Interesting piece in today's Commonweal --after the referendum in Ireland, could the Church take a risk?
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/could-church-take-risk?utm_source=Main+Reader+List&ut
Yes, you are right; the communion stats are immaterial (the extra consecrated hosts were put in shoeboxes and distributed to convents).
Some claim that the 20 minutes applause at Ballybrit when the P
#2 "Only half of those present in the Phoenix Park received communion."
There was a simple reason for this.
The system for distributing Holy Communion broke down. The logistics failed.
The exerci
Now that its all over it is my opinion that the skies will not fall in.People will no go crazy as they did not after Divorce Act or Protection of Life during Pregnancy Act 2013.We all hope that termin
"The culture of Ireland has evolved. It is no longer shaped by the Church. The Divorce Referendum. The Same Sex marriage. The Eighth Amendment. These all tell us something."
But it seems that people'
“The impossibility of contributing something from our experience to the greater church of the diocese.” This sentence implies that there is something for the diocese as a whole to learn from Rive
Thanks for sharing that very thoughtful reflection from The Tablet, Paddy @28. Let us hope that the hierarchical Church heeds that call for the need “to be reasonable, conciliatory, and – most of
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