I find it a challenge to live with the joys and sorrows of being Catholic every day. I would never have dreamed as a child to have discovered how corrupt the Church is, even with the Good. The corru
Paddy, You read all the articles in the Sunday Independent (8 June) about this topic and you wonder how the Catholic Church can regain people's respect. Does this mean you fully accept the truth of th
The article is clear, sad and challenging. It is easy to forget the positives our Church and communities brought to our lives. But the negatives, led by the anger and resentments, are still there for
The Church attracts two types of opprobrium, one self-inflicted, the other arising out of the Church’s specific mission of being a sign of contradiction.
In the case of the self-inflicted contempt,
What you say is the sad truth Brendan. What can we do about it? Firstly to do what you are doing here - name the truth and allow the air at the wounds. Healing will take time, but acknowledgement sta
'How much of the present anger and bitterness now being directed at the Catholic Church have their roots and resentment over trusting too much in Church wisdom in sexual matters'.
The Church's teachin
Why is it that everything that Brendan Hoban writes sounds so remarkably sensible, open and clear. There have been over the past forty years, just a few such voices that encouraged thinking Catholics
Sad reading too but the pendulum will eventually settle down. I think there is anger in lay people about the fact that we accepted so much without questioning. The whole attitude to priesthood was wro
Anyone outside the Dail, Wednesday evening 11 June, would have experienced the emotion and stress from people who gathered. These were women of the Magdalene laundries, women who were mothers in the m
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The priest: from oracle to ignoramus
June 16 2014The Church attracts two types of opprobrium, one self-inflicted, the other arising out of the Church’s specific mission of being a sign of contradiction. In the case of the self-inflicted contempt,
The priest: from oracle to ignoramus
June 16 2014What you say is the sad truth Brendan. What can we do about it? Firstly to do what you are doing here - name the truth and allow the air at the wounds. Healing will take time, but acknowledgement sta
The priest: from oracle to ignoramus
June 16 2014'How much of the present anger and bitterness now being directed at the Catholic Church have their roots and resentment over trusting too much in Church wisdom in sexual matters'. The Church's teachin
The priest: from oracle to ignoramus
June 16 2014Why is it that everything that Brendan Hoban writes sounds so remarkably sensible, open and clear. There have been over the past forty years, just a few such voices that encouraged thinking Catholics
The priest: from oracle to ignoramus
June 16 2014Sad reading too but the pendulum will eventually settle down. I think there is anger in lay people about the fact that we accepted so much without questioning. The whole attitude to priesthood was wro
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June 13 2014Anyone outside the Dail, Wednesday evening 11 June, would have experienced the emotion and stress from people who gathered. These were women of the Magdalene laundries, women who were mothers in the m
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June 13 2014the facts will soon be known. stick up for your own 'type'.
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