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  • Remember and forgive

    August 21 2017
    Mary Vallely

    I always think of the forgetting as a letting-go of all the hurt and pain and miserable feelings which can surface every time we look back on a certain bad event in life. Remembering it is necessary i

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  • A sense of entitlement

    August 21 2017
    Anne

    So True. The same could apply to lack of insight by the Church to the question of Humanae Vitae. The Theory sounds noble but the actual reality of living out the ideal is very different for many cou

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  • A sense of entitlement

    August 21 2017
    Frank

    Interesting article. Thankfully I've always felt the local clergy/religious on the ground at parish level were very clued into how life is experienced by people on a daily basis. I suppose it can chan

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  • Association of Catholic Priests Statement on the Permanent Diaconate

    August 11 2017
    Phil Greene

    Marvellous support for Fr. Roy,and truly deserved. Equally, such support should be shown for Tina Beattie in highlighting the urgent need for women's voices to be heard when actually discussing how wo

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  • The presumption of guilt

    July 31 2017
    Phil Greene

    "Instead we should be digging deep to what we hold true and cleaving ever closer to our tried and tested faith and tradition. We are afraid to do that, seems impossible and too much like hard work." I

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  • Time for dialogue on sexual ethics

    August 10 2017
    Frank

    Wise words Anne @33 and I think what you have written needs greater discussion.

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  • The presumption of guilt

    July 31 2017
    L M Paul

    Really sad story. Glad to hear Father came through. For anyone who is falsely accused it is terrible. You are on your own. Spouses can abandon the accused, children taken away - so having a family in

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  • Time for dialogue on sexual ethics

    August 10 2017
    Anne

    NFP Fr.O'Donnell states is a system that works in close harmony with nature and the body. How come then that 90%of catholic couples have rejected it . NFP is anything but reliable as women well know w

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  • Time for dialogue on sexual ethics

    August 10 2017
    Paddy Ferry

    A belated contribution to the sexual ethics debate. This is a letter from Prof. Tina Beattie in the Tablet of Aug.5th in which she raises concerns about two issues that had been aired in the previous

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  • Time for dialogue on sexual ethics

    August 10 2017
    Joe O'Leary

    Thanks for your research. It's interesting that the word "pais" is retained in Luke only for the Centurion's words, "my pais shall be healed" (Lk 7:7). That "entimos" (Lk 7:2) means only "esteemed" or

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