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  • A no-brainer

    March 27 2017
    connie

    Fully agree with Colm's comment. I'd go one step further. I'm perplexed as to why women still support the church until they are ordained and treated equally. Women have the power to implode the church

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  • A no-brainer

    March 27 2017
    Ciara

    very good article with hope filled comments. I was surprised at Pope Francis' comments on optional celibacy but I think he is playing to the bigger picture! Ordaining older men is only part of the ans

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  • A no-brainer

    March 27 2017
    Eddie Finnegan

    "The nuclear option of the (priestly) ordination of women was not considered, to my knowledge.(ps. for those with an irony-deficit, please ignore the last sentence!" (Brendan on the Kilmore initiativ

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  • A no-brainer

    March 27 2017
    Colm Holmes

    It is also a 'No Brainer' that all ministries should be open to women. Sadly our patriarchal hierarchy are terrified of this option, despite the fact that Jesus in his ministry dealt with women as equ

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  • 26 March, 2017. 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 26 2017
    Mary Vallely

    Thank you, Pádraig @ 1. We don't often see prayers posted here but this one comes to mind thinking about today's Gospel and how we see each other. ( I usually omit the first line about fragrance as

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  • 26 March, 2017. 4th Sunday of Lent

    March 26 2017
    Padraig McCarthy

    "He was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him." This reminds me of friends of mine, a married couple who, about 40 years ago, gave birth to a child. When I visited the hospital I

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  • Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests (ACP) on the Tuam Babies revelations and the resignation of Marie Collins from the Vatican Commission on Clerical Sex Abuse

    March 4 2017
    Rory Connor

    It is possible that myself and Kevin Walters (and others) are operating at cross-purposes. I certainly believe that Christ's call to establish a "Kingdom of Heaven" transcended Jewish Law and the Gent

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  • Bishop Eamonn Casey

    March 21 2017
    Paddy Ferry

    I think this article, below, by Sally O'Neill in today's Tablet confirms my long-held positive view of Bishop Eamonn Casey. He was, truly, a bishop who could make you feel proud to be a(n) (Irish) Ca

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  • Bishop Eamonn Casey

    March 21 2017
    Bro. Jude

    Thank you Brendan. The dead wood is falling from the tree, let it fall. Trust in the gospel wisdom and the wisdom of the desert fathers and mothers. Let us grow and deepen in 'holy indifference' to

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  • Bishop Eamonn Casey

    March 21 2017
    Paddy Ferry

    "Part of it is resisting those who want us to circle the wagons and make our Church a kind of Amish outpost", brilliant, Brendan! I also must agree with Kevin. I always thought Bishop Eamonn was the

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