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Galway Independent
Posted on 13/03/2013
by Conor Harrington
@galwayindo
The Vatican Conclave is a “crazy” way of selecting the new Pope, according to outspoken Esker Redemptorist priest, Fr Tony Flannery.
The renegade priest, who famously clashed with the Vatican hierarchy last year over his views on women priests, said it was “a total anomaly” that no women were involved in the election of the next Pope and described the Conclave as “a crazy way of doing things”.
“Really what we’re dealing with here is a relic of the middle ages, in fact a relic of even earlier than that, a relic of the old Roman Empire,” he said.
Fr Flannery said reform of the Vatican Curia, the central government of the Catholic Church, is the big challenge facing the next Pontiff, and will also define his own future within the Church.
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