The revelations are sickening and my heart goes out (too late now) to the mothers affected. I agree with the above statement. Parish priests could and should have urged families to be compassionate. T
Nowadays we take it for granted that graves will be marked, but it has not been always so. I remember the first time I saw the Angels’ Plot in Glasnevin – it was a wilderness. It has now been enor
I went along to hear Werner at our Newman Association here in Edinburgh last month and what an uplifting experience it was. I had been aware of him for some years --always assumed he was a priest, pro
Seamus writes with great tenderness and loving charity and I suppose as a fellow priest he understands the priestly mindset more than most. I have great sympathy for anyone trapped in a role for whic
Thank you, Werner, for that fine, thoughtful meditation on where our Church is today, and what direction we should be taking, to keep our doors open. A very helpful input for our Lenten reflection.
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Seamus, as he so often does, speaks with a prophetic voice. Yes, we need to take care of our leaders and to protect them. Surely, the first step in taking such care is to ensure that those selected fo
This week I received a sign of this changing church in the form of a letter from Monsignor Paolo Borgia, acknowledging that Pope Francis received the letter i sent concerning our bishops visit to Rome
May I suggest that the Holy Eucharist not be discussed at any great length on this site. In other words, I suggest that we all cool it or we will have thousands of pages of complex reading to do. In a
Maria Collins the lone survivor on Vatican abuse commission resigns
“I have come to the point where I can no longer be sustained by hope. As a survivor I have watched events unfold with dismay”
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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 2017The revelations are sickening and my heart goes out (too late now) to the mothers affected. I agree with the above statement. Parish priests could and should have urged families to be compassionate. T
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 2017Nowadays we take it for granted that graves will be marked, but it has not been always so. I remember the first time I saw the Angels’ Plot in Glasnevin – it was a wilderness. It has now been enor
New Models of Christian Community – Toward a Post-Clericalist Church
March 2 2017I went along to hear Werner at our Newman Association here in Edinburgh last month and what an uplifting experience it was. I had been aware of him for some years --always assumed he was a priest, pro
‘Apologia pro vita sua’ (or something like that).
March 3 2017Seamus writes with great tenderness and loving charity and I suppose as a fellow priest he understands the priestly mindset more than most. I have great sympathy for anyone trapped in a role for whic
New Models of Christian Community – Toward a Post-Clericalist Church
March 2 2017Thank you, Werner, for that fine, thoughtful meditation on where our Church is today, and what direction we should be taking, to keep our doors open. A very helpful input for our Lenten reflection. B
‘Apologia pro vita sua’ (or something like that).
March 3 2017Nice reflection and where we are Seamus.
‘Apologia pro vita sua’ (or something like that).
March 3 2017Seamus, as he so often does, speaks with a prophetic voice. Yes, we need to take care of our leaders and to protect them. Surely, the first step in taking such care is to ensure that those selected fo
New Models of Christian Community – Toward a Post-Clericalist Church
March 2 2017This week I received a sign of this changing church in the form of a letter from Monsignor Paolo Borgia, acknowledging that Pope Francis received the letter i sent concerning our bishops visit to Rome
Should we accept disrespect for the Eucharist on State Television?
February 28 2017May I suggest that the Holy Eucharist not be discussed at any great length on this site. In other words, I suggest that we all cool it or we will have thousands of pages of complex reading to do. In a
Child abuse scandal ‘almost fatally destroyed’ Catholic Church
February 12 2017Maria Collins the lone survivor on Vatican abuse commission resigns “I have come to the point where I can no longer be sustained by hope. As a survivor I have watched events unfold with dismay” ht
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