Excellent piece by Ruth Dudley Edwards (Judeo-Christian Athiest) on the Pope's catholicism in action.
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http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ruth-dudley-edwards/speech-shows-that-pope-francis-
Noisy Gongs and Clanging Symbols dominate the RC Church landscape, making it next to impossible to identify and apply the Lord's Word and Remedies! I still maintain Hope that the Lord's Word does not
@3,Mary Vallely,
Your quoting Dorothy Day reminded me that tomorrow,29th November is the anniversary day of her death in 1980.Many already anticipate and celebrate it as her feast day!
Agreeing with most of this I was thrown in the end by: 'We need, in every sense, to start changing the words.'
Which words exactly? 'Evangelisation'? Surely no alternative for 'spreading the good ne
Secularism and Catholicism are not discrete categories. Most Catholics, even those who are quite devout in some sense, are secular to some degree in attitude and behaviour. It resembles in a way the
I agree with Paddy @1. Well said, Brendan Hoban. The best way to evangelise is to do exactly what we were asked to do, love God and one's neighbour as oneself without discrimination. No hierarchies, b
One's faith that is grounded in institutional Catholicism, is likely to be, for lack of better words...sterile. God is not depressed, is not sullen, is not boring, is not political, and most definite
Thank you for an excellent piece, Brendan and a very accurate analysis. It drives me crazy when I hear defenders of the Church blame everything but the Church itself for our current decline.
I agree with Colm Holmes above.I am glad to read that Tony is being so well received in the USA.Maybe this is his mission now,he had given many years at home on the mission circuit. It just struck me
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‘Secularisation’ – too easy a scapegoat for the sidelining of religion in Ireland
November 27 2014Excellent piece by Ruth Dudley Edwards (Judeo-Christian Athiest) on the Pope's catholicism in action. . http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/ruth-dudley-edwards/speech-shows-that-pope-francis-
‘Secularisation’ – too easy a scapegoat for the sidelining of religion in Ireland
November 27 2014Noisy Gongs and Clanging Symbols dominate the RC Church landscape, making it next to impossible to identify and apply the Lord's Word and Remedies! I still maintain Hope that the Lord's Word does not
‘Secularisation’ – too easy a scapegoat for the sidelining of religion in Ireland
November 27 2014@3,Mary Vallely, Your quoting Dorothy Day reminded me that tomorrow,29th November is the anniversary day of her death in 1980.Many already anticipate and celebrate it as her feast day!
‘Secularisation’ – too easy a scapegoat for the sidelining of religion in Ireland
November 27 2014Agreeing with most of this I was thrown in the end by: 'We need, in every sense, to start changing the words.' Which words exactly? 'Evangelisation'? Surely no alternative for 'spreading the good ne
‘Secularisation’ – too easy a scapegoat for the sidelining of religion in Ireland
November 27 2014Secularism and Catholicism are not discrete categories. Most Catholics, even those who are quite devout in some sense, are secular to some degree in attitude and behaviour. It resembles in a way the
‘Secularisation’ – too easy a scapegoat for the sidelining of religion in Ireland
November 27 2014I agree with Paddy @1. Well said, Brendan Hoban. The best way to evangelise is to do exactly what we were asked to do, love God and one's neighbour as oneself without discrimination. No hierarchies, b
‘Secularisation’ – too easy a scapegoat for the sidelining of religion in Ireland
November 27 2014One's faith that is grounded in institutional Catholicism, is likely to be, for lack of better words...sterile. God is not depressed, is not sullen, is not boring, is not political, and most definite
‘Secularisation’ – too easy a scapegoat for the sidelining of religion in Ireland
November 27 2014Thank you for an excellent piece, Brendan and a very accurate analysis. It drives me crazy when I hear defenders of the Church blame everything but the Church itself for our current decline.
Homily of Archbishop of Tuam, Michael Neary, to the Association of Papal Knights
November 17 2014You got it spot on there, James@9
Tony Flannery at Call to Action 2014, Memphis, Tenn.
November 23 2014I agree with Colm Holmes above.I am glad to read that Tony is being so well received in the USA.Maybe this is his mission now,he had given many years at home on the mission circuit. It just struck me
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