No room at the inn for priesthood candidates if you're a woman, or a man
who can't take a vow of celibacy - and move along please if you're a
practising gay. What a chilly Christian family the Catholic Church has
let itself become. No wonder there are only 55 trainee priests at
Maynooth.
The Catholic Church has been stalled at a crossroads for some considerable time, with dwindling vocations and shrinking congregations. Those who seek to jump-start the institution - such as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin - face obstacles from a doggedly conservative bloc.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/martina-devlin/archbishop-martins-mission-to-jumpstart-church-being-stalled-by-myopic-clericalism-34943133.html
The Catholic Church has been stalled at a crossroads for some considerable time, with dwindling vocations and shrinking congregations. Those who seek to jump-start the institution - such as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin - face obstacles from a doggedly conservative bloc.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/martina-devlin/archbishop-martins-mission-to-jumpstart-church-being-stalled-by-myopic-clericalism-34943133.html
