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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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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    Diarmaid MacCulloch says Stark's book is a model of how not to write history: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/private/anti-catholic-history/

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lectio/2016/05/debunking-the-debunking-a-review-of-rodney-starks-bearing-false-witness/

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    Rodney Stark begins with a ridiculous strawman -- the alleged widespread belief that the Church believed the earth was flat and so discouraged Columbus. He lists as "distinguished bigots" Gibbon, Jame

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    "Antisemitism, Dark ages, Crusades, Spanish Inquisition, anti-scientific, slavery, etc."There is plenty of historical substance in all of these. There may be some "misconceptions" to be corrected, b

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  • Lazy, hazy days with a good book

    August 14 2017
    Pádraig McCarthy

    " ...the widely discredited belief that if something is explained properly that Catholics will automatically accept it. They won’t”.Not just Catholics! I'm reading "Bearing False Witness: Debun

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  • 20 August. 20th Sunday in O. T.

    August 20 2017
    Kevin Walters

    We see the courageous hope of an outsider approaching in humility one who she perceives as a true man of God. And Jesus in His humanity walking in “faith” responds in humility to the “Truth” H

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  • Association of Catholic Priests Statement on the Permanent Diaconate

    August 11 2017
    DOM

    Wisdom is a word that is rarely seen written or heard today. So, it is a joy to see the wisdom of the ACP in calling on dioceses to hold off on the introduction of the Permanent Diaconate at this time

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