This talk was my first in some considerable time, and dealing with more serious and weighty issues around faith and Church.
The crowd was large, estimated 200+, and the response was enthusiastic and highly engaged.
The question and comment section went on for over an hour after the talk. I was tired, but very happy with the evening. It gave me energy, and a conviction that I have something worth saying.
Fr Flannery (77), who was suspended from public ministry by the Vatican in 2012, intends to give his views on whether “religious belief as we have known it can survive in modern Ireland”.
Can religious belief as we have known it survive in modern Ireland?
As many will know, I have been silenced by the Catholic Church but that isn’t to say, I haven’t been contemplating how best to address the falling attendances at Mass, the falling away in general from the Catholic faith.
I’ve decided to break my silence on these matters and will give a public talk in Galway city during Holy Week.
