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  • Prising open the door – women deacons

    August 16 2016
    Darlene Starrs

    Well done article...clear, plain explanation...Interestingly, August 2nd is the Feast Day of a Female Ukrainian Mystic!

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  • Prising open the door – women deacons

    August 16 2016
    Colm Holmes

    We must not all sit back to watch Pope Francis reform our church. He can not do it on his own. In Ireland 77% support the ordination of women. At the Limerick synod the role of women was the top item.

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  • Silly Season Scrum: Archbishop Martin and the Media

    August 15 2016
    Joe O'Leary

    Sean, the book you recommend seems to identify correctly the most edifying, vibrant, and enjoyable aspect of Christian culture today. Discussion and dialogue are the very essence of this living Christ

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  • Ecology, Economics, and Ethics

    August 16 2016
    Joe O'Leary

    Here is something more accessible from Zamagni, for his essay in the spring issue of the JMJ: [Editor: Download the following 'For and Integral Ecology' in PDF format Read more 5 comments

  • Ecology, Economics, and Ethics

    August 16 2016
    Joe O'Leary

    Zamagni is not suited for online reading, and what I posted is only the start of his essay. For a more accessible treatment of the same points see Rowan Williams' piece. Few have the gift of writing b

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  • Ecology, Economics, and Ethics

    August 16 2016
    Sean O'Conaill

    I share Donal's misgivings, even if I can just barely catch hold of the article's conclusion: that we humans cannot evade moral responsibility for the consequences of the totality of our impact upon

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  • Reflections at a Funeral

    August 5 2016
    Robert Grady Harp

    Hardly christian, much less Catholic. Shame on them. Though there is no lack of clerical pomposity and careerism in my own church, I do not regret leaving the Roman Catholic Church. May Father Fagan r

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  • Ecology, Economics, and Ethics

    August 16 2016
    Donal Dorr

    I think that Zamagni, the author of this article is one of the very best economists dealing with the economic and ecological issues. I have no doubt that what he is saying in this article is valuable.

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  • Silly Season Scrum: Archbishop Martin and the Media

    August 15 2016
    Sean O'Conaill

    If Maynooth-trained Catholic clergy mostly show little interest in Evangelii Gaudium, Laudato Si' and Amoris Laetitia why should the Irish media be blame-worthy for ignoring these documents? All three

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  • Silly Season Scrum: Archbishop Martin and the Media

    August 15 2016
    Joe O'Leary

    A few years ago Cardinal Ratzinger (or was he already pope?) said that the church is not a discussion group. Well, the church would be much better off if it were a discussion group on the environmenta

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