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  • Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!

    February 19 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    I was just about to post the link that Frances posted. But I don't think it's only a matter of denial, any more than those who doubted the guilt of the B'ham Six were in denial. Indeed many of the dou

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  • Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!

    February 19 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    The name Dreyfus surfaces again: https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/03/our-dreyfus-case

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  • Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!

    February 19 2019
    Frances Burke

    The recent death of former priest Eugene Greene has been announced. My thoughts are with the many many victims who suffered the most heinous crimes at his hands. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/

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  • Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!

    February 19 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    I mention the "gap of decades" because as soon as someone is labeled a pedophile, correctly or not, some people are bound to revisit past incidents that may have been perfectly innocent but are now re

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  • Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!

    February 19 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    Developments in Pell affair: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/george-pell-appeal-over-child-sex-conviction-set-for-two-days-in-june-20190306-p51270.html Paddy, the other allegations agai

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  • Ash Wednesday

    March 6 2019
    Pat Rogers

    Many thanks, Joe. Great food for thought. Perfect start for Lent.

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  • Ash Wednesday

    March 6 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    "Rend your hearts, and not your garments." Lent is a time for exploring the heart-rending edges of our existence. Things suddenly become more real in this season. We awaken to our wretched condition,

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  • Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!

    February 19 2019
    Paddy Ferry

    Joe, I am always a bit late with my reading. I have just, tonight, read Paddy Agnew's excellent piece in last Sunday's Sunday Independent. He maintains that conservative elements in the Vatican also c

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  • Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!

    February 19 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    Here is the full version of the first Bolt programme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZANvlJXLiw

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  • Fine words and dramatic gestures are not enough!

    February 19 2019
    Joe O'Leary

    Forgot to mention Andrew Bolt, whose defence of Pell is very convincing: https://www.themercury.com.au/news/national/andrew-bolt-in-defence-of-pell-i-have-serious-misgivings/video/31130c86019813bff4be

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