Theologian urges reform in how bishops are chosen – Diocesan clergy used to have a greater say

Theologian urges reform in how bishops are chosen – Diocesan clergy used to have a greater say The Irish bishops gathered in Rome ahead of the Jubilee Mass. Photo: Diocese of Limerick.

Irish theologian and academic Fr Eugene Duffy has called for wide-ranging reform in the Catholic Church, with a strong focus on leadership and the way bishops are appointed. Delivering a lecture titled ‘The Need for Ecclesial Reform’ recently in Trinity College, he said the Synodal Assembly had made clear that the People of God want “a…

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