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  • Priests – Ministers of Religion or Messengers of Joy?

    January 15 2018
    Eddie Finnegan

    In a rather earnest piece (one of a trilogy), "Is the ACP an All-Ireland reform movement or not?", on this site on 27 March 2013 I wondered about the absence of men such as Joe McVeigh and Padraig Sta

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  • Difference, division, and the acceptance of diversity

    January 16 2018
    Sean O'Conaill

    Would it not be more accurate to describe the opposition to Pope Francis as 'neo-traditionalist' - to emphasise that it arises not out of the church's great Tradition, but out of a very modern fear of

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  • Priests – Ministers of Religion or Messengers of Joy?

    January 15 2018
    Gerry McFlynn

    A really inspiring and thought-provoking article, Joe. Should be compulsory reading for every bishop and priest in the country. It's implications need to be studied and acted upon. As Thomas Mert

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  • Mass is flabby and possibly obese

    January 11 2018
    Kevin Walters

    Addendum to my Post @ 13 Do we not also see the significance of the face covering, from within the tomb of Jesus “and the cloth that had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but rol

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  • Difference, division, and the acceptance of diversity

    January 16 2018
    Mary Vallely

    There are so many gems for reflection in this wonderful lecture and how comforting it is to be reminded that “we are entering on a task the success of which depends primarily on the inspiration of

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  • 15 January. Monday of Week 2

    January 15 2018
    Pat Rogers

    Thank you, Andy. Yes it is true that Samuel's instructions to King Saul are an application of the "Herem" ("Ban") principle so clearly stated in Leviticus 27:28-33 and in Deuteronomy, and narrated in

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  • German bishop urges church debate on blessing same-sex unions

    January 15 2018
    Tony

    This is such an important posting.. clearly a German bishop.. a true shepherd.. sad Irish hierarchy have resolutely ignored ' Amoris Laetitae'.. despite every church receiving an icon of same.. sad..

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  • ACP Information Card: Correspondence from and to the Kildare & Leighin Council of Priests

    January 12 2018
    Tony Flannery

    I spent five years (2010 to 2015) working closely with Robert Dore on various allegations against priests, so I became familiar with the details of a good many cases. Reading the letter from the Pries

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  • 15 January. Monday of Week 2

    January 15 2018
    Dcn. Andy

    Perhaps I can add some information to make the ban a little comprehensible. The ban comes from Leviticus 27:28-33 (below) in which everything must be destroyed. The problem Saul had was that he reint

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  • Mass is flabby and possibly obese

    January 11 2018
    Kevin Walters

    Phil Greene @ 11 Thank you Phil for your comment, when you posted your comment, it was put on display at the same time as my post @ 12 and as you can see, my post responds to “ a mindful Mass” and

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