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  • The Catholic Church is Beyond Reform

    May 15 2014
    Shaun

    Darlene @2, that thorn in the flesh for St. Paul was a personal matter, it wasn't another person. Some suggest it was a struggle with purity, but much more likely in my opinion, is that the thorn in h

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  • Church urged to be more open in debate

    May 15 2014
    Clare Hannigan

    'Bishop Galantino, 65, said: “We have concentrated too much on abortion and euthanasia. It mustn’t be this way, in the middle there’s real life … I don’t identify with the expressionless per

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  • The Catholic Church is Beyond Reform

    May 15 2014
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    I have a hard time understanding this position. My question is : "when in history has there been a time when the world has needed a more dedicated church?" It's as if the church is only flourishing

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  • The Catholic Church is Beyond Reform

    May 15 2014
    Con Carroll

    Roy I like the piece about the Russian Fatima syndrome

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  • The Catholic Church is Beyond Reform

    May 15 2014
    Graham English

    It is not going from strength to strength here in Australia. In my lifetime we have gone from 66% at Mass each week to 12%, from three or so priests per parish to a priest to two or three parishes, fr

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  • The Catholic Church is Beyond Reform

    May 15 2014
    Darlene Starrs

    I have listened carefully to St. Paul when he says that he had to surrender so and so to Satan...What does that mean?...Well, sometimes, a situation or person just isn't going to embrace Christ and th

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  • Church urged to be more open in debate

    May 15 2014
    Shaun

    This was really discouraging to read this, a real kick in the teeth to those who pray outside abortion clinics and engage in other pro-life work. But it doesn't surprise me. Nothing surprises me any m

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  • The Catholic Church is Beyond Reform

    May 15 2014
    Brendan Hoban

    What a graphic and searingly honest statement. Would that all those who know it's true had the courage to own it! Bishops pretending that all is well. Theologians hiding behind their foot-notes as th

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  • Update on my ministry during the past few months: Tony Flannery

    May 11 2014
    Brendan Cafferty

    Good luck Tony in your endeavours. I assume that your efforts will not go unrewarded,and that this will not be seen as making it more difficult for the powers that be to restore you to full ministry a

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  • Lessons in Catholic Judgment: New York Times

    May 12 2014
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    Shaun, would you recommend that people deny what their conscience is telling especially regarding to whom they are attracted sexually? We see a great impact on children today when they are forced to

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