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28 Feb 2016

‘We spoke in front of the world’ – abuse victims in Rome to see George Pell testify

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Fifteen survivors of child sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests in Australia have come a long way to be in the room when the cardin ...

26 Feb 2016

Faith formation? Take it out of schools altogether!

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"Our school-centred system of ‘faith formation’ is a major factor in the growing crisis of Catholic faith in Ireland." - Sean O'Conaill, ...

19 Feb 2016

NCR Editorial: Collins is right — let the commission do its work

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Marie Collins integrity is unimpeachable - she is doing our church a truly great service Marie Collins, pict ...

19 Feb 2016

Everything’s NOT up to date in Vatican City…

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Important changes in the pipeline from C9 Summary Shortly after his election to the papacy in March, 2013, Pope Francis set ...

18 Feb 2016

Why Pope John Paul’s letters to married woman are a game changer for Church

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Mary Kenny sees this as a game changer for celibacy 1 One of hundreds of letters that Pope John Paul II sent to a Polish-Americ ...

16 Feb 2016

Church policy on reporting abuse

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Brendan Butler's letter to The Irish Times (16 February 2016) Sir, Marie Collins’s remarks that the Roman Curia is blocking refo ...

15 Feb 2016

Roman Curia ‘not co-operating’ with child abuse commission

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Survivor Marie Collins speaks of resistance, even though Pope approves of new plans Marie Collins: “The fact that criminal chil ...

13 Feb 2016

20 years of Women’s Ordination Worldwide – getting closer every day!

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Women's Ordination Worldwide (WOW) was founded in 1996 in Gmunden, Austria, at the ecumenical European Women's Synod attended by over 1000. ...

13 Feb 2016

Father Richard Leonard SJ reviews movie ‘Spotlight’

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THIS IS ONE of the angriest films you will ever see. In the Bible we hear about righteous anger, where God or humanity realises som ...

11 Feb 2016

What Needs Reform in the Church?

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Gabriel Daly OSA's talk to We Are Church Ireland on 9 November 2015 When we adopt the posture of someone who is disillusioned a ...

Monthly Archives: February 2016

‘We spoke in front of the world’ – abuse victims in Rome to see George Pell testify

Faith formation? Take it out of schools altogether!

NCR Editorial: Collins is right — let the commission do its work

Everything’s NOT up to date in Vatican City…

Why Pope John Paul’s letters to married woman are a game changer for Church

Church policy on reporting abuse

Roman Curia ‘not co-operating’ with child abuse commission

20 years of Women’s Ordination Worldwide – getting closer every day!

Father Richard Leonard SJ reviews movie ‘Spotlight’

What Needs Reform in the Church?

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