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  • All that He made is good

    May 22 2016
    Lloyd Allan MacPherson

    I think young people have since moved past this debate and it is a common leftover of the silent generation and the boomers - those who were taught this to be an evil and those who were conditioned to

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  • Bishops meet with Association of Catholic Priests

    May 19 2016
    Sean O'Conaill

    #7 Re.the Conference of Irish Bishops: "No organisation can operate efficiently if its board only meets every six months." http://www.catholicbishops.ie/calendar/ Spring General Meeting: Mar 7-9; 20

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  • All that He made is good

    May 22 2016
    Paddy Ferry

    Thank you Fr.P.@3. I wish I had known about that piece of research during the debate before the marriage equality referendum. Virtually everyone I discussed the issue with, who intended to vote "no",

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  • All that He made is good

    May 22 2016
    Fr P, John Mannion

    AS the author of the above article, and taking a cue from Paddy Ferry's reference, I have just read the comments of Cardinal Sarah. In the course of a speech he made recently at a breakfast in the U.S

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  • Bishops meet with Association of Catholic Priests

    May 19 2016
    Nessan Vaughan

    Many thanks for the note of the meeting and for raising such relevant topics. The ACP is well served by its leadership and representatives. There was very little mention of a response by the Bishops.

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  • All that He made is good

    May 22 2016
    Mary Vallely

    Interesting reading and thanks to Paddy also for the article. Personally I believe that the attitude towards homosexuality in the RCC to be "intrinsically disordered" and the cause of enormous su

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  • Ordaining Women to the Diaconate: a small step forward?

    May 12 2016
    Darlene Starrs

    Thank you Paddy for the link above. The key statement as I see it in Manson's article is the following: “Francis’s theological imagination makes it impossible for women to achieve equal decision

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  • All that He made is good

    May 22 2016
    Paddy Ferry

    I expect most of you will have already read Cardinal Sarah's most recent enlightened contribution to this debate. You have to wonder why Francis ever appointed him to a senior position. https://newway

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  • Bishops meet with Association of Catholic Priests

    May 19 2016
    Des Gilroy

    It is little wonder that the Irish institutional church is in a state of stagnation. The Bishops' Conference has to be regarded as the board whose function it is to give leadership. No organisation

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  • Bishops meet with Association of Catholic Priests

    May 19 2016
    Bernard Kennedy

    The event was surely of The Spirit. Points raised were significant and must be heard. We can act together as this is a chance if we read the writing.

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