PRESS RELEASE: 15 August 2017 _ Support for Fr Roy Donovan’s call for justice for women
We are Church Ireland expresses its full support for Father Roy Donovan's call for the ordination of women to the priesthood and diaconate in the Catholic Church. We also agree with Fr. Donovan's view that expanding the male only diaconate is pre-empting the outcome...
PRESS RELEASE :11 July 2017_ Vatican bans gluten free bread.
Vatican bans gluten free bread. The latest directive from the Vatican forbidding the use of gluten free bread in the celebration of the Eucharist is another example of Church authority bringing itself into public disrepute. It is very doubtful whether Cardinal Sarah,...
Equality of All The Baptised
An aim of We Are Church Ireland The idea of equality of all goes back to Gen.1, v.27 and Gen.5, v.2. Jesus quotes these same texts in his teaching Mt.19, v.4 and Mk.10, v.6. In his conversations and interactions Jesus treats all equally – men, women and children, Jews...
A Note on Sexual Morality
An Aim of We Are Church Ireland Vatican II and John XXIII When he summoned Vatican II in December 1961, John XXIII directed the Council deliberations to take account of “the signs of the times”. He advocated special attention be given to the development of Moral...
Justice for Women
An Aim of We Are Church Ireland There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28 In his discussion of justice in contemporary society in his social encyclical...
Primacy of Conscience
An Aim of We Are Church Ireland When we read the Gospels with the question of conscience in mind, we are struck by the attitude of Christ himself. Typically, Jesus did not ‘lay down the law’ to individuals; instead he preferred to encourage and applaud those who...
PRESS RELEASE_ 9 March 2017 _ Departing Papal Nuncio Charles Brown failed to consult
Departing Papal Nuncio Charles Brown failed to consult. The retiring Papal Nuncio Charles Brown has had a significant influence on the future of the Irish Catholic Church by his appointment of 10 new Bishops in Ireland's 26 dioceses. However, he altered the existing...
PRESS RELEASE 2 March 2017 It is a scandal that Vatican curia has brought about Marie Collins’ resignation
We are Church Ireland thank Marie Collins for dedicating three years of her life to the promising reforming work of the Vatican Commission for the Protection of Minors. That she felt she has no option but to resign in frustration from the lack of Vatican Curia support...
PRESS RELEASE: 20 January 2017 _ Fr. Tony Flannery should heed words of Pope Francis
Fr. Tony Flannery should heed words of Pope Francis We are Church Ireland fully support Fr. Tony Flannery’s decision to celebrate a public Mass on Sunday on January 22nd in Killimordaly, Co. Galway. This conscientious decision taken by Fr. Flannery on the occasion of...
PRESS RELEASE: 23 DECEMBER 2016 _ Call for CDF to be radically restructured
Call for CDF to be radically restructured. We are Church Ireland welcomes and supports Pope Francis's call for reform of the Vatican Curia to be slimmed down especially when it comes to "offices that are no longer responsive to contingent needs". Based on this...
PRESS RELEASE: 8 APRIL 2016 _‘We have been called to form consciences not replace them’, Pope Francis
PRESS RELEASE 8 APRIL 2016 ‘We have been called to form consciences not replace them’, Pope Francis. We are Church Ireland welcomes the publication of ‘Amoris Laetitia’ - the reflections of Pope Francis on the recommendations of the 2014 and 2015 Synod of the...
PRESS RELEASE: 25 March 2016 _Justice for Worldwide Survivors of Clerical Child Sex Abuse
Justice for Worldwide Survivors of Clerical Child Sex Abuse. Today, Good Friday, members of ‘We are Church Ireland‘ staged a dramatic presentation on Grafton Street, Dublin 2, calling for ‘Justice for Worldwide Survivors of Clerical Child Sex Abuse‘ and for members...