Yes, Catherine, I fully agree with what you have said above Re: The churching of women. I too witnessed my mother going through the same ritual at that time. However, I wasn't as precocious as you wer
It is reported in today’s Irish Times that Fr Sean Fagan has been advised by Rome that if any word of their latest action against him reached the media he would be stripped of his priesthood.
If thi
Let's hope the next pope will have the guts to declare that the Inquisition was a bad idea (in 2000 Card. Ratzinger gutted any critical purification of memory on that point, speaking instead of violen
Fr Donnellan prayed that we 'be tolerant of those whose opinion or way of life is different from ours.'... . Wait a minute !! .... We must NOT tolerate a way of life that is sinful . This is wh
It is reported in today's Irish Times that Fr Sean Fagan has been advised by Rome that if any word of their latest action against him reached the media he would be stripped of his priesthood.
If this
Independent thought is alive and well. Those of us who are the Church need to take a stand in support of Priests who similarly have independence of thought - we don't necessarily need to agree with th
I had the pleasure of meeting Sean some years ago at the launch of a book in Milltown. I spoke to him on a number of occasions. I have always been impressed by his unfailing drive for justice and righ
Thank you all for your kind comments: Adrian, Paddy, Soline, Mary, Eileen. Looking forward to Soline's Rite & Reason tomorrow. Mary, I'm sure you're right about Christoph's going over the head of
I concur with everything that has been said above.
If there is a good human rights lawyer who has read what appeared in yesterday's Sunday Times, then I suggest that the case of Sean Fagan be taken up
Catherine, did you read the text of the ceremony?
As it is women themselves who go through the experience of childbirth and often had to stay away from church due to the physical demands of late pregn
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A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012Yes, Catherine, I fully agree with what you have said above Re: The churching of women. I too witnessed my mother going through the same ritual at that time. However, I wasn't as precocious as you wer
Sean Fagan — a friend speaks out
April 16 2012It is reported in today’s Irish Times that Fr Sean Fagan has been advised by Rome that if any word of their latest action against him reached the media he would be stripped of his priesthood. If thi
Sean Fagan — a friend speaks out
April 16 2012Let's hope the next pope will have the guts to declare that the Inquisition was a bad idea (in 2000 Card. Ratzinger gutted any critical purification of memory on that point, speaking instead of violen
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012Fr Donnellan prayed that we 'be tolerant of those whose opinion or way of life is different from ours.'... . Wait a minute !! .... We must NOT tolerate a way of life that is sinful . This is wh
A Redemptorist writes from Brazil to support Tony
April 16 2012It is reported in today's Irish Times that Fr Sean Fagan has been advised by Rome that if any word of their latest action against him reached the media he would be stripped of his priesthood. If this
Sean Fagan — a friend speaks out
April 16 2012Independent thought is alive and well. Those of us who are the Church need to take a stand in support of Priests who similarly have independence of thought - we don't necessarily need to agree with th
Sean Fagan — a friend speaks out
April 16 2012I had the pleasure of meeting Sean some years ago at the launch of a book in Milltown. I spoke to him on a number of occasions. I have always been impressed by his unfailing drive for justice and righ
Tony Flannery can wear the Holy Office-imposed Silentium badge with pride
April 13 2012Thank you all for your kind comments: Adrian, Paddy, Soline, Mary, Eileen. Looking forward to Soline's Rite & Reason tomorrow. Mary, I'm sure you're right about Christoph's going over the head of
Sean Fagan — a friend speaks out
April 16 2012I concur with everything that has been said above. If there is a good human rights lawyer who has read what appeared in yesterday's Sunday Times, then I suggest that the case of Sean Fagan be taken up
A Tuam priest reacts to the treatment of Fr Tony Flannery
April 14 2012Catherine, did you read the text of the ceremony? As it is women themselves who go through the experience of childbirth and often had to stay away from church due to the physical demands of late pregn
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