Nuala, maybe no one in Ireland wants Irish bishops in jail, but at the NCR site very many are calling for bishops to do jail time, led by Gerard Slevin, who used to comment on this website. To say tha
Reading this just now, I am encouraged by the way he gives formal expression to many of his most telling remarks in his interviews and homilies. The idea of a missionary church that he proposes is tha
The big salaries and pensions of Irish TDs and other 'professional earners' is a national disgrace while so many ordinary people suffer. And don't mention big business (and not so big) and the exploit
Indeed Gerard. And the saddest thing is, the shepherds, by and large, have no clue. They scratch their heads wondering 'What did we do wrong?'' And then they think of novelties to try to bring people
The survey on the Family is starting from the wrong place - doctrines propounded by the celibate male hierarchy.
The obvious place to start would be from the lived and living experiences of married co
There are some extra-ordinary comments here about cover-ups and the Church's supposed long-term awareness of child abuse e.g. Nuala
O'Driscoll @ 26
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The Murphy Report pointed to the fact that the
With regard to the last paragraph of Father Hoban's piece, readers might enjoy catching up with Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian -a Jewish atheist, I think -who is enthused by Pope Francis' freshnes
Joe @40.
Both sentences in your comment are disingenuous. I do not believe anyone in this discussion wants to see a Bishop go to jail. Your second sentence is an example of the crossover between secul
The questionnaire allows for other matters to be raised. The very painful issue of infertility is not mentioned in the survey. A question on how the church supports families who care for disabled and
I agree with Donal Dorr, it would be very foolish to treat sound conservative Catholics like Breda O'Brien as adversaries (especially as she was practically the only journalist to take up the critique
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November 6 2013Nuala, maybe no one in Ireland wants Irish bishops in jail, but at the NCR site very many are calling for bishops to do jail time, led by Gerard Slevin, who used to comment on this website. To say tha
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November 26 2013Reading this just now, I am encouraged by the way he gives formal expression to many of his most telling remarks in his interviews and homilies. The idea of a missionary church that he proposes is tha
Pope Francis publishes his first letter: ‘The Joy of the Gospel’
November 26 2013The big salaries and pensions of Irish TDs and other 'professional earners' is a national disgrace while so many ordinary people suffer. And don't mention big business (and not so big) and the exploit
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November 18 2013Indeed Gerard. And the saddest thing is, the shepherds, by and large, have no clue. They scratch their heads wondering 'What did we do wrong?'' And then they think of novelties to try to bring people
Survey for the Synod on the Family is available here
December 7 2013The survey on the Family is starting from the wrong place - doctrines propounded by the celibate male hierarchy. The obvious place to start would be from the lived and living experiences of married co
ACP report on Yvonne Murphy investigation published
November 6 2013There are some extra-ordinary comments here about cover-ups and the Church's supposed long-term awareness of child abuse e.g. Nuala O'Driscoll @ 26 <> The Murphy Report pointed to the fact that the
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November 22 2013With regard to the last paragraph of Father Hoban's piece, readers might enjoy catching up with Jonathan Freedland of the Guardian -a Jewish atheist, I think -who is enthused by Pope Francis' freshnes
ACP report on Yvonne Murphy investigation published
November 6 2013Joe @40. Both sentences in your comment are disingenuous. I do not believe anyone in this discussion wants to see a Bishop go to jail. Your second sentence is an example of the crossover between secul
Survey for the Synod on the Family is available here
December 7 2013The questionnaire allows for other matters to be raised. The very painful issue of infertility is not mentioned in the survey. A question on how the church supports families who care for disabled and
Some Irish media commentators love their Church ‘not wisely but too well’
November 22 2013I agree with Donal Dorr, it would be very foolish to treat sound conservative Catholics like Breda O'Brien as adversaries (especially as she was practically the only journalist to take up the critique
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