Dr. John Buckley, Bishop of Cork and Rosswith schoolgirls from the Secred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty at the careers fair
Tuesday.
With ordinations and trainee uptake on the floor Bishop John Buckley and other representatives of the Diocese of Cork and Ross showed up at a careers’ fair in Cork’s Rochestown Hotel, run by the Institute of Guidance Councillors.
From the Cork Evening Echo:
Teenagers at the fair expressed their concerns about the priesthood, like the lack of women and the celibacy vow, but Bishop Buckley said that he was not sure what impact changes to Church policy would have.
“Celibacy is a regulation of the Church,” Bishop Buckley said. “Certainly, in the years ahead, people might look at that, and I wouldn’t see any difficulty, if they see that it’s absolutely necessary. But whether it would help increase the number of vocations, I’m not sure.
“Other denominations, which allow ministers to marry, are seeing a shortage of vocations,” Bishop Buckley said.
Bishop Buckley says celibacy is not the problem (David Linnane, Cork Evening Echo)
Pic via Cork Evening Echo
I can’t believe he’s still around. He was the pretend (auxiliary) bishop when I was a tiddler, and that’s not today or yesterday.
Why don’t they just give it a whirl, see what happens? Oh yeah. I forgot. Maintain the status quo and eff everyone.
He was my headmaster, which was also not today or yesterday, but even before.
And confirmed me
And ye know when that was
i never heard of him, neither yesterday nor before, but today.
He’s 77 or so. Auxiliary, in many cases, means he’s next in line, though not a given. He’s the longest serving bishop in Ireland I think.
He served as Bishop as the other guy (whose name I forget) was poorly.
No. He was a 2nd bishop for years, while his predecessor, Bishop Murphy, was in full health. When he died, Bishop buckle was given the top job. He was an auxiliary who became an ordinary. He tendered his resignation, as required, when he turned 75 and will retire when his replacement is appointed. There isn’t an auxiliary in that diocese now.
Priests freak me out. Bishops especially. They have a clammy handshake.
You never know where their hands have been..
They’re celibate. We know.
In general…..
Yep to that. Clammy handshakes, lascivious leers and illicit impulses.
Shouldn’t be allowed near children.
Or small animals (probably)
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Nun of that
Maybe if they changed their beliefs they’d get more people interested in pretending to never have an orgasm ever again.
A careers fair? Ha.
Have to give him points for thinking outside the box anyway.
Diocese an religious orders have been at career fairs for years. Nothing new.
back then they were just lurking in the shadows though
out in the open now
which is more sinister?
Average age of a priest in Ireland is around the 67 year old mark.
The church in Ireland is literally dying out.
Very shortly you’ll have a situation where they won’t be enough priests for the standard marriage and funeral Irish Catholics.
Power in the church will ultimately have to be delegated to lay people. The Iona Institute isn’t kicking around for fun. They are the future.
You’re saying they’ll get to be the head honchos AND get to wear their cool clothes?
Feeble attempt at humour.
If celibacy* is not a problem, then how come they keep shägging kids?
* Surely celebacy? Pace: Jimmy Savile)
celebracy then
How come the Catholic Church which espouses the doctrine on equality has no women Priest’s,Bishop’s or Pope’s, nor did Jesus Christ subscribe to equality of
the sexes either, none of the 12 Apostles was woman….has this being a man
made conspiracy against women.
Early priests could be and were women. But then the church got popular and got some power and the men couldn’t help themselves.