Thanks for continuously giving us, reflections that really delve into our souls. are there priests or confidants whom we can mail to? ie Martin Hogan. Im fully touched with his views. THanks
I should preface my comment by stating that I am not a celebrity but I am a mother -although not of a gay son or daughter.....
My present view,developped over many years, is that the term (civil)marri
"Perhaps the best guide is the advice given by the Church of Ireland to its members – vote, using your conscience."
Conscience is an interesting idea. Two people A and B consider voting on the issu
Please pray for the people of Nablus, and the dwindling number of Christians. I am a friend and supporter of Abuna Yousef Jubran Saadeh, the Melkite (=Greek Catholic) Church priest. His congregation
"equated" is misleading, Pádraig, for it confuses 1. biological sameness and 2. equality before the law. Men and women, for example, are fully equal but not fully the same.
I did not pass any comment
Padraig, You have done a great service with your well-researched, calm and reasoned comments upon this debate. Hardly anyone has done so much to ensure that we will have thought it through, before vo
I think very many Irish people, bishops included, are acclimatized to insidious oppression from an early age, so that the language of the Yes campaign seems Utopian to them, and Forbidden. This silent
Joe @ 1 & 2:
"The essential issue is a basic human one": is a same-sex union to be equated with a heterosexual union? In some respects as a relationship between the two persons, Yes; but in many o
Thank you, Brendan, for a balanced article. Observing the debate from outside the jurisdiction,
I am thankful that I do not have a vote. The discourse on both sides has been snything but
edifying.
Not the past but the current teaching of the church is given in the 1986 CDF document Homosexualitatis Problema which is on the Vatican website. Here is what it says about "disordered":
"3. Explicit t
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May 21 2015Thanks for continuously giving us, reflections that really delve into our souls. are there priests or confidants whom we can mail to? ie Martin Hogan. Im fully touched with his views. THanks
“There is a battle going on within the Irish Catholic Church at the moment.”
May 20 2015I should preface my comment by stating that I am not a celebrity but I am a mother -although not of a gay son or daughter..... My present view,developped over many years, is that the term (civil)marri
‘Maybe’ isn’t on the ballot paper
May 19 2015"Perhaps the best guide is the advice given by the Church of Ireland to its members – vote, using your conscience." Conscience is an interesting idea. Two people A and B consider voting on the issu
1st June, 2015. Monday of Week 9
June 1 2015Please pray for the people of Nablus, and the dwindling number of Christians. I am a friend and supporter of Abuna Yousef Jubran Saadeh, the Melkite (=Greek Catholic) Church priest. His congregation
“There is a battle going on within the Irish Catholic Church at the moment.”
May 20 2015"equated" is misleading, Pádraig, for it confuses 1. biological sameness and 2. equality before the law. Men and women, for example, are fully equal but not fully the same. I did not pass any comment
We may not have thought this through
May 12 2015Padraig, You have done a great service with your well-researched, calm and reasoned comments upon this debate. Hardly anyone has done so much to ensure that we will have thought it through, before vo
‘Maybe’ isn’t on the ballot paper
May 19 2015I think very many Irish people, bishops included, are acclimatized to insidious oppression from an early age, so that the language of the Yes campaign seems Utopian to them, and Forbidden. This silent
“There is a battle going on within the Irish Catholic Church at the moment.”
May 20 2015Joe @ 1 & 2: "The essential issue is a basic human one": is a same-sex union to be equated with a heterosexual union? In some respects as a relationship between the two persons, Yes; but in many o
‘Maybe’ isn’t on the ballot paper
May 19 2015Thank you, Brendan, for a balanced article. Observing the debate from outside the jurisdiction, I am thankful that I do not have a vote. The discourse on both sides has been snything but edifying.
‘Maybe’ isn’t on the ballot paper
May 19 2015Not the past but the current teaching of the church is given in the 1986 CDF document Homosexualitatis Problema which is on the Vatican website. Here is what it says about "disordered": "3. Explicit t
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