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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Donal O'C

    The Tony Flannery saga is dragging on for far too long. It seems to me that the buck is continually being passed from the Vatican to the Redemptorists and to anyone else who may be involved, in this

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  • School Patronage: Give or Take?

    August 18 2015
    peter Hinchliffe

    Imagine a scenario where every person paid a Tax to the GAA, an individual club would be funded by The GAA who then used this money to run its facilities, it paid for the upkeep of the buildings and p

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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Pól Ó Duibhir

    Thank you Des. I have just written to the Bishop as follows. The bit below the dots is just a signature that goes with all emails from my address, but on this occasion seems particularly apt. ________

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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Des Gilroy

    Bishop William Crean has adopted as his motto “Cor Novum Vitale”, (Heart with new vitality. How ironic. This whole incident is a total contradiction to that - totally lacking in heart and certain

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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Dolores Carroll

    Why is there surprise? Why do catholics think anything has or is changing? Is it blind faith? Desperation? Time to spell the coffee and accept that outrage and words are simply not enough. The reality

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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Kevin Walters

    Willie Herlithy@11 The majority of the Irish Hierarchy are a product of a template drawn up by Pope John 11. Basically this template requires conservative, autocratic “yes” men. ------------------

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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Mary Burke

    If Billy Crean wants to learn how to be a good bishop, he doesn't have to look beyond his Church of Ireland counterpart, Paul Colton. A few words of wisdom would go a long way to avoid further embarra

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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Brendan Cafferty

    I am disappointed by the action of Bishop Crean here. He is a new Bishop and comes from outside the Diocese of Cloyne as is the norm nowadays.As this talk by Fr Flannery was supposed to take place awa

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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Willie Herlihy

    The majority of the Irish Hierarchy, are a product of a template drawn up by Pope John 11. Basically this template requires conservative, autocratic “yes” men. This crop of Bishops are basically d

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  • “They had learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”

    August 22 2015
    Colm Holmes

    Press Statement on the ban on Fr. Tony Flannery’s talk in Killeagh, Co. Cork In this new age of openness promoted by Pope Francis in the Catholic Church ‘We Are Church Ireland‘ is shocked to lea

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