"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." This was written on A Call to Action's Facebook page recently and is a reminder that this organisation has long been committ
I wonder in 50 years time, when there is a review of the recent history of the Church, will one of the conclusions be that many of the Popes and Bishops of the past 45 years (1968 to present day) have
Sean O Conaill has much to teach us himself about wisdom from his own life experience and considerable learning but I am sure that a lot of our older priests have also grown in the wisdom and unders
Scanning these entries is almost enough to make the average pew dweller give up ! So the Bishops of Ireland are a gormless, anodyne lot. It was ever thus. The CDF lacks 'nous; as well as compassion.
The main plank of SNAP and other critics of the bishop concerns the system of Mandatory Reporting. The Vatican gave clear signs of being against it and even now only says grudgingly that bishops shoul
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
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Censoring of Scripture scholar not in line with Francis’ ‘big tent’ church
July 24 2014"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." This was written on A Call to Action's Facebook page recently and is a reminder that this organisation has long been committ
Censoring of Scripture scholar not in line with Francis’ ‘big tent’ church
July 24 2014I wonder in 50 years time, when there is a review of the recent history of the Church, will one of the conclusions be that many of the Popes and Bishops of the past 45 years (1968 to present day) have
High time for Elder Wisdom. Sean O Conaill
July 24 2014Sean O Conaill has much to teach us himself about wisdom from his own life experience and considerable learning but I am sure that a lot of our older priests have also grown in the wisdom and unders
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 2014Scanning these entries is almost enough to make the average pew dweller give up ! So the Bishops of Ireland are a gormless, anodyne lot. It was ever thus. The CDF lacks 'nous; as well as compassion.
ACP Statement on appointment of Yvonne Murphy
July 18 2014The main plank of SNAP and other critics of the bishop concerns the system of Mandatory Reporting. The Vatican gave clear signs of being against it and even now only says grudgingly that bishops shoul
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
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