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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    How does the atoning death of Christ connect with the wide evils that prey on humanity, poverty, violence etc.? I think in the post Vatican II liturgy that connection is stressed at every Mass, for we

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  • When Compassion is seen as Sin – The Stalking of Fr. James Martin sj

    February 23 2018
    Margaret Hickey

    William @2 no Catholic believes Catholicism is 'synonymous'with Christianity since there are many Christians who are not Catholic. Right and left wing are terms that describe political and social att

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  • Pope orders new investigation into allegations against Bishop Barros

    January 30 2018
    Frances Burke

    I think this is a good proposal. The establishment of a number of courts around the world to deal with the 1,800 pending cases of abuse would speed up the hearing of these cases dramatically. It w

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Sean O'Conaill

    #10 Come on, Joe! This is to lapse into megachurch-speak: 'sin - cleansed by his blood - became sin for our sake'. Really? Please face the problematic you are denying - that what people are aware

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    On the Pauline authorship of Hebrews the Pontifical Biblical Commission, then part of the Magisterium, replied in 1914, as follows: http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/pcb_documents

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  • Pope orders new investigation into allegations against Bishop Barros

    January 30 2018
    Kevin Walters

    Frances Burke @ 61 This is the biggest ‘load of baloney’ I’ve heard in a long time. Who does this guy think he is kidding? Yes I agree, as what we are seeing, once again, is a diversion away f

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  • Posting Comments on ACP Website

    February 22 2018
    Kevin Walters

    Correction to my post @ 5 to this phrase “I stand by my post in @7 given in the article above” Should read I stand by my post @ 7 + 17 given via the link (discussed previously) in the article abo

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Anselmian rationalism about who Jesus "pays" the ransom to is the sort of bad metaphysics that gets in our way. Jesus is the ransom. Sin is a reality that weighs deeply on humanity, and Jesus steps f

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    Sean, I would not be too hard on Irish priests -- priests over here in Scotland do not have much to say about Atonement either. Yes, Joe, Hebrews is certainly one of the most polished works in Scri

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  • 25 February. Second Sunday of Lent

    February 25 2018
    Pádraig McCarthy

    "How A Poor Theology Of The Cross Created America's Broken Justice System" is an article tracing bad theology to bad justice systems: https://sojo.net/articles/how-poor-theology-cross-created-americas

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