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  • The ACP & the Pope: Survey to close on 9 August

    August 5 2018
    Kevin Walters

    On Monday 31 May 1982 Pope John Paul II visited York and hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the racecourse I was one of them with my wife and young daughter ‘accompanied ‘by a ‘fiend’

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  • What would You like to say to Pope Francis about the Church – submit your views

    July 26 2018
    Frances Burke

    Interview by former swimmer Karen Leach on the long term effects abuse has had on her https://www.bbc.com/sport/45084970

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  • 21 August. Tuesday, Week 20

    August 21 2018
    Brian Fahy

    In the village of Meinstedt in northern Germany the Nazi leader, Heinrich Himmler was captured at war's end. This man who had put his trust in the Fuhrer and in the power of might to enrich his life w

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  • Gay priests are “caught in a trap of dishonesty”

    August 8 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    ".....nor even a matter of 25 years of Karol Wojtyla’s notoriously poor judgement of character ……" The honesty of Fr. Alison's article and his deep understanding of the issue is truly remarkable

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  • The ACP & the Pope: Survey to close on 9 August

    August 5 2018
    Richard O'Donnell

    Excellent list Mary @6. Also add that there needs to be meaningful and open consultation with the laity when appointing bishops. The current method of selection is just jobs for the boys and an insult

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  • Gay priests are “caught in a trap of dishonesty”

    August 8 2018
    Barry McGonigle

    Ok. Thank you James for this insight. As a married catholic layman this is troubling. It is not that many priests are gay or bishops or even cardinals. No, it is the (enforced?) dishonesty. The troub

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  • The ACP & the Pope: Survey to close on 9 August

    August 5 2018
    Eddie Finnegan

    Catrina@16, probably the best way to leave a club is just to LEAVE. No need for a recessional accompaniment of triumphal trumpets or mournfully muffled or even half-muffled bells. If anyone misses us

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  • 19 August. 20th Sunday

    August 19 2018
    Brian Fahy

    As a child I once stood outside my house and peered into the blue, blue sky, trying to pierce the blue and to see heaven above. I only got a sore neck. But as a child, too, I was amazed to find that G

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  • The ACP & the Pope: Survey to close on 9 August

    August 5 2018
    Eddie Finnegan

    Mary@6 & 13, James Allison's two part series, "Gay priests are caught in a trap of dishonesty", reproduced here from The Tablet, promises to be the most honest response yet to at least 4 of your 8

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  • 06 August. The Transfiguration of the Lord (Feast)

    August 6 2018
    Chris McDonnell

    Thanks for your comment Lawrence. Sorry to disappoint you, but having spent my days teaching in the UK, you must be confusing me with another! Pleased you liked the words anyway. Go well Chris

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