundreds attend Mass as Tony Flannery defies Vatican ban

This one is dated Jan 22 2017 and I quote
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Fr Tony Flannery was disciplined and banned from public ministry by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in 2012 for views he expressed on Catholic teachings in areas such as sexuality, contraception and the role of women in the church.

Fr Flannery, who turned 70 last Wednesday, decided to mark the occasion by celebrating Mass at Killimordaly Community Centre, near where he lives in east Co Galway on Sunday. He said he feared it would be the last time he did so......... >>

 

[Fish and Bread]

Have you seen this Wiki article ?

Tony Flannery - Wikipedia

Or this one ?

Hundreds attend Mass as Tony Flannery defies Vatican ban

I'm broadly familar with Father Tony's background and status. I started a thread about his first mass in five years a few minutes ago. You were probably typing here as I was clicking the post button over there (Over there being in the other thread, also in TLT).

 

[Anhelyna]

It happens -we'll see about getting things merged I think - might be less messy

@Davidnic - care to do the honours please ?

 

[Davidnic]

I think we can leave them separate. Two different issues right? One is his illicit mass the other his views on this issue.