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  • A Suffering Church

    September 8 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    Eddie@ 17, I was surprised to read that JPII was a supporter of the idea of national and regional bishops' conferences being a valid component of the magisterium. Paul VI certainly but JPII ! He certa

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  • A Suffering Church

    September 8 2018
    Frances Burke

    Steve Bannon has set up camp in the foothills of Rome and Cardinal Burke is in tow. Caca. https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-developing-an-alt-right-catholic-compound-near-rome

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  • RTE’s Coverage of Church and Faith Matters

    September 2 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    I think RTÉ's courtesy to the papal guest in not broadcasting Viganò's malicious screed until the guest had departed suggests that RTÉ has a church-friendly side, which should be welcome just now.

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  • A Suffering Church

    September 8 2018
    Pádraig McCarthy

    The Scally report on the Cervical Check service could perhaps be seen as showing up the medical profession's mode of clericalism. It focuses, naturally, on how women are treated by some medical profes

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  • RTE’s Coverage of Church and Faith Matters

    September 2 2018
    Sean Coyle

    The coverage of the Pope's visit on RTÉ was comprehensive and excellent. But in news reports and talk shows the focus was on an issue that is indeed a significant part but not the whole of the realit

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  • A Suffering Church

    September 8 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Note that Francis's new initiative concerns "sexual abuse" of a #metoo kind, and that there is no mention of "child."

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  • What did we learn from the papal visit? – In ten easy lessons

    September 11 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Comment from a Dubliner: "We have had the Pope visit since you were here. It was a sad occasion. No one wanted to know. No one wanted all that scandal and abuse brought up. No one wanted to hear more

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  • Ireland’s Care for Our Common Home

    September 12 2018
    Donal Dorr

    Thanks, Sean, for this reminder and for the frightening statistics of failure by government. But we in the Church also need to do much more. We seldom hear of any preaching on care for the Earth by pr

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  • The church’s problem with the role of Women in Church

    September 11 2018
    Frances Burke

    Thanks John for continuing to call for equality for women within the Catholic Church. I appreciate it. With all the issues that the Church is going through at the moment I’d imagine addressing women

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  • 13 September. Thursday, Week 23

    September 13 2018
    Johane Nkosinathi

    Helpful indeed

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