Paddy, in this reflection you have movingly captured the conversion we need to ‘care’ for those in Francis’s Field Hospital.
And I notice, while watching the crowds, especially the young, thron
Quite an amazing discussion of Nicaea -- the whole thing leapt into life. I think the Council of Nicaea had geopolitical importance -- Constantine had spent decades in civil war and the Council was me
Excellent article by Brendan Hoban - I appreciate your optimism for the continuance of Pope Francis’s inclusive Christ-like mission. His encyclical Laudato Si and his Catechesis of Hope are my favou
Thanks, Peadar, that is very interesting.
Your mention of Leonardo Boff — a great priest and theologian — reminds me once again of the enlightened transformation Francis brought to our Church.
Le
Reading the Beatitudes yesterday I found a perfect portrait of Pope Francis -- he was poor in spirit, swapping a Palace for a simple guest house (he said that everytime he visited the jail he wondered
#6 Paddy, thank you for your book recommendation which I will seek out.
Yesterday, the figure of the ‘gardener’ (in Tuesday’s Gospel) calls to mind another book -Thoughts and Dreams of an Old T
A second well written Article in as many Days. Congratulations, Brendan.
I just want to make a short remark on one phrase you wrote, if I may:
"the reception of communion in theologically awk
Reimarus demonstrated the historical impossibility of the story of the guards at the tomb. Not all resurrection stories are equally wonderful -- the tiresome anti-Jewish apologetic here can be set asi
Peadar@2 could I recommend to you a wonderful book by the great Czech scholar Tomás Halík “The Afternoon of Christianity“
I think you would find it really enlightening given your comment @2.
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Pope Francis reflecting from hospital: (not written by Pope Francis)
April 24 2025Lovely -- but we have seen too many fake Francis quotes!
Pope Francis reflecting from hospital: (not written by Pope Francis)
April 24 2025Paddy, in this reflection you have movingly captured the conversion we need to ‘care’ for those in Francis’s Field Hospital. And I notice, while watching the crowds, especially the young, thron
The Nicene Creed @ 1700 Years: Our Divine Sparks with Dearbhail McDonald
April 22 2025Quite an amazing discussion of Nicaea -- the whole thing leapt into life. I think the Council of Nicaea had geopolitical importance -- Constantine had spent decades in civil war and the Council was me
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025Excellent article by Brendan Hoban - I appreciate your optimism for the continuance of Pope Francis’s inclusive Christ-like mission. His encyclical Laudato Si and his Catechesis of Hope are my favou
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025Thanks, Peadar, that is very interesting. Your mention of Leonardo Boff — a great priest and theologian — reminds me once again of the enlightened transformation Francis brought to our Church. Le
Tony Flannery in The Irish Examiner: Francis was a counterweight to those who venerate power
April 23 2025Reading the Beatitudes yesterday I found a perfect portrait of Pope Francis -- he was poor in spirit, swapping a Palace for a simple guest house (he said that everytime he visited the jail he wondered
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025#6 Paddy, thank you for your book recommendation which I will seek out. Yesterday, the figure of the ‘gardener’ (in Tuesday’s Gospel) calls to mind another book -Thoughts and Dreams of an Old T
Brendan Hoban: Rulebooks tend not to serve priests very well
April 22 2025A second well written Article in as many Days. Congratulations, Brendan. I just want to make a short remark on one phrase you wrote, if I may: "the reception of communion in theologically awk
Seán Ó Conaill: In 2025 why are we still stuck with an inadequate theology of the cross?
April 19 2025Reimarus demonstrated the historical impossibility of the story of the guards at the tomb. Not all resurrection stories are equally wonderful -- the tiresome anti-Jewish apologetic here can be set asi
Brendan Hoban – Irish Times: Whoever succeeds Francis, the genie is now out of the bottle.
April 22 2025Peadar@2 could I recommend to you a wonderful book by the great Czech scholar Tomás Halík “The Afternoon of Christianity“ I think you would find it really enlightening given your comment @2.
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