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  • Australian highest Court overturns Cardinal Pell’s sex abuse convictions

    April 29 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    The report of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has now been published.https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/07/the-hidden-findings-on-

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    Sean@11, what an excellent reflection. Thank you.And, Eileen, ... "nor in the Real Presence but in the gathering together of God’s people in fellowship and love i.e. community" this was also St. A

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Eileen Clear

    Roadmaps notwithstanding, we simply do not know for how long the restrictions will be in place. I like Teilhard de Chardin's incarnational understanding of the world which enabled him to see the whole

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Sean O'Conaill

    "I, your priest, will make the whole earth my altar and on it will offer you all the labours and sufferings of the world …"That, from Teilhard de Chardin, is most striking. As is the reality that

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  • Real Leadership – Women speaking truth to power

    May 7 2020
    Roy Donovan

    What is wrong with so many American Catholic Bishops? What planet are they living on or bubble are they working from? What was wrong with Benedict XVI & his cohort who tried to silent these courag

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    This link below is to an article in NCR on a proposed temporary ban on communion on the tongue.I wonder did any of you watch Newsnight on BBC 2 last night. They had a report from Germany on the part

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Pádraig McCarthy

    The French government had indicated religious ceremonies would be banned until June 2 at the earliest, but Prime Minister Edouard Philippe told the Senate this might be advanced by four days.“Many

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Cainneach O Bradaigh

    There have been a number of priests and religious who have died of the virus in the Dublin area and in other places. God help their families and communities.

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Pádraig McCarthy

    It's good we're discussing the challenges.Mattie's comment exemplifies how local situations can vary enormously, and planning must be undertaken according to normal size of congregation, size and la

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  • Return from Exile

    May 2 2020
    Paddy Ferry

    I completely agree with Mattie's note of caution. Over here too I hear absurdly optimistic predictions of when we can expect normal worship to return.

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