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  • What the ACP is about — and not about

    October 14 2012
    Cherie Gaiser

    What a wonderful message! I only hope that it will resound to other countries, especially to our faithul in the U.S.A.

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  • A comment on the Irish Independent articles concerning myself: Oct.10th: Tony Flannery

    October 11 2012
    Garry

    I am not the Editor of The Irish Catholic and perhaps you would remove the inaccurate comment that says I am. I was not the editor when the article in question was written and left the post several w

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  • A comment on the Irish Independent articles concerning myself: Oct.10th: Tony Flannery

    October 11 2012
    Garry

    Dear Tony, A thousand apologies. In the heat of writing up the piece for deadline I didn't realise that those words could be offensive to you. I was trying to highlight your long service as a priest

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  • What the ACP is about — and not about

    October 14 2012
    ROBERT BLAIR KAISER

    Brendan, you put an eloquent and particularly Irish, storytelling twist on the sentiments of so many around the whole world who are now beginning to see this is a people's Church that will only limp a

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  • What the ACP is about — and not about

    October 14 2012
    Soline Humbert

    " Water the ropes!" In the story the man was not excommunicated but was honoured by the Pope for his courage...When were these enlightened times? In our own times,realistically, excommunication and pa

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  • Troublesome priests?

    October 14 2012
    Martin Murray

    "Some radical Catholics could criticise these various initiatives as still highly clerical. Are their challenges regarding clerical celibacy, women priests, and more appropriate sexual theologies, sim

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  • Troublesome priests?

    October 14 2012
    Jack Barry

    Thank you for the thoughtful overview of this expanding phenomenon. A Parish Initiative in Switzerland has just announced itself with 341 signers and 186 sympathizers as of Oct 11, 2012. Its initial

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  • Troublesome priests?

    October 14 2012
    Fr. Bob Cushing

    Thank you, Martin, for this well-rounded summary of what is happening with many of our presbyteral communities around the globe. Speaking for the AUSCP contingent, we are discovering our own voice sl

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  • What the ACP is about — and not about

    October 14 2012
    Sister Maureen Paul Turlish SNDdeN

    Thank you Fr. Brendan Hoban for your clear statement of conscience about the state of the Church in these perilous times. The Church has never been in a worst state. That small group of priests who

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  • Troublesome priests?

    October 14 2012
    Jerry Slevin

    Thank you, Martin, for the fulsome update and analysis. You may want to note that next Thursday, October 18, Fr. Hans Kung will be addressing a large gathering of German Catholic reformers at Paulskir

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