I guess this is the problem with people being involved in a hierarchy where the rule is that none should exist. When you are not directly at the coal face, then you don't really have the experience t
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To say “our Bishops are afraid of their own shadows” is not borne out by the evidence. They increasingly take positions in line with Catholic teaching and at odds with the culture and current
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If Genesis were merely the outcome of writers using their imaginations in an effort at guesswork, then the inclusion of Genesis in the Bible seems unlikely.
The original rational, ensouled human b
Sad to say, but true, our Bishops are afraid of their own shadows, and, as a group (with the possible exception of some individuals), are apparently incapable of acting with courage and integrity as l
#36 To cling to the idea of an original historical perfect idyll in Eden is to deprive humanity of an understanding of the far more likely source of our frailty - the real tenuousness of our existence
Lawrence Kohlberg proposed stages of reasoning in moral development, which may help us understand how we ourselves act, and empathise with how others may act. He posed various moral dilemmas, not so m
It is clear from this disappointing reply that the Irish Church has not finished sinking. The ship needs to go down a wee bit more (perhaps until the mitres are floating) before reality bites !!! Keep
1.Could anybody tell me what is the link between priesthood and 'Jesus only chose men as his apostles'.None of them were priests, as far as we know?
2.Do we know what is at the root of the problem of
It pains me to say it, and to think it; but we may not be far from the day when a significant number of priests and people secede from the Church in Ireland to create a new dispensation - an inclusive
It is so disheartening that the bishops do not appear to have any ideas, apart from prayer, how to tackle the decline in the number of priests in the Irish Church. It is even more so when they reject
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July 10 2014I guess this is the problem with people being involved in a hierarchy where the rule is that none should exist. When you are not directly at the coal face, then you don't really have the experience t
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Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) responding to the letter of reply from the Irish bishops to the ACP submissions at a meeting with representatives of the Irish bishops on 04 June, 2014.
July 6 2014Sad to say, but true, our Bishops are afraid of their own shadows, and, as a group (with the possible exception of some individuals), are apparently incapable of acting with courage and integrity as l
‘Irish Catholic Catechism for Adults’ and ‘the Fall’
June 24 2014#36 To cling to the idea of an original historical perfect idyll in Eden is to deprive humanity of an understanding of the far more likely source of our frailty - the real tenuousness of our existence
Bishops follow pope’s lead: This is news?
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Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) responding to the letter of reply from the Irish bishops to the ACP submissions at a meeting with representatives of the Irish bishops on 04 June, 2014.
July 6 2014It is clear from this disappointing reply that the Irish Church has not finished sinking. The ship needs to go down a wee bit more (perhaps until the mitres are floating) before reality bites !!! Keep
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) responding to the letter of reply from the Irish bishops to the ACP submissions at a meeting with representatives of the Irish bishops on 04 June, 2014.
July 6 20141.Could anybody tell me what is the link between priesthood and 'Jesus only chose men as his apostles'.None of them were priests, as far as we know? 2.Do we know what is at the root of the problem of
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) responding to the letter of reply from the Irish bishops to the ACP submissions at a meeting with representatives of the Irish bishops on 04 June, 2014.
July 6 2014It pains me to say it, and to think it; but we may not be far from the day when a significant number of priests and people secede from the Church in Ireland to create a new dispensation - an inclusive
Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) responding to the letter of reply from the Irish bishops to the ACP submissions at a meeting with representatives of the Irish bishops on 04 June, 2014.
July 6 2014It is so disheartening that the bishops do not appear to have any ideas, apart from prayer, how to tackle the decline in the number of priests in the Irish Church. It is even more so when they reject
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