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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Kevin Walters

    Pádraig McCarthy @ 9 “I thought others would suggest other books worth consideration”….. I cannot recommend a good book but I can recommend a good read, that relates to all those who have cov

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  • Remember and forgive

    August 21 2017
    Phil Greene

    Thank you again Brian for your honest, thoughtfully considered reflections on your earlier life and I echo the sentiments in the posts above. I hope I am not being too forward or callous at this time,

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  • Association of Catholic Priests Statement on the Permanent Diaconate

    August 11 2017
    Martin Harran

    I am totally in favour of opening the Diaconate to women but I shudder when I read an unsupported and oblique statement like "It has been suggested by some that one of the reasons why men get involved

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  • Remember and forgive

    August 21 2017
    Chris (England)

    Brian, many thanks for your contribution, sharing your life experience, one which very much parallels my own. Remembering times and events is easy (at least so far!), forgiving is more challenging, bu

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Pádraig McCarthy

    # Joe O'Leary, Kevin Walters and Paddy Ferry. Well, now! My comment #2 above has stirred something. I didn't expect that it would stir those reactions. Let me be clear. Brendan Hoban wrote about two

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  • The Children of Priests – Coping International

    August 23 2017
    Frank

    "This letter is a greeting to you if you are the child of a priest, or if you are a woman who has had a child with a priest or indeed if you are a priest who has fathered a child and for whatever reas

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Paddy Ferry

        Joe, very well said and, as always, so well researched in your responses. Your reaction was exactly mine but I decided I would not react to Padraig this time. But, I am pleased you have. We a

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  • A sense of entitlement

    August 21 2017
    declan cooney

    The Pontiff's heavy handed removal of Card. Muller was not consistent with catholic social teaching and we have come to expect high standards from the man. He also demanded the sacking of three membe

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Kevin Walters

    Pádraig McCarthy @ 2 “But maybe we still won’t be ready to believe him”! The basis for credibility/believe is in the serving of the Truth, straight talking, as in “Yes or No”. Those who s

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  • Remember and forgive

    August 21 2017
    Frank

    An heart-warming and emotional piece, Brian. You sense of loss and grief is strong. I wonder if the ACP might open up this approach on the web-site for priests, still in ministry and those who hav

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