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  • All the documents of the Tony Flannery case are here

    January 31 2013
    Jerry Slevin

    Thank you, Tony, for this very helpful information. It seems clear to me as an Irish American lawyer that the Vatican is trying to punish you in part to try to embarass and get revenge against PM Enda

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  • All the documents of the Tony Flannery case are here

    January 31 2013
    Con Devree

    In his statement Fr Flannery quotes form Lumen Gentium 12 thus: “The entire body of the faithful, anointed as they are by the Holy One, cannot err in matters of belief. They manifest this special p

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  • Petition provided to have Fr. Tony Flannery returned to priestly ministry

    January 31 2013
    Jane Anderson

    In my experience of launching or being involved in petitions directed at the hierarchy, the message falls on deaf ears. Neverteless petitions do have value. They galvanise people in their views, give

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  • I felt ashamed of my Church

    January 28 2013
    Michael O Sullivan

    In the following quote from Groucho Marx sustitute the word 'politics' with 'CDF' and the glove fits neatly..." politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing incorrectl

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  • I felt ashamed of my Church

    January 28 2013
    Paddy Ferry

    John, Thank you for your reply. I got a bit overly excited and carried away with myself at the thought that the great Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, John Quinn, might be engaging with our disco

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  • Petition provided to have Fr. Tony Flannery returned to priestly ministry

    January 31 2013
    Andrew

    I too have signed the petition. I hope that Fr Flannery will continue to give his conscience primacy over the dictates of the CDF. What is really sad about all of this is that the Church, whether in

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  • I felt ashamed of my Church

    January 28 2013
    ger gleeson

    To those who believe that the ACI, ACP and their followers are traitors to our Church, please read Dr Rosemary Eileen Mc Hugh's post @14 above. Now ask the question, WHO ARE THE REAL TRAITORS OF OUR C

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  • 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Bidding Prayers

    February 3 2013
    Greta

    I need one favour from you. I read all your prayers. Can u send me 4th sunday faithful prayers, that should be based on that day readings in konkani language?

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  • I felt ashamed of my Church

    January 28 2013
    Anne Walsh

    An excellent piece- one which paints a picture of church which is haunting to say the least. It is a cause of deep shame to so many of us- many who cannot express or write as well as Brendan can- so f

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  • Tony Flannery’s grasp of theology is acclaimed in U.S. Catholic paper

    January 27 2013
    Diffal

    I don't see how Mr. Cullen Kennedy can square such an interpretation with the teachings of the Second Vatican Council(More specifically Lumen Gentium 19-22) which explicits the hierarchical nature of

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