I wouldn't get too excited just yet by believing that Pope Francis’s views on Vatican II are somehow in line with those of the ACP.
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Pope Francis recently wrote to Archbishop Agostin
I still can't get that image of Fr Brendan Hoban's "topping a hard-boiled egg in the gloom of a February evening as the winter wind whistles in the chimney" out of my mind. It is as vivid an image of
Joe O'Leary #47
"But the extrapolations from this to a vast cover-up conspiracy are exaggerated."
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The Murphy report does not speak anywhere of "a vast cover-up conspiracy" as far as I can see.
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Brendan Hoban is right. There are no green shoots in Cork and Ross, the one diocese I am familiar with, only priests ground down with no pastoral leadership and little support from the Church they ser
I just finished reading Fr Tony Flannery's most recent book 'A Question of Conscience'.
I would suggest that Ms O'Brien read it (tho' I suspect she won't). Her wishful, somewhat deluded, thinking is
The question, Sean, is how typical and long-lasting were the Marie Collins and "Fr Zozzo" scenarios. As often happened in families, accusations were met with instinctive "denial" at the early stages o
In addition to the questionaire being difficult for "ordinary Catholics" to answer, it is woefully incomplete. Families continue to exist after child bearing age and the whole question of aging on fa
In paragraph 2676 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on www.vatican.va, there is a full stop after 'Abraham' when there should be a comma. I have yet to check the printed version.
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Some Irish media commentators love their Church ‘not wisely but too well’
November 22 2013I wouldn't get too excited just yet by believing that Pope Francis’s views on Vatican II are somehow in line with those of the ACP. ............... Pope Francis recently wrote to Archbishop Agostin
Some Irish media commentators love their Church ‘not wisely but too well’
November 22 2013I still can't get that image of Fr Brendan Hoban's "topping a hard-boiled egg in the gloom of a February evening as the winter wind whistles in the chimney" out of my mind. It is as vivid an image of
ACP report on Yvonne Murphy investigation published
November 6 2013Joe O'Leary #47 "But the extrapolations from this to a vast cover-up conspiracy are exaggerated." . The Murphy report does not speak anywhere of "a vast cover-up conspiracy" as far as I can see. . In
Some Irish media commentators love their Church ‘not wisely but too well’
November 22 2013Brendan Hoban is right. There are no green shoots in Cork and Ross, the one diocese I am familiar with, only priests ground down with no pastoral leadership and little support from the Church they ser
Some Irish media commentators love their Church ‘not wisely but too well’
November 22 2013I just finished reading Fr Tony Flannery's most recent book 'A Question of Conscience'. I would suggest that Ms O'Brien read it (tho' I suspect she won't). Her wishful, somewhat deluded, thinking is
What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy
November 18 2013I found some comfort in these words:- "Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself." (Terese of Avila).
What disenchants the Irish diocesan clergy
November 18 2013Well done Brendan and well said. You articulate with disarming honesty the plight of many of us diocesan clergy. keep up the good work.
ACP report on Yvonne Murphy investigation published
November 6 2013The question, Sean, is how typical and long-lasting were the Marie Collins and "Fr Zozzo" scenarios. As often happened in families, accusations were met with instinctive "denial" at the early stages o
Survey for the Synod on the Family is available here
December 7 2013In addition to the questionaire being difficult for "ordinary Catholics" to answer, it is woefully incomplete. Families continue to exist after child bearing age and the whole question of aging on fa
Survey for the Synod on the Family is available here
December 7 2013In paragraph 2676 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on www.vatican.va, there is a full stop after 'Abraham' when there should be a comma. I have yet to check the printed version.
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