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  • Back to the cloister – Brendan Hoban

    January 21 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    As a postscript and in the interests of balance, perhaps Maynooth President Msgr Hugh Connolly's reply (20 Feb) to the NCR article by Eugene Kennedy should appear here also. The original was linked to

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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    The saddest aspect of this whole issue is not something we can just blame "the bishops" or even "Rome" for. At least the Irish Bishops' Conference 'showed willing' in 2009 with "The Cry of the Earth"

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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Sean (Derry)

    "... the whole population issue. You can’t discuss it, you can’t raise it at all.” What does that mean?

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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Mary O Vallely

    To think that Fr Sean could have been lost to canon law! (and I am in agreement with Mr Bumble the Beadle's opinion on the law} The culture of blind obedience in the Catholic Church mystifies me. No d

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  • PRIME TIME INVESTIGATES GETS AWARD!!

    February 11 2012
    Rory Connor

    If the Irish Catholic had published obscene lies about a Rabbi or a Protestant minister, would it be OK if it received some kind of international Catholic press award a short time afterwards? Even if

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  • Announcement of Assembly

    February 11 2012
    Jackie Minnock

    Hope to be in attendance and hope to pass the word along. I agree with Mary that a 'day off' to facilitate this once off meeting - hopefully the start of many more - would be a forward looking step t

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  • PRIME TIME INVESTIGATES GETS AWARD!!

    February 11 2012
    Michael Commane

    Why should Miriam O'Callaghan not express her views that 'Prime Time Investiagets' win an award? If the programme series deserves an award, then why not. The church needs to stop pretending it is a 'v

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  • Announcement of Assembly

    February 11 2012
    Con Carroll

    if this is a male white show sticking the dictatorship of Rome it should be ignored. it should be standing in solidarity against the political economic right and religious agenda

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  • PRIME TIME INVESTIGATES GETS AWARD!!

    February 11 2012
    Margaret Lee

    I think that the point that was beng made is that Prime Time Investigates abused its power when it produced the programme "Mission to Prey". Given that abuse of power, it is somewhat surprising that

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  • Priests out of Ministry

    January 30 2012
    Liamy Mac Nally

    Oh rapture! Oh bliss! Stay strong for those of us out of ministry but longing to be in full participation. Good ol' St Patrick - his grandfather was a married priest. What a history for us...

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