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  • Ordination of women would correct injustice, says NCR

    December 3 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    The Catholic priesthood is the world's most hallowed homosocial group; not taking women seriously is written so deep into our genes that we should have no trust in our instinctive reactions to proposa

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  • What we WISH the Irish bishops had said to the ACP

    December 17 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    "‘You are a pressure group for extreme ‘reform’ within the Church." A dying patient needs extreme interventions perhaps. "It is both sad and surprising that you form such a significant (if dimin

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  • Swiss abbot appeals for church reform

    December 21 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    Roll up! Roll up!. In the German corner, the Abbot of Mariawald. In the Swiss corner, the Abbot of Einsiedeln. Referee, Katie Taylor of Bray. I have a tenner each way with Paddy Power on which corner

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  • Ordination of women would correct injustice, says NCR

    December 3 2012
    Paddy Ferry

    Anne, I have no doubt that you sincerely believe what you have said @ 27 above. However, with respect, I wish to refer you to Angela Hanley's address -- "Quo Vadimus - lessons from history"-- to the A

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  • What we WISH the Irish bishops had said to the ACP

    December 17 2012
    Stephen Edward

    I wish that the bishops had said: 'You are a pressure group for extreme 'reform' within the Church. It is both sad and surprising that you form such a significant (if diminishing) minority of Irish pr

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  • Swiss abbot appeals for church reform

    December 21 2012
    Stephen Edward

    In contrast we have the Trappist Abbot of Mariawald, Germany deciding to roll back all post-conciliar 'reforms' in the abbey. This is being done because 'there have been no visible fruits' of the chan

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  • What we WISH the Irish bishops had said to the ACP

    December 17 2012
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    There is nothing depressing about this website. It's firmly planted in a reality that most of us will never know unfortunately; one that most readers can barely read let alone live. The world is wro

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  • What we WISH the Irish bishops had said to the ACP

    December 17 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    @Matthew O'Hora: "I have huge praise for the English Bishops because they are not afraid to speak out and make themselves heard when they need to." Well knock me down with a feather! - how in my nearl

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  • Is the Budget a topic for a homily on the Good News?

    December 15 2012
    Patrick Rogers

    Padraig, You make an excellent case for risking mixing a bit more political and social commentary into our homilies. The Gospel message needs to be coherently anchored in current realities. Because of

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  • Swiss abbot appeals for church reform

    December 21 2012
    Mary O Vallely

    There is nothing earth shattering in anything Abbot Martin Werlen says. It's all very reasonable. Parishoners/local clergy to have a say in episcopal appointments, the Cardinalate open to all with ele

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