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  • 07 February, 2020. Friday of Week 4

    February 7 2020
    Mary Connellan

    Just to let you know that the audio for today 7th Feb is giving that of the 2nd. If it can be corrected early in the day people can avail of the correct reflection. I'm fortunate my eyes are good and

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  • Personal reflection at the beginning of the New Year

    January 12 2020
    Joe O'Leary

    When did any bishop criticize the witch-hunting of dissent? Good question. Pope Francis is not above doing a bit of witch-hunting himself. If this were the year 1600, Judith Butler would be burnt as

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  • Why I am Pro-Life

    January 26 2020
    Eileen Clear

    Thanks Paddy. I appreciate your posts too. I am, however, only an occasional visitor to the site so I shouldn't be surprised at the lack of comments I mentioned above!

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  • Retired Pope did not co-author book with Cardinal Sarah

    January 14 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    Now, this I think is big news. Is this what Michael Sean was asking for @13 above? https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-confirms-redistribution-duties-archbishop-g-nswein

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  • The Stresses of Priesthood – debated on Local Radio

    February 4 2020
    Joe O'Leary

    "Ship them over" -- well, that presumes that Ireland will issue visas generously. "Putting tiny plasters on huge gaping wounds" - "human interest stories on who's going to be the last priest in Irela

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  • Personal reflection at the beginning of the New Year

    January 12 2020
    Sean O'Conaill

    #13 And far from ever attempting to distinguish Catholicism from clericalism - a favourite theme of Pope Francis - our Irish Conference of Bishops has yet to allude to it as a major issue - especially

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  • The Stresses of Priesthood – debated on Local Radio

    February 4 2020
    Frances Burke

    A man ahead of his time. "His views on the role and future of the church were radical. The old church is dying, he often argued, adding, “it can’t happen fast enough”. There would be a new chur

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  • The Stresses of Priesthood – debated on Local Radio

    February 4 2020
    Frances Burke

    I am blown away by that ex-priests letter. Thank you for articulating with such clarity the ‘reality’ of the Irish Church today. Essential reading for anyone who requires a clear and concise expla

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  • Personal reflection at the beginning of the New Year

    January 12 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    Interesting talk by Fr. Hans Zoller SJ at an event at Villanova University in the US during which he cites clericalism as the root cause of the clerical sex abuse crisis. Nobody could seriously disagr

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  • Why I am Pro-Life

    January 26 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    Well said, Eileen.

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