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  • Married priests no longer in public ministry

    August 26 2017
    Soline Humbert

    Thank you Lee@15. In the early 90s I cofounded,with a priest, a movement to open all ministries to women(BASIC,Brothers And Sisters in Christ),which merged with We Are Church Ireland in 2012.BASIC is

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  • Married priests no longer in public ministry

    August 26 2017
    Phil Greene

    Hi Soline, I have read in the newspapers of letters being sent to popes (and bravely signed ) which were acknowledged and after that who knows what happened to them.. I have read many sad stories on-l

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Paddy Ferry

    Joe@19,20 and 21, thank you for all that.

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  • Married priests no longer in public ministry

    August 26 2017
    Lee Cahill

    Soline (3,9,11). Soline, have you considered moving towards establishing such as, e.g., "Association of Catholic Women of Ireland"? I would support you. However, I do appreciate that ACP would prob

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    MacCulloch's perception of a scholar in steep decline is shared by others in reference to a previous book of his: http://scienceblogs.com/evolvingthoughts/2008/09/06/rodney-starks-idiotic-history ht

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    The Spanish Inquisition (1478-1834) is (conservatively) estimated to have handled some 150,000 cases and executed some 3000 alleged heretics (Henry Kamen). The Spanish rulers forced the Pope to set it

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    I looked at the complete MacCulloch review in the TLS today and found it dripping with sarcasm, as was objected by the Catholic novelist Piers Paul Read in a letter in a subsequent issue. MacCulloch c

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  • Married priests no longer in public ministry

    August 26 2017
    Soline Humbert

    Thank you Phil@12, I do not know whether you are aware that many of us,women, have taken an active stance on these issues,in some cases publicly,and disobeyed man made laws,and suffered the penalties.

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  • Married priests no longer in public ministry

    August 26 2017
    Mike Kerrigan

    A very good idea! I presume entry on to your database is open to priests outside Ireland. Maybe it would help to be explicit about this. We at the Movement for Married Clergy will highlight your ini

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  • Married priests no longer in public ministry

    August 26 2017
    Phil Greene

    To Soline @ 9 and all who feel the same.. Why do we have to leave it to men to fix this problem , without women actively taking a stance... or in the absence of no other alternative (thinking women wo

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