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    Brendan Hoban in his Western People article of 14.4.2026 takes issue with The Irish Catholic editor

    April 15 2026
    Paddy Ferry
    Joe, thank you for sharing John XXIII’s opening address at the beginning of the Council. I have put it in my archive. I always thought that his words— this will not be precise— “the hopes and dreams, the fears and trials of humanity — I expect he actually said mankind — will now become the hopes and dreams and the fears and trials of our Church” or words to that effect, were part of that opening address. Yet, I cannot find it in your link. Perhaps I have just missed it. Joe, if you ever published a collection of your best contributions on this site many would want a copy. You have been really amazing. Dermot, I don’t know what to make of you. You are obviously an intelligent, educated man. Even in my early innocence — I never used the word Jesus, for example, in any context until well into my twenties because I didn’t want “to take the name of God in vain” — but even in that innocence I still had enough common sense as when I first became aware of papal infallibility at an RE class in my first year at secondary school and I immediately realised it was the most amazing piece of nonsense. Dermot, I would like to quote another great pope to you, Pope Francis. Francis said: “We must avoid the temptation to present our faith as an incontestable certainty, evident to everyone, in appreciation of a God who creates and respects human freedom”. God bless the Pope — well, certainly Francis and now Leo (Bob) too.
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    The Tablet: Donald Trump has committed war crimes

    April 15 2026
    M G-B
    Brendan Walsh writes in the "Tablet" and his words capture our understanding of what we are dealing with when it comes to Trump. "It is not a moral vacuum but a medical emergency."
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    Brendan Hoban in his Western People article of 14.4.2026 takes issue with The Irish Catholic editor

    April 15 2026
    Neil Bray
    In relation to the statement that “a small, intense cohort (of young people) should not be mistaken for the future of the whole Church.” The small number referred to is itself an enlargement of a yet smaller previous cohort but spread around in pockets. It is a mistake to disregard a “small number” that is intense. True it may just be a fashion, but the evidence suggests a conviction among some young people that the zeitgeist is not providing fulfilment. It is a mistake to neglect the possibility that is the work of the Holy Spirit improving human nature through grace. The Church itself started small. I recall a recent weekend when a twentysomething male addressed a parish congregation on the practice of Eucharistic adoration. It is not possible to evaluate what impact his effort had on the issue of Eucharistic adoration. What was clear was that an unexpected input from someone of his age provided a “shot in the arm,” an enhanced sense of hope for congregation members regarding the future.
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    Tony Flannery on the Seán Moncrieff Show on Newstalk Radio

    April 15 2026
    Soline Humbert
    Cardinal Hollerich and the fear of equality: when unity becomes an excuse for injustice. The Church fears division if it recognizes women as equals, yet it has been fractured for centuries by denying this. The Gospel does not call for prudence to preserve privileges, but for courage to do justice. https://www.religiondigital.org/dios_en_la_frontera/hollerich-miedo-igualdad-unidad-convierte_132_1450195.html
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