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  • We cannot lose heart, writes Seamus Ahearne

    April 8 2012
    Gavin Crowley

    Nevertheless, as I read it, the apostles defied the leaders less from a sense that they themselves were leaders (that came later). They defied as good followers. Good following is the nursery of leade

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    Gavin Crowley

    I'm naturally inclined to support freedom of speech. I also support freedom of religion, a right that is individual and collective. How can we collectively express ourselves (or any other collective o

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  • The Vatican is a ‘cold house’ for liberal Catholics, writes Kevin Hegarty

    March 29 2012
    Gavin Crowley

    Like Jo and others here I have traveled a winding path to get this far. I feel like a liberal, and when my emotions got the better of me when Enda Kenny made his impassioned, if flawed, speech I searc

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    Mary Burke

    Adrian, it's hard to believe that someone would be so theologically and morally bankrupt to write the material which you received and which you have shared with us, in the name of a God of love. Those

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  • We cannot lose heart, writes Seamus Ahearne

    April 8 2012
    Dairne Mc Henry

    Yes, as Seamus says, this is a difficult time and a wearying moment. But surely it is a time for laity and clergy to stand together and speak out respectfully but firmly, in face of a system which co

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    Ruthaliencorn

    Dear Annraoi, Sorry about your Easter but thank you for making mine. My 15 year-old son got a particular kick out of the CDF and Cuba bit. What a great e-mail and I'm sure the Pope is tucked up in th

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    David Carroll

    I am appalled at the news on Tony Flannery & Gerard Moloney. I really don't have the words to express my anger at this situation and the cowardice of the Irish hierarchy in their lack of comment.

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    Seminarian II (aka Gearóid Mary)

    Just days after being accused of using this site as a "happy heresy hunting ground" I was shocked to hear of the recent turn of events. We truly find ourselves in an unfortunate situation. This situat

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    Maura, Belfast

    There have been many instances throughout history where injustice has been a catalyst for reformation. My hope is that the injustice and disrespect for human rights perpetrated against Fr Tony Flanner

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  • A Response to the news about Tony Flannery

    April 6 2012
    Annraoi O'Diothaigh

    May I add my own tuppence halfpenny worth - an email I sent to Pope Benedict yesterday: Thank you for ruining my Easter Holy Saturday, 7 April 2012 Dear Pope Benedict, I haven't emailed you for some

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