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  • Discuss, Debate, Discern, Decide

    September 22 2015
    Pól Ó Duibhir

    Paul Vallely's talk in Haddington Road, and his book, have some very useful insights into the mind and soul of Pope Francis. http://tinyurl.com/oc9thh5

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  • Underestimating Love, which is the gospel’s core message

    September 19 2015
    Con Devree

    I am accepting your version of events, because you say it and because it is not surprising. I remember one person suggesting to me once that I consider the ordained priesthood. have never put this

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  • Underestimating Love, which is the gospel’s core message

    September 19 2015
    Mary Vallely

    "Give me the ability to see good things in unexpected places and talents in unexpected people, and give me the grace to tell them so." (from Francis Quinn's Retirement prayer.) So, thank you, Eddie,

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  • Underestimating Love, which is the gospel’s core message

    September 19 2015
    Paddy Ferry

    I was about to explain to Con@1 above that, in actual fact, in the early church the concept of "vocation" did not mean a call from God or Christ but rather it was, actually, a "call" from the "local

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  • Underestimating Love, which is the gospel’s core message

    September 19 2015
    Eddie Finnegan

    Mary@2 - Francis Quinn wrote this article a few days after his 94th birthday. He has been a most enlightened man all his days, both as Bishop of Sacramento and in the nearly twenty years of his "retir

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  • What did the bishop achieve?

    September 2 2015
    John

    Yesterday's reading from Wisdom 2 12-19 seems very topical - something that pertains to those with an instinct for power and who always seek opportunities to augment their power. Some years ago the g

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  • September 22nd. Tuesday, Week 25

    September 22 2015
    Kevin Walters

    “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” The crowd thirsts for life, the living Word of God, Jesus will not permit favoritism (PREFERENTIALITY) before our Father i

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  • Underestimating Love, which is the gospel’s core message

    September 19 2015
    Mary Vallely

    "Could it be that they know more clearly what Pope Francis has been asking of us for the past two years — to be more loving and accepting?" It is Jesus who is asking and Francis is simply reminding

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  • Underestimating Love, which is the gospel’s core message

    September 19 2015
    Con Devree

    There is no study anywhere that shows conclusively that celibacy is the cause of the shortage of priests. Intuitively, the answer is a lack of faith. In terms of the “1000 years theory” it can

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  • What did the bishop achieve?

    September 2 2015
    Nessan Vaughan

    Bishop Crean's decision is lamentable, although not surprising. It is a blow to any perception that Pastoral or Parish Councils are autonomous or independent of veto by Bishops. His decision is insult

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