Brendan Conroy, all your arguments above apply equally to sterile couples who use sperm banks or surrogate mothers. As far as I know the latter procedures are forbidden in Irish law. The demand that s
When Brendan talked about Iona's 'gaderene rush for their pound of flesh' I wondered how he discerned the motives of people he has long held in low esteem. As someone who is married to one of the peop
Here's a report on the Spanish responses, but not one forwarded by the bishops: http://iglesiadescalza.blogspot.jp/2014/02/more-responses-to-synod-on-family.html
There may be disagreement about whether or not it was right for the German and Swiss bishops to publish the results of the survey in their countries. But they have done so and the Vatican now has to d
"There is also a difference between someone talking in general terms about dissident priests, and what Rory O’Neill did on Saturday Night Live. He did not just talk in general terms about homophobia
One reaches for the libel lawyer at great risk.People like Oscar Wilde, Patrick Kavanagh,Geoffrey Archer, Albert Reynolds (who won a penny) Beverley Cooper Flynn and others discovered this. Hoist on o
Or, Phil Long@10 and Fred Anon@11, maybe it's because what you both take for "mocking, anger and worry" is nothing of the kind but rather a light-hearted form of engagement, steering as far as possibl
"The referendum will decide in favour of gay marriage". There is no way we can know that. Remember the confidence of gay Californians that Prop 8 could never pass -- or remember the Lisbon Treaty refe
The presence of young girls in the laundries is addressed in McAleese ch. 9. 8.1% of known entries to the Laundries were referrals by the criminal justice system, and the youngest referral was 11 year
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Have the Iona Institute won a battle — and lost the war?
February 20 2014Brendan Conroy, all your arguments above apply equally to sterile couples who use sperm banks or surrogate mothers. As far as I know the latter procedures are forbidden in Irish law. The demand that s
Why won’t the Pope treat his faithful like adults?
February 22 2014No fear the results of the poll in Ireland will be published. But I would hazard a guess at their contents
Have the Iona Institute won a battle — and lost the war?
February 20 2014When Brendan talked about Iona's 'gaderene rush for their pound of flesh' I wondered how he discerned the motives of people he has long held in low esteem. As someone who is married to one of the peop
Why won’t the Pope treat his faithful like adults?
February 22 2014Here's a report on the Spanish responses, but not one forwarded by the bishops: http://iglesiadescalza.blogspot.jp/2014/02/more-responses-to-synod-on-family.html
Why won’t the Pope treat his faithful like adults?
February 22 2014There may be disagreement about whether or not it was right for the German and Swiss bishops to publish the results of the survey in their countries. But they have done so and the Vatican now has to d
Have the Iona Institute won a battle — and lost the war?
February 20 2014"There is also a difference between someone talking in general terms about dissident priests, and what Rory O’Neill did on Saturday Night Live. He did not just talk in general terms about homophobia
Have the Iona Institute won a battle — and lost the war?
February 20 2014One reaches for the libel lawyer at great risk.People like Oscar Wilde, Patrick Kavanagh,Geoffrey Archer, Albert Reynolds (who won a penny) Beverley Cooper Flynn and others discovered this. Hoist on o
Is there room for two clergy organisations in Ireland?
February 11 2014Or, Phil Long@10 and Fred Anon@11, maybe it's because what you both take for "mocking, anger and worry" is nothing of the kind but rather a light-hearted form of engagement, steering as far as possibl
Have the Iona Institute won a battle — and lost the war?
February 20 2014"The referendum will decide in favour of gay marriage". There is no way we can know that. Remember the confidence of gay Californians that Prop 8 could never pass -- or remember the Lisbon Treaty refe
Mix of fact and fiction in ‘Philomena’ takes from its impact
December 12 2013The presence of young girls in the laundries is addressed in McAleese ch. 9. 8.1% of known entries to the Laundries were referrals by the criminal justice system, and the youngest referral was 11 year
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