Maura@6, I think that is one of the best, if not the best, analysis of Tony's disgraceful treatment that I have read.
Your mention of the the characteristics of spiritual abuse is timely.
Thank you
Yes, the Pauline rhetoric against the "works of the flesh" is strong stuff, listing fifteen in all, and the Pope may have thought that Gal 5:19-21 would be an effective shaft against the Sexual Revolu
Joe, @, you are amazing !
Never did I imagine that I would ever find myself reading the script of that address given by John Paul II at Murrayfield all those years ago.
When I first read your commen
Yesterday I watched the TG4 programme about Fr Tony Flannery. It saddened me to see someone so damaged by spiritual abuse caused by those in the highest authorities in his priestly and religious life.
As Jesus’ priesthood was centrally about challenging an unjust religious and social system - i.e. about an actual sacrifice - and only secondly about the institution of a sacramental ritual - the Eu
Key Message:
Let our life be an example life for others.
Homily:
In a Christian family, the daughter fell into the wrong friendships when she switched schools for hi
Paddy@3, Joe@4, Thanks Joe for the careful fact-checking. If that 1982 address at Murrayfield had been given by Francis in Portugal in 2023 we could all be loud in its praise. Karol Wojtyla has enough
I discovered a copy of that magnificent novel, Luke Delmege (1901) in the library here and was thinking of the Irish clergy in the late 19th century when I opened this site and read the chilling headi
I think he only referred to fornication, etc., in a quote from St Paul. https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1982/may/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19820531_giovani-murrayfield.html As to
Galileo Galilei was treated miserably by the Roman Theologians who have always had a direct route to God. It only took four hundred years for the Church to apologise for that disgusting put down of a
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Link to Tony Flannery documentary on TG4
October 20 2023Maura@6, I think that is one of the best, if not the best, analysis of Tony's disgraceful treatment that I have read. Your mention of the the characteristics of spiritual abuse is timely. Thank you
Link to Tony Flannery documentary on TG4
October 20 2023Yes, the Pauline rhetoric against the "works of the flesh" is strong stuff, listing fifteen in all, and the Pope may have thought that Gal 5:19-21 would be an effective shaft against the Sexual Revolu
Link to Tony Flannery documentary on TG4
October 20 2023Joe, @, you are amazing ! Never did I imagine that I would ever find myself reading the script of that address given by John Paul II at Murrayfield all those years ago. When I first read your commen
Link to Tony Flannery documentary on TG4
October 20 2023Yesterday I watched the TG4 programme about Fr Tony Flannery. It saddened me to see someone so damaged by spiritual abuse caused by those in the highest authorities in his priestly and religious life.
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November 6 2023As Jesus’ priesthood was centrally about challenging an unjust religious and social system - i.e. about an actual sacrifice - and only secondly about the institution of a sacramental ritual - the Eu
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October 29 2023Key Message: Let our life be an example life for others. Homily: In a Christian family, the daughter fell into the wrong friendships when she switched schools for hi
Link to Tony Flannery documentary on TG4
October 20 2023Paddy@3, Joe@4, Thanks Joe for the careful fact-checking. If that 1982 address at Murrayfield had been given by Francis in Portugal in 2023 we could all be loud in its praise. Karol Wojtyla has enough
TOMORROW!!! ACP AGM 2023 – Tues 7 Nov 2.00-5.00pm Radisson Athlone
November 6 2023I discovered a copy of that magnificent novel, Luke Delmege (1901) in the library here and was thinking of the Irish clergy in the late 19th century when I opened this site and read the chilling headi
Link to Tony Flannery documentary on TG4
October 20 2023I think he only referred to fornication, etc., in a quote from St Paul. https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/speeches/1982/may/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19820531_giovani-murrayfield.html As to
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October 18 2023Galileo Galilei was treated miserably by the Roman Theologians who have always had a direct route to God. It only took four hundred years for the Church to apologise for that disgusting put down of a
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