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  • Another Beginning?

    August 22 2019
    Philip Taylor

    Excellent article. Many of the issues discussed, like clericalism, are problems for Protestants as well.

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  • Another Beginning?

    August 22 2019
    William Herlihy

    Brendan, I have been reading your articles for many years,our Church would not be in the sorry state we find it now, if Priests of your calibre had been in leadership positions. I do not have all the

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  • Another Beginning?

    August 22 2019
    Eddie Finnegan1

    Two things surprise me here: a. that Sean has so consistently categorised LG#37 as a sort of silver bullet and "greatest threat to Irish Catholic clericalism" upon whose use or non-use the ACP's cred

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  • Another Beginning?

    August 22 2019
    Mary Vallely

    Like everyone else, I applaud Brendan Hoban’s wise and courageous words. He has my undying respect and is a truly prophetic voice. Eddie@1, I took great comfort in some of the statements issued b

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  • Another Beginning?

    August 22 2019
    Paddy Ferry

    "The laity should, as all Christians, promptly accept the decisions of their spiritual shepherds, since they are representatives of Christ as well as teachers and rulers in the Church." Pat, I am sur

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  • 25 August, 2019. 21st Sunday (C)

    August 25 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    Here is an extract from Thomas O'Loughlin, "Theology as a Resource in Christian Discipleship", Japan Mission Journal 73 (2019):205-16. (pp. 214-16) One of the depressing aspects of being a Christian

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  • Another Beginning?

    August 22 2019
    Paddy Ferry

    A great piece, Brendan and thank you. I have taken the liberty of sharing it on the Facebook page of the Scottish laity Network. I highlighted, in particular, the two paragraphs; "What we don’t ne

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  • 25 August, 2019. 21st Sunday (C)

    August 25 2019
    Pádraig McCarthy

    I’d like to suggest a different way of reading the Gospel passage. Immediately before this, Luke presents the parables of the mustard seed and of the yeast in the dough the birds of the air came to

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  • The Problems with Celibacy

    August 5 2019
    Paddy Ferry

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/aug/21/at-the-verdict-george-pell-pursed-his-lips-he-was-going-back-to-prison Joe, this is such a sad story for everyone involved and its a pity there

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  • Another Beginning?

    August 22 2019
    Pat Rogers

    This excerpt from lumen gentium paragraph 37 shows that it deals with fraternity dialogue and obedience. The laity have the right to receive in abundance from their spiritual shepherds the spiritual

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