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  • 12 September. Monday, Week 24

    September 12 2016
    FR FRANCIS CHILUFYA,OFMCap

    very touching reflection

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  • Church Collusion in Calumny

    September 8 2016
    Padraig McCarthy

    #3 Sean O'Conaill: I confess I do not understand these arguments. None of what is presented here is either stated or implied by what I wrote. These arguments seem to lack logic. In the letter, Tim wri

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  • Church Collusion in Calumny

    September 8 2016
    Sean O'Conaill

    #1 The career-specific claimed role of Catholic clergy has always been moral and spiritual leadership, associated especially with expertise in sexual morality. To argue therefore that Catholic clergy

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  • Church Collusion in Calumny

    September 8 2016
    Pat Rogers

    Many thanks to Tim Hazelwood for sharing his painful experience with us; also to Padraig McCarthy for his calm and measured comments on how our bishops responded to the Murphy report. I should like to

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  • Church Collusion in Calumny

    September 8 2016
    Padraig McCarthy

    It's difficult to understand how church authorities show such a lack of pastoral care. While the desire to provide maximum protection for vulnerable people is admirable, there seems little recognition

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  • 09 September. Friday, Week 23

    September 9 2016
    Fr Francis Ceasar Mugabi

    I thank the writer for bringing out concrete examples in our day to day life.

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  • Lessons to be Learned

    September 7 2016
    Padraig McCarthy

    I don't know how decisions were arrived at re Maynooth. The most obvious immediate way to proceed would seem to be in consultation with all those studying at the seminary, since they are all adults wh

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  • Lessons to be Learned

    September 7 2016
    John Dwyer Kirwin

    I agree wholeheartedly with Mary V. We need local and national synods if we're ever to get to the Church as the 'people of God.' What are bishops afraid of ? Canon Law, if you would, mandates them

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  • Lessons to be Learned

    September 7 2016
    Mary Vallely

    Most of us have given up on relying on the bishops at this stage. Their suggestions as a solution to the ' on goings' in Maynooth are risible and just go to show how totally out of touch they are with

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  • Lessons to be Learned

    September 7 2016
    Ned Quinn

    Now we know why the bishops didn't reply to the ACP. They were busy revising the pre-nuptial enquiry form.

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