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  • Bishop Barros controversy in Chile

    January 20 2018
    Kevin Walters

    Padraig McCarthy @ 12Thank you for your comment Padraig To your point at 2 I did not write “There is fairly substantial evidence, even …etc” it was a quote, as it is clearly shown, t

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  • Pope apologises to victims of abuse for words used in defence of Bishop Barros

    January 22 2018
    Eddie Finnegan

    Yes, EVIDENCE, not necessarily PROOF. An apology more in the mode we have come to expect from Francis.Does the similarity between the case of Luis Fernando Figari's Sodalitium Christianae Vitae and

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  • Pope apologises to victims of abuse for words used in defence of Bishop Barros

    January 22 2018
    Pádraig McCarthy

    See also: a longer report: https://cruxnow.com/pope-in-chile-and-peru/2018/01/22/pope-regrets-word-choice-abuse-chile-stands-contested-bishop/ Also: https://www.ncronline.org/news/accountability/franc

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  • Bishop Barros controversy in Chile

    January 20 2018
    Eddie Finnegan

    Paddy@9: "Great man though Francis is, it seems even he, like other good men who contribute to this site, once this issue arises, simply cannot prise the clericalist log from the retina." Ouch! but t

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  • Bishop Barros controversy in Chile

    January 20 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    Consider that IF Bishop Barros is completely guiltless, as he loudly claims, then the entire media and countless Catholic voices are indeed involved in a massive slander campaign, now directed against

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  • Bishop Barros controversy in Chile

    January 20 2018
    Joe O'Leary

    "Under normal circumstances (Before credibility had been lost) this would have been more acceptable, but as Sean O’Conaill @4 says “If this man is not supported by his people, how can he function

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  • Bishop Barros controversy in Chile

    January 20 2018
    Pádraig McCarthy

    Kevin #10: Three distinct matters.1. Can Bishop Barros effectively carry out his ministry if he does not have the trust of his people? It seems clear that the answer is that he cannot.2. You write

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  • Bishop Barros controversy in Chile

    January 20 2018
    Paddy Ferry

    Kevin@10, very well said.

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  • Return of the Servant Myth

    January 19 2018
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    @1 PC - much better, thank you.

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  • Bishop Barros controversy in Chile

    January 20 2018
    Kevin Walters

    Pádraig McCarthy @ 4 “Come Holy Spirit”Is the guilt or innocence of Bishop Barros the crucial question? None of us can truly know the guilt or innocence of this bishop but what we do k

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