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  • Ordination of women would correct injustice, says NCR

    December 3 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    Fishers of people is the more CORRECT translation of " ἁλιεῖς ἀνθρώπων" , Matt 4:19, rather than "fishers of men". "For us people"; or "for us humans"; is the more CORRECT translation

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  • Abortion: is rational debate possible?

    December 20 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    "With our increased knowledge of the development of the baby, it is much more difficult to argue for abortion, which is the deliberate killing of the baby." Except that in the first two weeks the fert

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  • Abortion: is rational debate possible?

    December 20 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    Nuance from the women here, arrant dogmatism and obtuseness from the men.

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  • 24 December 2012. Monday. Midnight Mass

    December 24 2012
    Tony Butler

    Pat, thank you for all you do for us daily, it is much appreciated. My thanks also to all our homilists, Thank you. May I offer some words of Karl Rahner' from his essay " Understanding Christmas" (

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  • Abortion: is rational debate possible?

    December 20 2012
    Soline Humbert

    7@Mary Thank you Mary. Your comment resonates with me.

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  • Abortion: is rational debate possible?

    December 20 2012
    Gene Carr

    The idea that there is a 'middle ground' on abortion is a dillusion. This is one of those issues where 'half a baby is a dead baby'.

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  • Abortion: is rational debate possible?

    December 20 2012
    Rebecca

    Here's a woman who believes that this is more than a woman's issue, it is a human rights issue, that affects everyone in society. And for that reason, women's opinions on this matter should not be val

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  • The ACP supports Fr. Roy Bourgeois

    December 7 2012
    Darlene Starrs

    All of My Friends and Relations: I also wish Happy Christmas to Father Roy and I thank you for being the "light" that you have been this Advent season. Indeed, this has been a very enriching Advent fo

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  • Abortion: is rational debate possible?

    December 20 2012
    Mary Stewart

    I wonder what research Teilhard actually did when it didn't demonstrate the humanity of the baby in the womb? With our increased knowledge of the development of the baby, it is much more difficult to

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  • Swiss abbot appeals for church reform

    December 21 2012
    Patrick Rogers

    Abbot Martin Werlen's sermon (50th anniversary of start of Vatican II), as reported in the Tablet, sounds like the refreshing opening chords of a symphony that could bring a new level of energy and ev

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