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
All this ecclesiastical fretting is a mere sideshow. The essential issue is a basic human one, and the Irish people are responding fairly and decently to the request of sons and daughters, brothers an
"when the Catholic Church was describing gay people as ‘intrinsically disordered’". When was the church saying that? The current catechism (which has been around for about 20 years), says "homosex
“On the one hand while I recognise the need for every child, in so far as this is possible, to have a father and mother, the lived reality of Irish life is that there are thousands and thousands of
'Intrinsically disordered or evil'. Unlike their frontline men, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith can not be accused of using 'wiley' 'sanctimonious' or 'deceiving' words to expound their
Joe O'Leary @ 30: "the love between David and Jonathan."
Yes, indeed. At Jonathan’s death, David sang: “Very dear you were to me, your love more wonderful to me than the love of a woman.” (2 Sam
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“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
“There is a battle going on within the Irish Catholic Church at the moment.”
May 20 2015Mrs McAleese got it right: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7laFwqGIvE
“There is a battle going on within the Irish Catholic Church at the moment.”
May 20 2015All this ecclesiastical fretting is a mere sideshow. The essential issue is a basic human one, and the Irish people are responding fairly and decently to the request of sons and daughters, brothers an
‘Maybe’ isn’t on the ballot paper
May 19 2015"when the Catholic Church was describing gay people as ‘intrinsically disordered’". When was the church saying that? The current catechism (which has been around for about 20 years), says "homosex
‘Maybe’ isn’t on the ballot paper
May 19 2015“On the one hand while I recognise the need for every child, in so far as this is possible, to have a father and mother, the lived reality of Irish life is that there are thousands and thousands of
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‘Maybe’ isn’t on the ballot paper
May 19 2015'Intrinsically disordered or evil'. Unlike their frontline men, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith can not be accused of using 'wiley' 'sanctimonious' or 'deceiving' words to expound their
The Marriage Referendum: Archbishop Diarmuid Martin explains why he is voting No; Fr. Pádraig Standún explains why he will be voting Yes
May 8 2015Joe O'Leary @ 30: "the love between David and Jonathan." Yes, indeed. At Jonathan’s death, David sang: “Very dear you were to me, your love more wonderful to me than the love of a woman.” (2 Sam
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