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THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS IN DUBLIN, JUNE 2012

April 19 2012 Articles, Reform of the Irish Church

This extensive article on the Eucharistic Congress was sent to us by John O’Loughlin Kennedy.

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Brendan Hoban on responses to the ACP survey

April 19 2012 Articles, Reform of the Irish Church

We publish this with acknowledgement to the Western People

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The Catholic Church is in deep crisis. Nessan Vaughan

April 19 2012 Articles, Reform of the Irish Church

This article was sent to us this evening by Nessan Vaughan.

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Synod: Final Document Published
October 27 2024
Joe O'Leary
It is thoroughly disheartening to see the much-trumpeted synodal process end in such a morass of hypocrisy and paralysis. Rather than bring the church over a new threshold, the entire expensive adventure has set the church back, burying the idea of synodality for another sixty years. If a group whose role and rights have been stressed by an Ecumenical Council -- the laity -- are treated with such indifference and contempt, and if another group constituting half the human race are regarded as a foreign species to be fobbed off with suave diplomacy, what chance have lgbt folk (especially transgender persons) of being heard, respected, protected by Mother Church?
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Synod: Final Document Published
October 27 2024
Sean O'Conaill
There is no acknowledgement in the document itself of the depth of the chasm of distrust caused by the failure - over generations - to implement what earlier documents clearly heralded. For me the classic example of this is Lumen Gentium 37 - which spoke of the right and duty of lay people to speak their minds 'through the institutions established by the Church for that purpose'. That was on 21/11/1964 - so why even now is there apparently an expectation that anyone will take this 'Final Report' of the 16th Synod, dated 26th October, 2024 - six decades later - at face value? This chasm between aspirational pious literature in the church - and what historically transpires (or doesn't) - is an insidious form of institutionalised hypocrisy. And I fear that I find exactly the same chasm in 'Dilexit Nos' paragraph 6, as follows: "6. This interior reality of each person is frequently concealed behind a great deal of “foliage”, which makes it difficult for us not only to understand ourselves, but even more to know others: “The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse, who can understand it?” (Jer 17:9). We can understand, then, the advice of the Book of Proverbs: “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life; put away from you crooked speech” (4:23-24). Mere appearances, dishonesty and deception harm and pervert the heart. Despite our every attempt to appear as something we are not, our heart is the ultimate judge, not of what we show or hide from others, but of who we truly are. It is the basis for any sound life project; nothing worthwhile can be undertaken apart from the heart. False appearances and untruths ultimately leave us empty-handed." 'Mere appearances, dishonesty and deception' is a perfect description of the behaviour of a magisterium that hid clerical sex abuse of children for generations, so where was the 'honest heart' of the church back then? Isn't that where 'Accountability and Transparency' need to begin, if any current documents are to be taken seriously? False appearances and untruths have indeed left the 'magisterium' empty-handed - bankrupt of credibility - and no mere literary production, however 'high flown', can fix that problem. The 16th Synod has ended without the slightest sign of recognition of this yawning Grand Canyon of Credibility now facing all who want to be 'synodal' - but cannot be sure that even yet they are not simply being gaslighted.
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Synod: Final Document Published
October 27 2024
Paddy Ferry
Very, very well stated, Roy, Miriam and Colm. I too had such high hopes for the Synod and the whole synodal process. I had such faith in Francis. So, now, sadly, such a disappointment.
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Synod: Final Document Published
October 27 2024
Miriam Costello
Thank you for putting into words what l deeply feel, Roy. Because of a sense of shame born of an ingrained, misguided loyalty to the institutional Church, l feel guilty about owning my alienation, anger and resentment. However, hope must not be lost and personal recognition of equality of male and female as images of God and followers of Christ will only be strengthened by the almost laughable attempts by the powers in Rome to try to convince us that they too recognise this. There is no male or female in Christ, yet the only "place" where l experience this to be totally untrue is in the Catholic Church.
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