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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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  • A Suffering Church

    September 8 2018
    Eddie Finnegan

    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

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  • A Suffering Church

    September 8 2018
    Frances Burke

    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

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  • RTE’s Coverage of Church and Faith Matters

    September 2 2018
    Sean McDonagh

    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

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

    September 11 2018
    Eddie Finnegan

    #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

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  • A Suffering Church

    September 8 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    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

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  • A Suffering Church

    September 8 2018
    Frances Burke

    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

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