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  • Plastics in the Oceans

    March 14 2018
    Frances Burke

    The issue of ridding our oceans of plasic is been tackled head on by a 23 year old Dutch inventor called Boyan Slat. He plans to rid the Pacific Ocean of 50% of its Garbage Patch in 5 years. He predic

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  • Mary McAleese to Pope Francis -‘develop a credible strategy for the inclusion of women as equals’

    March 9 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    And, of course, Mary, Jesus himself said that we should "not address any man on earth as father, since you have only one Father, and he is in heaven" Mt 23.9. I always wondered why this has been

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  • What to do about Cardinal Sarah

    March 13 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    "We were quickly assured that everyone would be welcome." The deep irony of that simple sentence resonates with so many people -- gays, women, blacks, Jews -- who have so often been lulled and gulled

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  • What to do about Cardinal Sarah

    March 13 2018
    iggy o'donovan

    What to do about Cardinal Sarah? I would say IGNORE HIM

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  • Misogyny in the Vatican

    March 8 2018
    Phil Greene

    I have never attended Chrism Mass as am normally working, so I assume this is the case for many my age and younger. If this is the case then it falls to an older generation to attend. This generation

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  • Misogyny in the Vatican

    March 8 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Rory, of course she was not misquoted on the virus of misogyny -- I am sure she is right about that -- but about abortion. https://www.irishcatholic.com/mcaleese-not-make-pro-abortion-remark/

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  • Benedict XVI defends Pope Francis on fifth anniversary of his election

    March 13 2018
    Frances Burke

    I didn't expect to see this headline from the Vatican. The best thing you can say about it is that the PR department must have had an off day. http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/03/14/vatican-

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  • Mary McAleese to Pope Francis -‘develop a credible strategy for the inclusion of women as equals’

    March 9 2018
    Mary Vallely

    Baptism, the ‘treasure that is already ours’. Oh well said, Sean O’ Conaill. I remember a Cork PP telling me once to call him by his Christian name, that Baptism trumps Ordination. I have oft

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  • Misogyny in the Vatican

    March 8 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    Mary, that is a beautiful reflection --poignant and poetic, and obviously heartfelt. Speaking as a man, I think it is outrageously "discriminatory and wrong". But how much more must that be felt by wo

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  • Misogyny in the Vatican

    March 8 2018
    Mary Vallely

    I always attend the Chrism mass in our beautiful cathedral here in Armagh and like many of those around me, mainly elderly women, find it a very poignant occasion. To watch the once young men I rememb

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