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  • Still in the back pew

    June 26 2014
    Joe O'Leary

    John, why do you call for such a potentially destructive and schismatic action? Why not encourage people to gather for prayer and bible study, which the church in Ireland needs far more urgently than

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  • Clogher ACP

    June 25 2014
    Con Devree

    God calls each member of the Christian community to play a unique role in carrying out His redemptive plan. More lay ministry and/or more power sharing with the clergy have to be considered from thi

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  • ‘Irish Catholic Catechism for Adults’ and ‘the Fall’

    June 24 2014
    Con Devree

    At the moment of the “emergence of the first human beings … [with their] freedom and intelligence and capacity to seek and know God, the same God according to Dei Verbum 3 planned “to make known

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  • Tuam babies

    June 13 2014
    Joe O'Leary

    In the case of the baby Marion Howe it is not clear that an "atrocity" occurred either: "In a statement read to the court yesterday, the Sisters of Mercy said: "We, the Sisters of Mercy, accept that M

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  • Tuam babies

    June 13 2014
    Joe O'Leary

    Paddy Ferry, in the Tuam Babies scandal what "atrocities" were committed? The state authorities seem to have been well aware of mortality rates in these homes (more than matched in other countries) an

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  • Tuam babies

    June 13 2014
    Rory Connor

    Paddy, One major reason I mentioned the 1997 "Hot Poker Was Used On Little Marion" atrocity story is that it bears some resemblance to the stories being published and broadcast about the Bon Secour nu

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  • Clogher ACP

    June 25 2014
    Mary Vallely

    I agree with Sean O'Conaill as I too found this report very encouraging. Bishop Liam's reminder of the importance of listening intently, of not following one's own agenda, needs to be highlighted, emp

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  • Tuam babies

    June 13 2014
    Paddy Ferry

    Rory, This is definitely my last word on this topic -- I am not even sure what is the main issue we are discussing now. It may be -- sensationalist and inaccurate reporting aimed at damaging the Catho

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  • Still in the back pew

    June 26 2014
    John

    It is time too take power into our own hands. How long are we going to sit back when we do not receive the nourishment that we need from a real and substantial communion with the Lord and one another?

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  • Synod of bishops – The pastoral challenges of the family In the context of evangelisation

    June 26 2014
    Association of Catholic Priests

    "Synod working paper is boring and joyless" Thomas Reese http://ncronline.org/blogs/fai

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