Pope Francis has reportedly excommunicated the leader of the liberal reform group ‘We Are Church’. According to reports in the German press, Martha Heater, (67) chair of the movement, and her husband, Gert, incurred excommunication for repeated private celebrations of the Eucharist, which the Church considers a grave sin. Bishop Manfred Scheuer of Innsbruck is…
Paul Keenan
Taoiseach should clarify comments
Dear Editor, Recent events in the North of our country have reminded us of the ongoing need for clarification and reconciliation in all areas of social life. In that context it is not perhaps inappropriate to recall the infamous speech to the Dáil of Mr Enda Kenny in July 2011 on foot of the Cloyne…
Confusion during Mass
Dear Editor, People who go irregularly to Church don’t know whether to sit, kneel or stand at a funeral Mass. Those who attend Church regularly, sitting behind and to their side, copy them. It is lacking in respect for the celebrant and regrettable that he is compelled to go to the microphone and request…
No ‘crusade’ against Moscow insists Ukrainian Archbishop
The leader of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine has rejected allegations from the Russian Orthodox Church that his congregation is sowing disunion in the country. In an interview conducted after criticisms levelled by Moscow’s Metropolitan Hilarion, reported in The Irish Catholic last week, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk insisted that his Church was not taking…
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