I, for one, believe that killing unborn children in the womb is never justified for any reason, as it is always the deliberate killing of a human being. On the scale we now have, nearly one million ab
The "greatest crime of mankind" was not regarded in that light by pre-1870 moral theologians such as Sanchez and Liguori, and it is not a modern crime but is as old as the hills (for Japan, see Willia
The only scientific way to evaluate what young people are thinking is through surveys of their attitudes. One such survey in Northern Ireland suggests that there is an increase in younger people's int
"If it doesn't make sense, it's probably not true"! Judge Judy's oft used phrase sums up for me what is at the heart of young people's negative perception of religion. My experience of teaching Religi
A few years back the movement to have women ordained wasn't espoused by the pontiff of the time but his demeanour could have given the impression that he may have supported the ordination of women. As
It is the deliberate avoidance of systematic and reliable research into the attitudes of young Irish people towards the church - especially since 1994 - that allows Irish bishops to attribute to them
The Irish Catholic would love the opportunity to speak with your members on this and thank you for the opportunity. Please ask them to contact editor@irishcatholic.ie As for attendance at ACP meetin
Managerial downsizing and retrenchment. I keep hearing people say that the other churches, though blessed with women priests and married priests, are doing no better. So change and decay, doom and glo
The trouble with the word "synodality" is that it summons up images of "bureaucracy". But Bishop Coll does seem to play down Vatican II and still more the messy but living image of churchhood that we
Neil, my comment @#4 is actually an article by Stephen B. Bevans, SVD, who is a priest in the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). (See complete byline at en
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Brendan Hoban: Bishop’s youth thesis is not rooted in reality
March 22 2026I, for one, believe that killing unborn children in the womb is never justified for any reason, as it is always the deliberate killing of a human being. On the scale we now have, nearly one million ab
Brendan Hoban: Bishop’s youth thesis is not rooted in reality
March 22 2026The "greatest crime of mankind" was not regarded in that light by pre-1870 moral theologians such as Sanchez and Liguori, and it is not a modern crime but is as old as the hills (for Japan, see Willia
Brendan Hoban: Bishop’s youth thesis is not rooted in reality
March 22 2026The only scientific way to evaluate what young people are thinking is through surveys of their attitudes. One such survey in Northern Ireland suggests that there is an increase in younger people's int
Brendan Hoban: Bishop’s youth thesis is not rooted in reality
March 22 2026"If it doesn't make sense, it's probably not true"! Judge Judy's oft used phrase sums up for me what is at the heart of young people's negative perception of religion. My experience of teaching Religi
ACP statement on Bishop Alan McGuckian’s comments on female diaconate (plus additional information in response to a query from the Irish Catholic)
March 21 2026A few years back the movement to have women ordained wasn't espoused by the pontiff of the time but his demeanour could have given the impression that he may have supported the ordination of women. As
Brendan Hoban: Bishop’s youth thesis is not rooted in reality
March 22 2026It is the deliberate avoidance of systematic and reliable research into the attitudes of young Irish people towards the church - especially since 1994 - that allows Irish bishops to attribute to them
ACP statement on Bishop Alan McGuckian’s comments on female diaconate (plus additional information in response to a query from the Irish Catholic)
March 21 2026The Irish Catholic would love the opportunity to speak with your members on this and thank you for the opportunity. Please ask them to contact editor@irishcatholic.ie As for attendance at ACP meetin
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱
March 22 2026Managerial downsizing and retrenchment. I keep hearing people say that the other churches, though blessed with women priests and married priests, are doing no better. So change and decay, doom and glo
Brendan Hoban: Bishop’s youth thesis is not rooted in reality
March 22 2026The trouble with the word "synodality" is that it summons up images of "bureaucracy". But Bishop Coll does seem to play down Vatican II and still more the messy but living image of churchhood that we
Irish Catholic: Bishop McGuckian – ‘The door to female diaconate is shut and Pope Francis should have said so.’
March 20 2026Neil, my comment @#4 is actually an article by Stephen B. Bevans, SVD, who is a priest in the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD). (See complete byline at en
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