"The overwhelming message from the history of the Catholic Church is that when it had too much control, it lost its way."
It is surely in this context that the clear instruction of Jesus to the apost
Can anyone else read that without wondering why they are bothering?
I had to check to be sure that 'Some theological and canonical matters regarding specific ministerial forms. (SR 8 and 9)' relates
Tony, thank you for that lovely tribute to Willie Walsh. He always came across as an enlightened and decent bishop when there wasn’t much evidence of that among our other bishops whose qualities you
So sad to hear of Bishop Willie Walsh’s death. God rest him.
In those dark days between the death of Pope Paul and the arrival of Francis, described so well by Brendan Hoban in “Holding out for a
And yet no single nation today can make an iPhone - given its complex dependence upon so many different elements and production skills from so many places - and no nation can control its own climate o
Key Message:
When you love your enemies, you are actually buying them for you.
Homily:
One day a wife approached a priest complaining that her husband treated her cr
VAE VICTIS! -- the desolating cry of Brennus (387 BC) sounds again today as Trump and Putin divide the spoils in Ukraine and as Trump and Netanyahu impound Gaza and deport its harried population. "It
Trump and Vance: There is a clear vacuum in their minds, as insight and self-awareness is absent which is rather pathetic and profoundly sad. No intelligence and no integrity. MAGA: Instead of ma
Bishop Willie Walsh has died. He had attended a hurling match quite recently. He had celebrated his 90th birthday a short time ago. The poetry of hurling enthralled him. The music of the game exc
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