I asked the congregation just now what week we had celebrated 18-25 January. Only one person knew the answer.I checked the US bishops' website, which referred me to an outdated Vatican link, which i
I am a married catholic priest. I have recently returned to Ireland with my wife to live in Tralee. As both our children are also living and working in Ireland we decided to come back so as to be near
And in Ireland there is now a definite incipient electoral offer of xenophobic nationalism - in a global climate of rising white supremacism.We might all ponder now on the example set by Austria's F
"Clericalism is a disease that prevents its sufferers from recognising that they have it."Sean, I think that sentence alone merits an in depth discussion.
Brendan, I so admire Priests like you.
Sadly in my parish, we have regressed, back to the days when the priest was the church.
I was a member of the parish pastoral council,we were all sacked by the
I immediately thought of abortion when the terrible news came of the unimaginable horror of the torture and murder of Keane Mulready Woods. Also, I thought "abortion" when I heard of the slaughter of
I’ve always read and valued Brendan’s pieces on the ACP site. From my perspective, he’s one of the guys who “gets it” and who’s willing to say so. I’ve just read this piece and my immedi
#14. Same story here, Aidan - north-west. And of course we lay people are on the other side of a wall erected out of clerical fear of admitting the scale of the crisis or the possibility that we, the
Misspellings irritate me. Text spelling and short-cuts annoy me. How could a misspelling find its way into the above script? It should be impossible.Many years ago, back in the 60s, I worked in
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Many Years On – Lest we ever forget
January 24 2020I asked the congregation just now what week we had celebrated 18-25 January. Only one person knew the answer.I checked the US bishops' website, which referred me to an outdated Vatican link, which i
‘the world has changed and so must the Church’
January 22 2020I am a married catholic priest. I have recently returned to Ireland with my wife to live in Tralee. As both our children are also living and working in Ireland we decided to come back so as to be near
Many Years On – Lest we ever forget
January 24 2020And in Ireland there is now a definite incipient electoral offer of xenophobic nationalism - in a global climate of rising white supremacism.We might all ponder now on the example set by Austria's F
Retired Pope did not co-author book with Cardinal Sarah
January 14 2020"Clericalism is a disease that prevents its sufferers from recognising that they have it."Sean, I think that sentence alone merits an in depth discussion.
Retired Pope did not co-author book with Cardinal Sarah
January 14 2020Sean@ 15, what a powerful piece, Sean. Well said!!
‘the world has changed and so must the Church’
January 22 2020Brendan, I so admire Priests like you. Sadly in my parish, we have regressed, back to the days when the priest was the church. I was a member of the parish pastoral council,we were all sacked by the
No exceptions to respect for human life
January 20 2020I immediately thought of abortion when the terrible news came of the unimaginable horror of the torture and murder of Keane Mulready Woods. Also, I thought "abortion" when I heard of the slaughter of
‘the world has changed and so must the Church’
January 22 2020I’ve always read and valued Brendan’s pieces on the ACP site. From my perspective, he’s one of the guys who “gets it” and who’s willing to say so. I’ve just read this piece and my immedi
Retired Pope did not co-author book with Cardinal Sarah
January 14 2020#14. Same story here, Aidan - north-west. And of course we lay people are on the other side of a wall erected out of clerical fear of admitting the scale of the crisis or the possibility that we, the
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January 19 2020Misspellings irritate me. Text spelling and short-cuts annoy me. How could a misspelling find its way into the above script? It should be impossible.Many years ago, back in the 60s, I worked in
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