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  • ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy

    July 18 2014
    Pádraig McCarthy

    Dr Margaret Kennedy @4: Lessons need to be learned from the Murphy Commission – precisely because of deficiencies clearly identified by Fergal Sweeney, and also in my book Unheard Story. The ACP and

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  • ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy

    July 18 2014
    Nuala O'Driscoll

    Here again we have the Catholic Church rushing to defend its good name by pre-empting the investigation of the Mother and Baby story. This article is trying to muddy the waters before the investigatio

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  • ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy

    July 18 2014
    Dr Margaret Kennedy

    It seems to me that the ACP despite its claim not to want to "attempt to obstruct the investigation", is, in fact, conveying from dayone that Judge Yvonne Murphy needs to brush up on her 'practices an

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  • Presiders Pages for July Sundays published

    July 3 2014
    MM

    I would just like to second Des Gilroy (2) in his recommendation of the Prayers of the Faithful on the Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) website. I find them to be truly Catholic prayers in th

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  • No salvation for Brazil but a hint of the sacred in Messi’s swerve

    July 16 2014
    MM

    "After scoring a goal or after the match players dropped to their knees and with their eyes and their hands pointing towards the sky, prayed before a world-wide audience of hundreds of millions." In f

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  • ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy

    July 18 2014
    Rory Connor

    One point that Fergal Sweeney did NOT mention is that the Murphy Report on Dublin includes criticism of Archbishop John Charles McQuaid even though he died in in 1973 and the inquiry was supposed to

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  • ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy

    July 18 2014
    Shaun

    Fair enough. At a time when suspicion is draped over all priests (1 in 50?) from (it seems) even the highest earthly authority of the Church, it's only right that everyone involved is respected and th

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  • ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy

    July 18 2014
    Pádraig McCarthy

    At the risk of increasing the task, it is important that the Commission of Investigation do not consider the religious run mother and baby homes in isolation: other such homes, including county homes,

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  • Rambling thoughts on the way to/from a Funeral.

    July 12 2014
    Willie Herlihy

    Thank you Seamus for your rambling thoughts,you bring such clarity to the situation we Catholics find ourselves in. For me, the most salient point you made is  under the heading( Reality)  and I quo

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  • Presiders Pages for July Sundays published

    July 3 2014
    Des Gilroy

    Sean O'Conaill (1) raises a very good point. In the Liturgy of the Mass, the bidding prayers are referred to as the "Prayers of the Faithful"? Apart from these, all prayers at Mass reflect the think

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