I agree, Frances@16, that this is great news. This may finally, after more than fifty years of their existence, force national or regional Bishops' Conferences around the world to become what the Seco
This is great news. The 'protection of minors' will be the theme of this world gathering.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/francis-summons-worlds-bishop-presidents-rome-meeting-clergy-a
I agree with Finian Connaughton's article that much of the media coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to Ireland and the World Meeting of Families 2018, was biased.
A group of us meet under the umbrell
#2: "As a man given to asides during his speeches I wonder had he more to say privately to the bishops than appeared in the official script."
My thoughts too as I read the script. No mass episcopal r
Those who blame the child abuse scandal on homosexuality scoff at the Jay Report and Thomas Plante. In the link given by Frances above we read:
'Most of the clerical sexual abuse perpetrators have be
There is no doubt that the conservative wing in the Catholic Church are using the current scandals to undermine the popes plans for reform. Blaming the abuse of children on gay priests is a complete d
Thanks for your rational intervention, Padraig. Your piece on abortion will appear in the Japan Mission Journal on Friday, Here is my editorial:
Pope Francis has been fiercely resisted by a certain f
"There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it." (Lord Acton 1887)
https://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/165acton.html
Note that Acton wrote this in the same lette
It is good that we come to know the full story about sexual abuse, whether of children or of others, in the church. Christians acknowledge their sinfulness regularly. Even just one case of such abuse
The Jesuit journal AMERICA reports today that
The Council of Cardinal Advisors issued a statement on September 10 expressing their “full solidarity with Pope Francis in the face of what has happen
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September 8 2018I agree, Frances@16, that this is great news. This may finally, after more than fifty years of their existence, force national or regional Bishops' Conferences around the world to become what the Seco
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September 8 2018This is great news. The 'protection of minors' will be the theme of this world gathering. https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/francis-summons-worlds-bishop-presidents-rome-meeting-clergy-a
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September 11 2018#2: "As a man given to asides during his speeches I wonder had he more to say privately to the bishops than appeared in the official script." My thoughts too as I read the script. No mass episcopal r
A Suffering Church
September 8 2018Those who blame the child abuse scandal on homosexuality scoff at the Jay Report and Thomas Plante. In the link given by Frances above we read: 'Most of the clerical sexual abuse perpetrators have be
A Suffering Church
September 8 2018There is no doubt that the conservative wing in the Catholic Church are using the current scandals to undermine the popes plans for reform. Blaming the abuse of children on gay priests is a complete d
A Suffering Church
September 8 2018Thanks for your rational intervention, Padraig. Your piece on abortion will appear in the Japan Mission Journal on Friday, Here is my editorial: Pope Francis has been fiercely resisted by a certain f
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September 10 2018"There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it." (Lord Acton 1887) https://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/165acton.html Note that Acton wrote this in the same lette
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September 8 2018It is good that we come to know the full story about sexual abuse, whether of children or of others, in the church. Christians acknowledge their sinfulness regularly. Even just one case of such abuse
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September 8 2018The Jesuit journal AMERICA reports today that The Council of Cardinal Advisors issued a statement on September 10 expressing their “full solidarity with Pope Francis in the face of what has happen
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