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  • Tablet Rome correspondent to speak at Dublin meeting

    November 3 2013
    Ned Quinn

    Would it be possible to have a report on the meeting with Robert Mickens?

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  • What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy

    November 18 2013
    Martin

    That is a very interesting and insightful point of view, Diffal. I know some non Catholic Christians who talk about their 'relationship' with Jesus, so deep, personal and fulfilling. Wonderful. I am a

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  • What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy

    November 18 2013
    John Wotherspoon

    Thank you Brendan for continuing to say what so many priests feel. DV Pope Francis will see your article. DV Pope Francis will indeed usher in a new spring

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  • ACP report on Yvonne Murphy investigation published

    November 6 2013
    Sean O'Conaill

    Joe O'Leary #35 . So for you, Joe, we must simply get over the fact that almost all of our administrative Catholic clergy behaved as badly as some bankers, politicians, solicitors - in this case endle

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  • What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy

    November 18 2013
    Diffal

    I must say I feel for Fr. Brendan, while I disagree with many of the solutions he offers, I respect the honesty and clarity with which he presents them. To my mind what he describes sounds like nothin

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  • What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy

    November 18 2013
    Pauline

    You need to wash those men right out of your hair and send them on their way. Wise men never try cause they have lived long enough to know better. 'You can't light a fire when the woods are wet, You c

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  • ACP report on Yvonne Murphy investigation published

    November 6 2013
    Clare Hannigan

    It is not the traditional common practice for families to cover up problems. Most parents who have concerns about their children seek help from people they trust - teachers, doctors, nurses and somet

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  • What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy

    November 18 2013
    Nuala O'Driscoll

    'What often presents in our Church as a pathological fear of women has stymied the development of their role'. This pathological fear of women has stymied the development of the Church and will be the

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  • ACP report on Yvonne Murphy investigation published

    November 6 2013
    Joe O'Leary

    "inexcusable" -- or just of a piece with traditional common practice in all institutions and families? Hushing things up was a way of life and perhaps still is. It is easy to understand how mistakes w

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  • What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy

    November 18 2013
    Shaun the Sheep

    Reading this article (I feel depressed already, only half-way through), whilst there is much to disagree with, it is clear that there is a problem... Why would any young man give himself over to a lif

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