My friend, Peter Keenan, has recently written a fascinating trilogy on the Birth, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. The last one of the trilogy, under the above title, has just been published by Columba Books.
I publish here the press release that goes with the publication. It makes for a fascinating read.
The Resurrection of Jesus the Jew – Press Release – The Resurrection of Jesus the Jew
How are we to understand the resurrection of Jesus?
Beyond Priests. The future of ministry in the Catholic Church
In Beyond Priests Paul Collins contends that the requirements of the clerical priesthood of the Catholic Church – that all priests must be male and celibate – is a gross distortion of scripture and the church’s early history that must be changed. While the roots of the modern priesthood go back to the fourth century and even more remotely to the presbyters or elders who advised local bishops in the early church, the contemporary model that a priest is ontologically changed into ‘another Christ’ is very much the product of seventeenth-century French reformers acting to apply the 1563 decree on the priesthood of the Council of Trent.
I recently fulfilled an invitation I had received from the parish of The Holy Name Catholic Church in Newcastle (England). Me being invited to speak on Catholic property anywhere is something not to be missed. It was the second time I had this type of opportunity since my silencing — the other one being in the U.S. eleven years ago. The parish priest in this parish, in the heart of Newcastle, is Michael Campion, a Kilkenny man, and a wonderful person.
