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  • An intimate act of love

    March 15 2017
    JohnM

    In our culture, washing a person's feet is not an intimate act, not an an act of love. It is not done at in our culture, nor is it necessary, except in the case of a person physically incapacitated

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  • Man made for the Sabbath

    March 16 2017
    Frank

    Surely the time has come when we can think outside the box and open up the wonderful ministries to people who have given wonderful service to the Church. This case has as a surprise to me. Maybe as w

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  • 19 March, 2017. 3rd Sunday of Lent

    March 19 2017
    Mary Vallely

    Thank you, Padraig, for illuminating this wonderful story for me at any rate. Jesus didn't -doesn't - recognise boundaries. My eyes lit up as you were explaining it. I felt your love and admiration f

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  • 19 March, 2017. 3rd Sunday of Lent

    March 19 2017
    Padraig McCarthy

    Some belated reflections on the Gospel reading! 1. We’re in seanchaí mode, storytelling mode. Once upon a time, fadó fadó, in my father’s time, tells us that yes, it’s a story, and more than

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  • Man made for the Sabbath

    March 16 2017
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    Dr. Henry @3, surely you must be joking about Canon Law being able to abide by the prescription of Natural Law with an emphasis on modern day logic? Could that possibly lead to a rewriting of Canon L

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  • Man made for the Sabbath

    March 16 2017
    Martin Murray

    Just ridiculous, especially the requirement to avoid his former parish. Do the rule makers not have any experience of community? Also his debarment from ministries normally open to lay people relegate

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  • Open Letter to Cardinal Gerhard Müller from Marie Collins

    March 14 2017
    Kevin Walters

    Anchorman Vincent Browne initially picks up with Marie re NCR report above; Marie comments in person with three other panelists, including a priest. Link: www.tv3.ie/3player/show/41/0/0/ kevin your b

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  • Should we accept disrespect for the Eucharist on State Television?

    February 28 2017
    Rory Connor

    Your link to the reply from the Broadcasting Authority doesn't seem to work but it doesn't matter too much. This is par for the course - in fact pretty mild for RTE compared to their libelling a Catho

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  • Man made for the Sabbath

    March 16 2017
    DR. HENRY

    In many ways the Pope's hands are tied by canon law in this matter. He cannot do much to change canon law as it is. He can grant dispensations in some situations. However, the better approach is to ha

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  • Statement from the Association of Catholic Priests on the Apostolic Nuncio’s new appointment

    March 10 2017
    Richard O'Donnell

    I wonder what are the chances of the Pope appointing a woman here. Marie Collins?

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