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  • Shame over sexuality has blinded Church to sex abuse

    September 19 2012
    Sean O'Conaill

    The Catholic magisterium was very much part of Irish society in the era of the Ryan institutions, so it would be misleading to set up a false dichotomy between the two. . For example, what explains t

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  • Complete a survey on the new Missal

    September 16 2012
    Martin

    I'm responsible for liturgy in a London parish without a resident priest. We first introduced the new translation in the summer of 2011 by using some of the sung Mass settings with the aim of embeddin

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  • Bishop’s Public Statement when priest steps aside is unnecessary

    September 10 2012
    Rory Connor

    Very interesting article in the New York Times on 19 September "Defrocked Priest Sues New York Archdiocese for Libel Over Sexual Abuse Statement". http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/nyregion/defrocked-

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  • Sin of clericalism is at heart of sexual abuse crisis

    September 18 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    "have shown a causal connection between clericalism and the sexual abuse of children" Since clericalism is such a vague expression I think such causality would be impossible to demonstrate. Suppose i

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  • Vatican process against Basque theologian continues

    September 17 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    Maybe he just says the Father did not seek Jesus's death as something demanded by His honor? That would be a rather anodyne point. http://www.uca.edu.sv/noticias/nota.php?texto=586566121 He does talk

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  • Shame over sexuality has blinded Church to sex abuse

    September 19 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    "the Ryan horrors" were not primarily about "a magisterium" but about Irish society, so "come really clean" about them is by no means a simple prescription.

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  • Shame over sexuality has blinded Church to sex abuse

    September 19 2012
    Sean O'Conaill

    Mary Vallely is correct. In an interview with RTE's 'This Week' programme on Sunday May 24th 2009 Bishop Noel Treanor was asked to comment on an earlier interview with Fr Tim Bartlett, who had calle

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  • Sept 21st. St Matthew, Apostle

    September 21 2012
    Micheal O'Riain

    Imagine how Mrs. Matthew felt when he told her what he was going to do. She had just ordered a new kitchen on the strength of what Matthew was going to rake in and she had told the neighbours so now s

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  • Vatican process against Basque theologian continues

    September 17 2012
    Debbie

    Doesn't Fr. Pagola deny the need for Jesus's sacrifice for sinners? This being the case, the Vatican has a duty of care to protect its fold from heresy, and this duty was imposed on them by this same

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  • Why people fail to confront sexual abuse

    September 6 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    Con Carroll, pedophilia is "a sexuality", as the word "philia" denotes, and has nothing to do with murder. Please do not confuse the issues.

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