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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Eileen

    As one who worked for many years in the shanty towns of an African city, I echo Mary O'V's sentiments (9, above). I want to applaud Seán McDonagh's work in promoting respect for God's creation. In to

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  • Trust between priest and bishop has been replaced by suspicion

    February 28 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    Fr Gregory O'Brien's openness on this whole question of suspicion in place of trust is surely the best approach to forcing the issue of rebuilding the sort of trust that the image of priests and laity

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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Martin

    Oftentimes, the fixation on creation distracts us from that pollution we find within ourselves. The Church is primarily concerned with the salvation of men, and whilst this involves a complete life fo

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  • First Sunday of Lent — Prayers of the Faithful etc

    February 26 2012
    Bernard

    Matthew, I'd be grateful to know where this is clearly stated? In the General Instruction of the Roman Missal, given with the text for Ireland, the instruction is: 'The people, for their part, stand

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  • First Sunday of Lent — Prayers of the Faithful etc

    February 26 2012
    Matthew O'Hora

    I would just like to note that the New Translation of the Mass clearly states that the response to the Prayer of the faithful should be Priest: Let us Pray to the Lord. People: Lord, hear our Prayer.

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  • PRIME TIME INVESTIGATES GETS AWARD!!

    February 11 2012
    Margaret Lee

    I think that Michael (No 9) is getting the issues a bit mixed up. In my opinion, there is no necessary connetion between the payment of our household charge (and impending property tax) and the Prime

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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Wendy Murphy

    Eddie, in your post 3. above, you ask where we camp-followers have been on Creation/Ecology Social Justice etc. It's true that I, at least, only came across this site last Autumn because of despondenc

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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Eddie Finnegan

    Martin, "Am I being too harsh?" you ask. Well, in comparison, the Vatican Council's 'Gaudium et Spes' with its insistence on the dignity of the 'conjugal pact and act' and 'the various values and purp

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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Mary O Vallely

    I have an image of Christ walking through the shanty towns of the world, watching children competing with the rats and flies as they scavenge for food, parents desperate to know how they will feed th

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  • The NCR applauds Sean McDonagh

    February 23 2012
    Joe O'Leary

    Sean, the Catholic bishops in the Philippines do suggest that NFP is the answer, and even made excommunicatory noises against politicians who proposed distributing artificial contraception. Margaret S

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