The Catholic Church is and always has been a complex organism. Its practising members would prefer if the range of Catholic behaviours spanning the atrocious to the less negative had not have occurred
Neal Bray:
“What did the Lord expect from the early post-Pentecost Church?” Probably not a rigid code of law and dogma. He urged that "whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven" (Mt 16:1
I spent some of my Childhood years in the Archdiocese of Westminster where I made my first Holy Communion.
Back in those far off days, the Archbishop of Westminster was the late Cardinal John Heenan
"Predestination has deep roots in Christian theological thinking but it never means that predestination is the ONLY cause" (Joe O'Leary)
Isn't the term 'predestination' itself problematic, as a log
Reading Fr James McTavish's horrendous article on "same-sex attraction" (the current Vatican jargon for what it called "homosexualitatis problema" forty years ago) in September's Gregorianum, I well u
Also well said, Seán, infact incredibly well said.
And thank you for alerting us to YouCat— well me, anyway, as I knew nothing about it.
Now, reflecting on your last paragraph, Seán, not fee
The word "solely" is not in YouCat 98. Would it help if the text had said "Q 98. Did God will the death of his only Son?”
"The violent death of Jesus did not come about ONLY through tragic exter
Mary T. Malone’s comment “that Vat II did not go back far enough into the tradition” prompts the thematic synodal question “what did the Lord expect from the early post-Pentecost Church” reg
Does Bishop Coll's 'doctrinal solidity' include the YouCat assertion that Christ's death "did not come about through tragic external circumstances" but solely through the will of God - inevitably comp
Well said, Roy an excellent response to our new bishop in my home diocese of Raphoe sounding less than positive about what is surely the Spirit led initiative/ process that is synodality.
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Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026The Catholic Church is and always has been a complex organism. Its practising members would prefer if the range of Catholic behaviours spanning the atrocious to the less negative had not have occurred
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026Neal Bray: “What did the Lord expect from the early post-Pentecost Church?” Probably not a rigid code of law and dogma. He urged that "whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven" (Mt 16:1
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026I spent some of my Childhood years in the Archdiocese of Westminster where I made my first Holy Communion. Back in those far off days, the Archbishop of Westminster was the late Cardinal John Heenan
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026"Predestination has deep roots in Christian theological thinking but it never means that predestination is the ONLY cause" (Joe O'Leary) Isn't the term 'predestination' itself problematic, as a log
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026Reading Fr James McTavish's horrendous article on "same-sex attraction" (the current Vatican jargon for what it called "homosexualitatis problema" forty years ago) in September's Gregorianum, I well u
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026Also well said, Seán, infact incredibly well said. And thank you for alerting us to YouCat— well me, anyway, as I knew nothing about it. Now, reflecting on your last paragraph, Seán, not fee
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026The word "solely" is not in YouCat 98. Would it help if the text had said "Q 98. Did God will the death of his only Son?” "The violent death of Jesus did not come about ONLY through tragic exter
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026Mary T. Malone’s comment “that Vat II did not go back far enough into the tradition” prompts the thematic synodal question “what did the Lord expect from the early post-Pentecost Church” reg
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026Does Bishop Coll's 'doctrinal solidity' include the YouCat assertion that Christ's death "did not come about through tragic external circumstances" but solely through the will of God - inevitably comp
Roy Donovan ACP Leadership Team responds to Bishop Coll on Synodality…
March 4 2026Well said, Roy an excellent response to our new bishop in my home diocese of Raphoe sounding less than positive about what is surely the Spirit led initiative/ process that is synodality. Back to the
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