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  • Can the Irish Church learn from Australia – Zoom Meeting

    July 29 2020
    patrick Rogers

    Phil Green seems to advocate a slash and burn policy to rebuild the church from foundations upward... but the Farmer in the parable will allow weeds and wheat to grow together for the good of the whea

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  • Vatican is living in a Patriarchal Bubble

    July 25 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    Soline, I thought you might be interested in this piece below published in Novena. Cardinal Joáo was one of my big hopes before the last conclave. I hadn't heard a thing about him for years but I

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  • A New Lectionary for Scotland – ‘Another fine mess’ ?

    July 26 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    "One would think that inclusive language would be a value held by the majority of the members of the association of Catholic priests" I must say, I would have thought so too, Patrick.

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  • A New Lectionary for Scotland – ‘Another fine mess’ ?

    July 26 2020
    patrick Rogers

    I don't know how one can judge the nrsv to be defective just because it uses inclusive language. I think the culture of our times calls for inclusive language because that is really what the meaning o

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  • The World of Wonder

    July 23 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    "My own view is that the work in a Parish and in the Church, is primarily to give people confidence; to help people believe in themselves; to nurture the gift of God in everyone." Seamus, that's a go

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  • Vatican is living in a Patriarchal Bubble

    July 25 2020
    Soline Humbert

    Joe@4 ''We all know that the Vatican is an all male homosocial enclave ''. Actually, 22% of Vatican employees are women. Many of course are kept totally invisible ... And who shop,cook,serve at tabl

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  • A New Lectionary for Scotland – ‘Another fine mess’ ?

    July 26 2020
    Roy Donovan

    How many of these scholars who are contributing to this new Lectionary and the Abbey psalms are women???? I suspect none. The introduction above does not use inclusive language.

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  • The World of Wonder

    July 23 2020
    Mary O'Connor

    Seamus Ahearne’s friend in Limerick suggests that ‘anyone and everyone who believes in God has to exercise a very new type of leadership. They have to get away from much of the nonsensical preoccu

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  • A New Lectionary for Scotland – ‘Another fine mess’ ?

    July 26 2020
    Joe O'Leary

    The NRSV uses inclusive language, with the result of making the Bible sound prissy. It constantly tells the reader, "We all know what the Bible said, but we know better don't we? 'What is man that tho

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  • Vatican is living in a Patriarchal Bubble

    July 25 2020
    Joe O'Leary

    The Vatican is not patriarchal. Patriarchs have dealings with women and found families. Some Vatican personnel may have parish experience at weekends, but hardly in sufficient doses to give them a dee

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