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  • The people have spoken …

    May 25 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    People are overreactomg to the Cardinal's utterance, but is anyone supporting him? The commentary has been 99% negative. Are even the people who led the No campaign defending him? He may realize he ha

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  • Irish Church accepts its teaching jars with the faithful

    May 27 2015
    Sean O'Conaill

    This appeal is timely indeed, with the Irish Bishops Conference due to meet on June 8,9,10. Any serious 'reality check' by the bishops then will consider the possibility that so seriously disillusione

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  • The people have spoken …

    May 25 2015
    Neil Bray

    Having been on the canvas for 3-4 weeks, night and day on occasions, I think Noel Whelan's analysis is a bit too sweet. It was clear to us early on that the votes for a "no" outcome were not there.

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  • 28th May. Thursday in Week 8

    May 28 2015
    Nick

    It is a good reflection on the Gospel. It may be too far off but I added the idea of Mt. 19:14, Lk 18:16, Mk 10:14-15, concerning letting the children come to Jesus. But the note on Sirach is the one

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  • The people have spoken …

    May 25 2015
    Pól Ó Duibhir

    Google translation of Italian text in 20 above. "The words used by Mr. Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, to comment on the result of the referendum in which the Irish people established the

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  • The people have spoken …

    May 25 2015
    Paddy Ferry

    Joe@21, could we have a translation? Also, I wonder what the Archbishop of Sans Francisco thinks of us(Ireland)now.

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  • The people have spoken …

    May 25 2015
    Joe O'Leary

    For the Yes voters, I urge that we keep the conversation at the high level attained thanks to your very intelligent campaigning, so that Irish people can continue to discuss these personal issues in a

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  • “There is a battle going on within the Irish Catholic Church at the moment.”

    May 20 2015
    Mary Vallely

    "Fear, greed and pride are at work here, and must be resisted. If we fear one another so much that we compulsively conceal our sexuality and present a false front to our neighbour, or are unable to ac

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  • The people have spoken …

    May 25 2015
    Prodigal Son

    We in the Catholic Church are now truly separated from the state, and will come under more pressure down the road. Thank God. Thank you also to the bishops who opposed the redefinition of marriage.

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  • “There is a battle going on within the Irish Catholic Church at the moment.”

    May 20 2015
    Nuala O'Driscoll

    @ 11 'Condemnations are more suited to media headlines'...But Padraig it is exactly the anathemas, the condemnations, the exclusions, the silencings the punishments that has done irreparable damage to

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