Sean (12), you rightly point out, doing nothing, (which seems to be the Bishop's strategy) is as bad or worse than any potential devastating impact an in depth inquiry would have on the entire clerica
Priests and pop stars - nice comparison. Music has become liturgy for so many yet popular music with a strong social message still remains a dying breed. We prefer to not be reminded of the times we
Of course Pope Joan, even with the free travel, would make a young enough pontiff in a regendered hierarchy. Who ever said pontiffs had to build bridges? A taste of things to come when the women get t
#10 "1. It is likely that there would be public and media reaction to the idea of the church investigating itself."
There would certainly be deep scepticism, and therefore an overwhelming need for a
This article is interesting and has overtones for the Catholic Church even at the highest level. The following quotation is near the knuckle but perhaps relevant to today:- "We have come to a climax o
One of the findings of the Murphy Report was that there was an inexplicable delay in the introduction of child protection legislation in Ireland. There was also a delay in the introduction of adoptio
Seán Ó Conaill @8:
Seán: I support the proposal, which Vincent Twomey also put forward in the Irish Times on 19 June. The church could step forward to be proactive in these matters.
However, there
In her book “Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church”, Marie Keenan writes about how the tendancy of individualizing the Abuse Problem in the Church means that any structural and theological as
My first reaction to this ACP statement was one of 'more clerical circling of wagons'. However, on reflection, there is indeed also a danger of engaging in an endless excoriation of the role of Catho
What one would like to see in a new Murphy report is a deeper sense of historical perspective, setting the work of the sisters who ran mother and child homes, Magdalene laundries, etc., in the context
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ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy
July 18 2014Sean (12), you rightly point out, doing nothing, (which seems to be the Bishop's strategy) is as bad or worse than any potential devastating impact an in depth inquiry would have on the entire clerica
Longevity is no barrier to pop-stars or priests but fatal to Labour politicians. Brendan Hoban
July 22 2014Priests and pop stars - nice comparison. Music has become liturgy for so many yet popular music with a strong social message still remains a dying breed. We prefer to not be reminded of the times we
Longevity is no barrier to pop-stars or priests but fatal to Labour politicians. Brendan Hoban
July 22 2014Of course Pope Joan, even with the free travel, would make a young enough pontiff in a regendered hierarchy. Who ever said pontiffs had to build bridges? A taste of things to come when the women get t
ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy
July 18 2014#10 "1. It is likely that there would be public and media reaction to the idea of the church investigating itself." There would certainly be deep scepticism, and therefore an overwhelming need for a
Longevity is no barrier to pop-stars or priests but fatal to Labour politicians. Brendan Hoban
July 22 2014This article is interesting and has overtones for the Catholic Church even at the highest level. The following quotation is near the knuckle but perhaps relevant to today:- "We have come to a climax o
ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy
July 18 2014One of the findings of the Murphy Report was that there was an inexplicable delay in the introduction of child protection legislation in Ireland. There was also a delay in the introduction of adoptio
ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy
July 18 2014Seán Ó Conaill @8: Seán: I support the proposal, which Vincent Twomey also put forward in the Irish Times on 19 June. The church could step forward to be proactive in these matters. However, there
ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy
July 18 2014In her book “Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church”, Marie Keenan writes about how the tendancy of individualizing the Abuse Problem in the Church means that any structural and theological as
ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy
July 18 2014My first reaction to this ACP statement was one of 'more clerical circling of wagons'. However, on reflection, there is indeed also a danger of engaging in an endless excoriation of the role of Catho
ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy
July 18 2014What one would like to see in a new Murphy report is a deeper sense of historical perspective, setting the work of the sisters who ran mother and child homes, Magdalene laundries, etc., in the context
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