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  • ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Padraic

    I offer this to demonstrate my solidarity with Fr. Tony Flannery and with all others in a similar position of seeking ... There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said th

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  • ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Lee Cahill SMA

    I accept that Pope Benedict is our present day successor of Peter Simon bar Jonah. But I can't leave it just like that. Benedict does share with Peter in a Jesus-given authority. But look: Peter was

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    Margaret Lyng

    I am very upset and angry that Fr. Tony Flannery has been silenced. The Reality magazine is just a waste of space from here on in. Regarding women priests to quote Dr. Hampson in the letter page of to

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  • Tony Butler laments the “silencing” of Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Val

    I feel a lot of sympathy for Priests today, you have a real tough job, where the proverbial tyres meets the road. As a person you are entitled to your opinion and the church should have an environment

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

    April 9 2012
    Martin

    Chris, Peter met Jesus and spent a lot of time with Him. Yet he denied Him three times. Peter also doubted when he was in the boat and was invited to walk on water. So there you are. Peter is little d

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  • ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Bill

    I met Fr Tony when he delivered a Parish Mission last year. He preached a sermon on forgiveness which touched me very deeply. He displayed a great humanity and understanding of the human condition - j

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  • ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Joe Moran

    I'm not sure what Martin's definition is of 'a grass root catholic' but I have always believed that I am a grass root catholic and I do not welcome the intervention that has demanded silence on issues

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  • ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Orla Carroll

    It is the voices of people such as Fr. Tony Flannery and the members of the ACP, which keep many disheartened believers within the church, allowing them to hope that the spirit of Vatican II is not d

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  • ACP expresses solidarity with Fr Tony Flannery

    April 9 2012
    Val

    I remember once watching a documentary about Padre Pio, he was unfairly forbidden to say Mass in public as a young priest because the Church was afraid of his large following and sceptical of his stig

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  • We cannot lose heart, writes Seamus Ahearne

    April 8 2012
    Jim Stack

    Reply to Chris Gardiner: My point about regular Mass-goers was that these were the very people who are being ignored in this debate. Many of them would be my age (65) or your parents' age. We grew up

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