Where is this all going? Thank you Fr.Brendan for warnings and a plea for action on those reforms that are in keeping with the faith and doctrine e.g. married priests. Has Synodality become a listenin
'Schism, for Christians, is the greatest of crimes and the greatest of tragedies' said the Huguenot theologian Jurieu. Their proclivity for schismatic behaviour devalues all the virtues Pope Leo lists
Brendan, thank you, for your iron clad persistence in putting before us the Crisis of Priesthood, which few want to face. Few want to face it, as so much of the literature and, as the late Pope Franci
Mea Culpa, Joe - that attribution was due my own defensiveness, re e.g. the SAVI report of 2002 - still regarded as a landmark study of the prevalence of all sexual violence in Ireland - probably also
We are reduced to guesswork about what Charles Collins is possibly alluding to. Referring to cases from thirty to seventy years ago would rather suggest that the abuse of adults by clergy was more pro
Two different AI bots - Copilot and Claude - also confirm similarities of the Rupnik case and an earlier case in Kerala, India, where a Bishop Mulakkal was accused of abuse by a religious sister in 20
Charles Collins is also probably alluding to the ongoing investigation by the DDF of former Jesuit Marko Rupnik, renowned artist, for abuse alleged by female religious in Czech Republic, Slovenia and
You will recall, Joe, that following the first 1980s revelations of clerical abuse of children in Louisiana, USA, an eastward-tending wave of similar revelation followed, affecting e.g. Ireland, Germa
Catechists are ministers of the word, they can when appropriate break open the word of God in the Assembly.
This is clear in the directory for children’s Masses 1973.
In fact catechists preach ev
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Seán O’Conaill: If the Creed is Forgotten …?
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June 30 2026'Schism, for Christians, is the greatest of crimes and the greatest of tragedies' said the Huguenot theologian Jurieu. Their proclivity for schismatic behaviour devalues all the virtues Pope Leo lists
Brendan Hoban: History shows that tradition is not sacrosanct
June 28 2026Brendan, thank you, for your iron clad persistence in putting before us the Crisis of Priesthood, which few want to face. Few want to face it, as so much of the literature and, as the late Pope Franci
Vatican News: Vatican releases schedule for Pope’s Consistory with Cardinals
June 23 2026Mea Culpa, Joe - that attribution was due my own defensiveness, re e.g. the SAVI report of 2002 - still regarded as a landmark study of the prevalence of all sexual violence in Ireland - probably also
Vatican News: Vatican releases schedule for Pope’s Consistory with Cardinals
June 23 2026We are reduced to guesswork about what Charles Collins is possibly alluding to. Referring to cases from thirty to seventy years ago would rather suggest that the abuse of adults by clergy was more pro
Vatican News: Vatican releases schedule for Pope’s Consistory with Cardinals
June 23 2026Two different AI bots - Copilot and Claude - also confirm similarities of the Rupnik case and an earlier case in Kerala, India, where a Bishop Mulakkal was accused of abuse by a religious sister in 20
Vatican News: Vatican releases schedule for Pope’s Consistory with Cardinals
June 23 2026Charles Collins is also probably alluding to the ongoing investigation by the DDF of former Jesuit Marko Rupnik, renowned artist, for abuse alleged by female religious in Czech Republic, Slovenia and
Vatican News: Vatican releases schedule for Pope’s Consistory with Cardinals
June 23 2026You will recall, Joe, that following the first 1980s revelations of clerical abuse of children in Louisiana, USA, an eastward-tending wave of similar revelation followed, affecting e.g. Ireland, Germa
Vatican News: Vatican Dicastery maintains that a layperson cannot deliver the homily
June 23 2026Catechists are ministers of the word, they can when appropriate break open the word of God in the Assembly. This is clear in the directory for children’s Masses 1973. In fact catechists preach ev
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