Jesuit theologian urges Irish bishops to seek synodal debate on women’s ordination

Jesuit theologian urges Irish bishops to seek synodal debate on women’s ordination Ursula Halligan, Soline Humbert, Phil Dunne and Fr Gerry O’Hanlon SJ at the launch of A Divine Calling in the School of Religion, Trinity College Dublin. Photos: Colm Holmes.

A prominent Irish Jesuit has publicly urged bishops, including those in Ireland, to ask Rome to place the question of women’s priestly ordination on the agenda of the study groups accompanying the Synod. “I repeat my proposal,” Fr Gerry O’Hanlon SJ writes in February edition of The Furrow, “that bishops, including Irish bishops, who have qualms…

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