Brendan raises a vitally important issue: Why are we attracted more to a God who punishes than to a God who loves. One of the saddest looking priests I ever knew gloried in the fact that he preached o
Doesn't religion class lend itself in any case to unconscious absorption of 'core subjects' - since the Bible is very rich both linguistically and mathematically? For example, older children could be
We all now deplore the way unmarried mother were treated in Ireland up to recently. I suggest that those who now froth about this would have been frothing against the girls at the time! Ranting agains
I have just read Ronan McGreevy's piece in Saturday's Irish Times describing the sad, sad story of Philomena Lee's life. There is also a photo in the Independent of her kneeling at her son A
A 'National Conversation'!!
In his report on the recent meetings in Galway and Athenry Tony refers to the need to find a means to ensure that the voices of (what might be described as) the 'ordinary p
It's very intolerant, disrespectful, and utilitarian. It is high time we in the Church began to turn the tables on the 'equality/diversity/tolerance' agenda. The sword cuts both ways. The rounded, who
Thanks, ACP. A very welcome and measured response to this off-the-cuff, rabble rousing rather than crowd pleasing comment from a Minister of Education. If he'd just see to it that all schools have wel
If there is a central theme to this fictionalized account, it is the debate between secular ethics and theology. The movie illustrates one aspect of a much larger, horrible sacrifice of the worldly in
A very sad comment indeed by Ciaran and understandable in the context. Murder colours every feeling and decides reactions. However, and nonetheless, those words were full of 'non sequiters' and total
I am very amused: trying to compare the attitude of modern day clergy to the reform that Pope Francis is trying to do. I agree totally with Pope Francis because I think that there are far too many mon
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Religion shouldn’t make people miserable
January 26 2014Brendan raises a vitally important issue: Why are we attracted more to a God who punishes than to a God who loves. One of the saddest looking priests I ever knew gloried in the fact that he preached o
ACP Leadership decries Ruairi Quinn’s ‘unreflective comments’
January 26 2014Doesn't religion class lend itself in any case to unconscious absorption of 'core subjects' - since the Bible is very rich both linguistically and mathematically? For example, older children could be
Mix of fact and fiction in ‘Philomena’ takes from its impact
December 12 2013We all now deplore the way unmarried mother were treated in Ireland up to recently. I suggest that those who now froth about this would have been frothing against the girls at the time! Ranting agains
Mix of fact and fiction in ‘Philomena’ takes from its impact
December 12 2013I have just read Ronan McGreevy's piece in Saturday's Irish Times describing the sad, sad story of Philomena Lee's life. There is also a photo in the Independent of her kneeling at her son A
Tony Flannery’s lectures in Galway and Athenry spark vigourous debate
January 24 2014A 'National Conversation'!! In his report on the recent meetings in Galway and Athenry Tony refers to the need to find a means to ensure that the voices of (what might be described as) the 'ordinary p
ACP Leadership decries Ruairi Quinn’s ‘unreflective comments’
January 26 2014It's very intolerant, disrespectful, and utilitarian. It is high time we in the Church began to turn the tables on the 'equality/diversity/tolerance' agenda. The sword cuts both ways. The rounded, who
ACP Leadership decries Ruairi Quinn’s ‘unreflective comments’
January 26 2014Thanks, ACP. A very welcome and measured response to this off-the-cuff, rabble rousing rather than crowd pleasing comment from a Minister of Education. If he'd just see to it that all schools have wel
Mix of fact and fiction in ‘Philomena’ takes from its impact
December 12 2013If there is a central theme to this fictionalized account, it is the debate between secular ethics and theology. The movie illustrates one aspect of a much larger, horrible sacrifice of the worldly in
Religion shouldn’t make people miserable
January 26 2014A very sad comment indeed by Ciaran and understandable in the context. Murder colours every feeling and decides reactions. However, and nonetheless, those words were full of 'non sequiters' and total
A monsignor-free Church? What next?
January 13 2014I am very amused: trying to compare the attitude of modern day clergy to the reform that Pope Francis is trying to do. I agree totally with Pope Francis because I think that there are far too many mon
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