I fully endorse WAC’s statement above and the welcoming, compassionate words of Bishop O’Connell. He gets it.
Would that more bishops were to show the same courage and honesty in speaking out fro
#4 Most Europeans DO look at the cathedrals, and say 'so what'? They know that the Middle Ages were also the cradle of the military nobility whose sense of entitlement - founded on a mimetic desire th
Ah yes, Eddie - that idyllic medieval period of cathedral building, during which mimetic desire did indeed prevail unchecked and all of Europe resounded peacefully to the sound of cold steel on stone.
Cardinal Ratzinger would scoff at cultured despisers of the Middle Ages by saying, "look at the Cathedrals" -- yes a people raised them, and immortalized themselves.There are also the great cathedr
"Why build Cathedrals?"
I have a clear memory of Cardinal Cushing's long drawn out address in hoarse Bostonese after he and Bishop Michael Browne launched 'Europe's last great stone-built cathedral' o
Exodus: A person alone on a desert island does not need a code of conduct for living with other people. The Decalogue is a code for how we live in community as God's family. It is not just a moral cod
What Fr Weinandy perceives as "the confusion and turmoil within the Church today, a chaos and an uncertainty that I felt Pope Frrancis had himself caused" is not a matter of papal manners but of the e
Two quotes from the ACP article:
"Bishop Dr John McAreavey, at the centre of a controversy for officiating at a paedophile priest’s funeral, has resigned as the Co Down Bishop of Dromore" AND
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March 5 2018I fully endorse WAC’s statement above and the welcoming, compassionate words of Bishop O’Connell. He gets it. Would that more bishops were to show the same courage and honesty in speaking out fro
04 March. Third Sunday of Lent
March 4 2018#4 Most Europeans DO look at the cathedrals, and say 'so what'? They know that the Middle Ages were also the cradle of the military nobility whose sense of entitlement - founded on a mimetic desire th
No room in this Inn?
March 5 2018Just an observation. Lumen Fidei may be applying pressure but WHO did the editing or censoring?
When Compassion is seen as Sin – The Stalking of Fr. James Martin sj
February 23 2018#16 Fr Joe - Still no evidence regarding #12.I think St Ignatius of Antioch got it right.Sincere good wishes.
04 March. Third Sunday of Lent
March 4 2018Ah yes, Eddie - that idyllic medieval period of cathedral building, during which mimetic desire did indeed prevail unchecked and all of Europe resounded peacefully to the sound of cold steel on stone.
04 March. Third Sunday of Lent
March 4 2018Cardinal Ratzinger would scoff at cultured despisers of the Middle Ages by saying, "look at the Cathedrals" -- yes a people raised them, and immortalized themselves.There are also the great cathedr
04 March. Third Sunday of Lent
March 4 2018"Why build Cathedrals?" I have a clear memory of Cardinal Cushing's long drawn out address in hoarse Bostonese after he and Bishop Michael Browne launched 'Europe's last great stone-built cathedral' o
04 March. Third Sunday of Lent
March 4 2018Exodus: A person alone on a desert island does not need a code of conduct for living with other people. The Decalogue is a code for how we live in community as God's family. It is not just a moral cod
When Compassion is seen as Sin – The Stalking of Fr. James Martin sj
February 23 2018What Fr Weinandy perceives as "the confusion and turmoil within the Church today, a chaos and an uncertainty that I felt Pope Frrancis had himself caused" is not a matter of papal manners but of the e
Bishop of Dromore, John McAreavey, resigns
March 1 2018Two quotes from the ACP article: "Bishop Dr John McAreavey, at the centre of a controversy for officiating at a paedophile priest’s funeral, has resigned as the Co Down Bishop of Dromore" AND
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