Thanks, Peadar, that is very interesting.
Your mention of Leonardo Boff — a great priest and theologian — reminds me once again of the enlightened transformation Francis brought to our Church.
Le
Reading the Beatitudes yesterday I found a perfect portrait of Pope Francis -- he was poor in spirit, swapping a Palace for a simple guest house (he said that everytime he visited the jail he wondered
#6 Paddy, thank you for your book recommendation which I will seek out.
Yesterday, the figure of the ‘gardener’ (in Tuesday’s Gospel) calls to mind another book -Thoughts and Dreams of an Old T
A second well written Article in as many Days. Congratulations, Brendan.
I just want to make a short remark on one phrase you wrote, if I may:
"the reception of communion in theologically awk
Reimarus demonstrated the historical impossibility of the story of the guards at the tomb. Not all resurrection stories are equally wonderful -- the tiresome anti-Jewish apologetic here can be set asi
Peadar@2 could I recommend to you a wonderful book by the great Czech scholar Tomás Halík “The Afternoon of Christianity“
I think you would find it really enlightening given your comment @2.
Brendan Hoban's quote "the genie is out of the bottle" reminded me of what Pope Francis himself had said a few days before he was elected in March 2013.
He told his fellow cardinals, "I have the impr
I agree with Brendan Hoban's well-written article in the Irish Times on Pope Francis's papacy. Francis did not only keep the seat of Saint Peter 'warm' but ignited the true mission statement of the Ch
I suggest that another crowning achievement of Francis’s ministry was ‘Dilexit Nos’ on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ (which doesn’t seem to have attracted as much atte
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Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025Thanks, Peadar, that is very interesting. Your mention of Leonardo Boff — a great priest and theologian — reminds me once again of the enlightened transformation Francis brought to our Church. Le
Tony Flannery in The Irish Examiner: Francis was a counterweight to those who venerate power
April 23 2025Reading the Beatitudes yesterday I found a perfect portrait of Pope Francis -- he was poor in spirit, swapping a Palace for a simple guest house (he said that everytime he visited the jail he wondered
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025#6 Paddy, thank you for your book recommendation which I will seek out. Yesterday, the figure of the ‘gardener’ (in Tuesday’s Gospel) calls to mind another book -Thoughts and Dreams of an Old T
Brendan Hoban: Rulebooks tend not to serve priests very well
April 22 2025A second well written Article in as many Days. Congratulations, Brendan. I just want to make a short remark on one phrase you wrote, if I may: "the reception of communion in theologically awk
Seán Ó Conaill: In 2025 why are we still stuck with an inadequate theology of the cross?
April 19 2025Reimarus demonstrated the historical impossibility of the story of the guards at the tomb. Not all resurrection stories are equally wonderful -- the tiresome anti-Jewish apologetic here can be set asi
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025Peadar@2 could I recommend to you a wonderful book by the great Czech scholar Tomás Halík “The Afternoon of Christianity“ I think you would find it really enlightening given your comment @2.
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025Brendan Hoban's quote "the genie is out of the bottle" reminded me of what Pope Francis himself had said a few days before he was elected in March 2013. He told his fellow cardinals, "I have the impr
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025Wonderful article, Brendan. Well done. Thanks.
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025I agree with Brendan Hoban's well-written article in the Irish Times on Pope Francis's papacy. Francis did not only keep the seat of Saint Peter 'warm' but ignited the true mission statement of the Ch
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025I suggest that another crowning achievement of Francis’s ministry was ‘Dilexit Nos’ on the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Jesus Christ (which doesn’t seem to have attracted as much atte
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