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A Stick to beat the Cardinal with... 2 May 2012 | 09:39 pm
The latest Church news in Ireland is a continuation of the ongoing controversy regarding the involvement of Cardinal Sean Brady - then part-time secretary to the Bishop of Kilmore - in the Church inve...
Pop over to the Cnytr 14 Jul 2010 | 05:24 am
... to congratulate her on her marriage and to encourage her to start a Jap-Cath-Navy blog.
In Our Time 25 Feb 2010 | 09:39 am
BBC Radio 4's In Our Time is one of my favourite radio programmes. If you're interested in the history of ideas, it's always worth a listen. They've just launched a new website with an archive of all ...
The Deaths of the Saints 4 Feb 2010 | 01:38 am
Not for the Faint-Hearted I was browsing for images of St Blaise today, and stumbled across this surprsing image of the saint. Now, it's not pious iconography, but I'm sure that at least some of my re...
Pope to English & Welsh Bishops: Look to Newman 2 Feb 2010 | 02:49 am
In this morning's Bolletino we have the Holy Father's address to the Bishops of England and Wales. (The Scots have their own episcopal conference, and the whole of Ireland has a single hierarchy, in c...
Round Up... 28 Jan 2010 | 10:57 am
Cnytr has twisted my arm, and made me remind you all that she's blogging again. Pester her and persuade her to post more about her trip to Rome, her forthcoming wedding and her new puppy. Incidentall...
Having issues and the defining issues? 28 Jan 2010 | 07:36 am
I stumbled across the following article and something struck me. The author says: How come the deciding issues of whether one is a member of the church or not always seems to come down to issues conce...
Long time, no blog... 22 Jan 2010 | 06:13 am
I'm afraid it's been much too long since I've blogged regularly. I sometimes feel like posting a rant in the key of St Bernard or St Gregory the Great about how the cares of the world and the pastoral...
'Mentioned in the Murphy Report' 28 Dec 2009 | 01:31 pm
This news report is worth reading. It deals with the pressure on Bishop Martin Drennan to resign. The key sentence - to my mind - is: The bishop has been under mounting media pressure since four of hi...
On the Dublin Report 28 Nov 2009 | 02:11 pm
I'm not sure what can fittingly be said about the Dublin Report. I guess that I'd suggest reading the report itself rather than relying on media accounts or analysis. It's a fair report. It lays blame...
