On the contrary, Shaun @4, I find Bill Tammeus, a Presbyterian elder, a tolerant, loving Christian and I regularly read his pieces in the NCR with an openness to learning from him as I do from other
Again, Pope Francis is not exclusively obsessed with sectarian markers, as his warm address to evangelicals, along the lines of "we are all in this together" showed. http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinc
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Oh dear! I fear I find far greater Christian respect for Catholics and Catholicism in Bill Tammeus's piece than I find in your piece responding to it. How on earth could you know that no
Firstly, regarding the remark 'not churches in the proper sense'. I write as Catholic priest, an ecumenist, someone who has worked with fellow Christian pastors for our common mission. What is the pro
Pádraig
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I have followed that up (#6) and I owe Holy Mother Church an apology.
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I got an up-to-date baptism cert, and lo and behold, there I am duly married and no chance of sneaking in another one
It’s reasonable to say that the current controversies within the Church - sexual ethics, life issues, marital issues are the basis of the appeal here to Newman’s Essay on the Development of Chri
The Eucharistic Exclusivity is easy one to answer: I cannot make love to another man's wife. It's just not right. I'm not married. It would be adultery. Likewise, if you aren't mystically married to t
The poor have nothing to teach the rest of us except that poverty is a great injustice and should not exist in a world made for all to enjoy equally.
The Pope could make poverty history but he won't
It might be true that wherever male people come into close contact with children there is a risk of children being sexually abused and raped. Not just men of the church (but the church has a great res
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March 20 2014On the contrary, Shaun @4, I find Bill Tammeus, a Presbyterian elder, a tolerant, loving Christian and I regularly read his pieces in the NCR with an openness to learning from him as I do from other
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March 20 2014Again, Pope Francis is not exclusively obsessed with sectarian markers, as his warm address to evangelicals, along the lines of "we are all in this together" showed. http://ncronline.org/blogs/distinc
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March 20 2014#4 Shaun . Oh dear! I fear I find far greater Christian respect for Catholics and Catholicism in Bill Tammeus's piece than I find in your piece responding to it. How on earth could you know that no
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March 14 2014Pádraig . I have followed that up (#6) and I owe Holy Mother Church an apology. . I got an up-to-date baptism cert, and lo and behold, there I am duly married and no chance of sneaking in another one
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