An Irish opinion poll has shown that most Catholics want priests to be allowed to marry, support women’s ordination, want bishops to serve fixed terms, and disagree with Church teaching on homosexuality. Almost nine in 10 Catholics in Ireland want…
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Irish Catholics’ “Unfavourable” View of the Church
Poll: Irish Catholics have unfavorable view of church DUBLIN, IRELAND — In yet another sign that the beleaguered Catholic Church in Ireland has a long and arduous road to a brighter future, almost half of Irish people polled say they…
For Irish Catholics, A Modest Proposal
No substantive posting today, as I have been out all day on retreat with the Soho Masses congregation, with with as retreat director.Fr Bernard Lynch. Bernard is Irish, and is even more concerned about the poor position of women in…
Irish Bishops’ Resignations Over Abuse: 1 Accepted, 4 (5?) to go.
One of the big disappointments of the pope’s “pastoral” letter to Irish Catholics, was that it contained no reference at all to the resignations of four bishops in the wake of the Murphy report on the cover-ups in Dublin. (A…
Band-Aid for a Grievously Wounded Church
I have spent the afternoon celebrating my granddaughter’s first birthday, so have not yet had a chance to read in full the Papal “pastoral” letter to the Irish Church. I did read a few press summaries before going out, and…
Pope Shares “Outrage, Shame” at Murphy Report. What About the Blame?
The headlines suggest that Pope Benedict XVI, following his meeting yesterday with the two leading Irish prelates concerned, has made a strong and welcome response to the Irish abused scandal. Closer analysis shows how inadequate this suggestion really is. …
From the Dublin Cover-up to the Vatican Cover-up
The Irish Murphy report into clerical abuse in Dublin was a governmental investigation into the Irish bishops’ cover-up of the original crimes. In the US, a vigorous press has done a great job of exposing corresponding cover-ups by the American…
