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  • Abortion: is rational debate possible?

    December 20 2012
    Elizabeth

    I have more questions than answers. I think that Catholics are not trying to save the unborn but are trying to save souls. St Augustine thought the soul entered the body when the unborn took on human

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  • Ordination of women would correct injustice, says NCR

    December 3 2012
    Gill Slater

    re 22 "Jesus was male". Whilst we're stating the obvious - as were our Gospel writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke & John, St Paul who spread the Gospel far and wide, all the Popes & the heirarchy of

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  • Abortion: is rational debate possible?

    December 20 2012
    Con Devree

    Given all the above comments, the conclusion is clear - The ACP has a mandate to support the Bishops.

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

    December 17 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    "Yes, I think, the letter from the bishops above is honest and hopefully, when the bishops know for certain, that they must be more forthright with Rome, let us hope that they have the courage to walk

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

    December 17 2012
    Darlene Starrs

    Thank you for the above comments, especially those of Mary Vallely. I hear the God of Mother Bear in you and I appreciate your bold honesty. For some reason, maybe because it's the Feast Day of Mary,

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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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