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  • Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry

    April 9 2012
    Seminarian II (aka Gearóid Mary)

    Christine, can you tell me how "the magisterium is allowing fear to block the gifts of the Spirit." I have heard of many incidents where the Spirit was at work. His work was unfortunately stifled by t

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  • We cannot lose heart, writes Seamus Ahearne

    April 8 2012
    Jim Stack

    In reply to Noirin: thank you for your comments. I share your admiration for the commitment of priests, and that includes those with whom I might disagree. Also, and I tried to make this clear first t

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    A Rural Priest

    What an extraordinary article by Fr McPhillips. I'll just pick out one sentence that made my eyes boggle: Isn’t ‘Sensus Fidelium’ still the ultimate authority in Church teaching? Maybe I'

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  • ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Christine Gilsen

    The Association of Catholic Priests and Fr Tony Flannery have my full support and prayers. I am looking forward to "Towards an Assembly of the Irish Catholic Church" on 7th May.

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  • Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry

    April 9 2012
    Christine Gilsen

    Fr Peter's suggestion that perhaps young people are leaving the church because they no longer find God there is true for many young people I know - and many not so young. Recently, one young person de

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  • ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Ciara

    Its true that the Irish church and its hierarchy have a lot of problems, and I don't blame some priests (particularly in Dublin) for being disaffected with their bishop. However, I'm glad someone is

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  • Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry

    April 9 2012
    Mary O Vallely

    "The God of compassion is incompatible with the God of the Law." Yes!!! Young people need good role models and no better a role model than Peter McVerry. Fear is so destructive and there is much fear

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  • Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry

    April 9 2012
    Seminarian II (aka Gearóid Mary)

    Is this utopian pseudo church of compassion attracting our youth? It seems to me that it isn't. So then, what is? To my knowledge the Reality magazine has not been flying off the shelves in Newsagents

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  • Rome’s intervention is a sign of fear – Peter McVerry

    April 9 2012
    Winifred Collins

    Fr McVerry is a great example of Christianity at work and I admire him greatly. However, Jesus, although He showed compassion, he still adhered to the law of God, He did not come to remove one jot.

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  • We cannot lose heart, writes Seamus Ahearne

    April 8 2012
    Jim Stack

    In reply to Brendan McCarthy: my reference to quitters was to lapsed Catholics who write in to the Irish Times telling those of us who are still practising how inferior we are. They have been doing it

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