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  • Bridging the Gap

    October 14 2015
    Pádraig McCarthy

    Thanks, John, for stimulating this discussion. I have not seen Kevin McNamara’s article, but I am inclined to agree that it is not so much a matter of any “intrinsic malice” in artificial contra

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  • Doctrine does Develop

    October 16 2015
    Prodigal Son

    The Synod is getting there. The German bishops and Cardinal Erdo are at one on what the German bishops term a “necessarily clear teaching on marriage and family.” The German Bishops preoccupati

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  • Bridging the Gap

    October 14 2015
    Anne

    When Pope John Paul 11 came to Ireland in 1979 I was a young woman in my childbearing years. Even then I was aware that many of my Catholic friends were using contraceptavies. I soldiered on trying my

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  • Bridging the Gap

    October 14 2015
    Michael C.

    Interesting all the reactions this topic is raising, I would suggest among 'professional' church people. For the vast vast majority of catholic young people this is just a non issue. Amazing how we ar

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  • A church quartered?

    October 13 2015
    Prodigal Son

    Living in a world where all is disintegrating must be a morose experience. For a Catholic disintegration is not an option. “We know that in everything God works for good with those who [seek to] l

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  • Presider’s Page for 18 October (Mission Sunday)

    October 18 2015
    Chikezie Onuoha MSP

    Dear Fathers, I am delighted to have stumbled into your website. Your Association is a great idea, one that can truly give voice to catholic priests in Ireland. I would like to know if your Associat

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  • Bridging the Gap

    October 14 2015
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    Bridging the gap, eh? Well is it possible that this article points to a larger bridge that needs repair. The bridge between the youth who fear that the adults have completely flipped their lids and

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  • Synod on the Family – Please fasten your seat belts

    October 13 2015
    John

    An Internet search unearthed the following : Marriages in the West were originally contracts between the families of two partners, with the Catholic Church and the state staying out of it. In 1215, th

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  • Bridging the Gap

    October 14 2015
    Cornelius Martin

    John O’Connell uses the phrase “that in marriage too chastity demands self-control and respect for certain norms.” The Pope has decided to canonize St. Thérèse’s parents – Zelie and Louis

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  • Bridging the Gap

    October 14 2015
    John

    The reason most often cited in suppport of the ban of contraception is that contraceptives would lead people having multiple partners. That however is no more convincing as a case for it's being int

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