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The Tablet: Catholic Church needs to ‘wake up’ to the need for women priests
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Advent leads to light…
Chris McDonnell, writing in the Catholic Times, offers a few thoughts about the season of Advent. “The story of that journey to Bethlehem is mirrored so often in our present day society. Stories of refugee families in transit, struggling to care for young children or newly born infants abound in News programmes. Those living on the streets of this country are a constant reminder of the poverty that exists in our own affluent society.”
Tony Flannery in the Irish Times: Is our innate sense of superiority holding the Catholic Church back?
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