IRELAND
Irish Independent
SARAH MAC DONALD – 04 NOVEMBER 2013
SPECULATION is mounting that Pope Francis may be poised to open the way for women cardinals in the Catholic Church.
Last night, the Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland (ACP) said it was particularly delighted, as an Irish theologian was a leading contender.
Spokesman Fr Tony Flannery told the Irish Independent the ACP was very happy that women may finally get this recognition.
The Redemptorist priest was responding to media reports that TCD Professor of Ecumenics, Linda Hogan, who is also Vice Provost of the college, has been nominated on a list of contenders by the Professor of Moral Theology at Boston College, Fr James Keenan SJ.
Fr Keenan is one of a number of liberals proposing this key structural change.
He listed Prof Hogan top of his nominees of possible candidates. However, a spokeswoman for Prof Hogan said she would not be commenting on the matter, while a spokesman for the Irish bishops said he had no information and therefore could not comment.
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