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  • Meeting with church leaders of the Holy Land cancelled

    April 2 2013
    Iggy O Donovan

    We should be very grateful that the leaders of the church in the Holy Land took the time to inform us of the fact that the meeting was cancelled. Given their very exacting schedule they had no other o

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  • Petition to end compulsory celibacy launched

    November 2 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    "It was actually Pope Benedict who did create all the problems, he was fully aware of them," "I don’t know where you have been hiding." . Philomena, perhaps the underlying question is not where I've

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  • Sometimes seeing is not believing: loving is

    April 3 2013
    Darlene Starrs

    Thank you for providing this piece about Mary Magdalene! I bet that if she had been in the Garden of Gethsemanee, she would have stayed awake! Or at least kept the men awake! When Pope Francis comm

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  • Petition to end compulsory celibacy launched

    November 2 2012
    Philomena Carolan

    It was actually Pope Benedict who did create all the problems, he was fully aware of them, this pope has been chosen, even after what he went through before being ordained: that is why we have him. Po

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  • Pope Francis may end the fear and oppression in the Church

    March 28 2013
    Soline Humbert

    @15 Thank you Mary for that link to the article on the On Being website While I was on the On Being site,I was attracted to read another article: Tattoos&Torah:One woman'journey to the rabbinate.

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  • Meeting with church leaders of the Holy Land cancelled

    April 2 2013
    Margaret Lee

    Well now! I suppose the delegation was lucky to get a direct meeting with the Archbishops of Dublin and Armagh--it is fortunate that the members were not told to go through the "Priests' Councils"

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  • Pope Francis may end the fear and oppression in the Church

    March 28 2013
    Darlene Starrs

    I so appreciated your words Brendan and Brendan! While, what you say is true about the "celibacy" question, and welcoming back to the ministry, those who left to get married......I think, that if Pop

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  • Pope Francis may end the fear and oppression in the Church

    March 28 2013
    Mary O Vallely

    "This could be a good test for many in our Church today: when did you feel marginalised, how did you come out of it and what was the renewal / reform you experienced that you owe thanks to the poor f

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  • Pope Francis may end the fear and oppression in the Church

    March 28 2013
    Brendan Cafferty

    I think Francis has a lot of goodwill on his side. It may be difficult for him satisfy everyone but he has made a good start.There is something refreshing about him, call it a Prague Spring, The Obama

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  • Petition to end compulsory celibacy launched

    November 2 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    "now is actually the very time when celibacy should be abolished, Pope Benedict XVI created all the problems and then resigned, will things be better with this pope?" . O Sancta Simplicitas! Remarkabl

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