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Which values matter? (a vision for Europe)
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
In effect, they will be giving much more than ‘a nod and a wink’ to the killing of approximately 200 unborn children in the EU every year.
Article 53, of the Charter, in particular could lock a country irreversibly into its tragic abortion regime and we would be turning the key.
Christian charity demands that we stay our hand.
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“Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
I have no wish to spend my days staring up at the sky and watching the rockets fly back and forth, while various countries try to destroy each other.
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“The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.” – Ben Okri
Monday, March 30th, 2009
Wouldn’t it be great if all of our expenses were taken care of for us by those who run the country and we could concentrate on using our salary as we see fit? It actually sounds fantastic and you would wonder what planet you were living on to have such a benefit.
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The Lighter Side
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
To the Lighter Side we go with more stories to take the seriousness out of the week.
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The Siege of Magee’s Ivory Tower
Monday, January 12th, 2009
I’ve spent the past few months teaching some of the most vulnerable children out there, and working with children who’ve been abused, often by those they trusted most: their parents. I’m home now for Christmas. When I arrived I was met with the news of yet another Church scandal. I know I’m not the only [...]
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
Once, on a silent directed retreat, I was struggling with questions related to an ended relationship and my future after college. After three days of gloomy weather and arguments with God, I witnessed 5 minutes of sunlight on the trees across the lake before the sun set.
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“If Catholics were really acting on a proper understanding of their faith, Barack Obama would never have been elected” – Austin Ruse (President of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute)
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Exit polls suggest that Obama captured the majority of overall Catholic votes - if Ruse’s logic, and the initial polls are right, then this majority vote must be seen as grand failure for the Catholic Church.
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Synod of Bishops proposes female Lectors
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
The Catholic News Service reported this story over the weekend – proposition 17 from the Synod of Bishops on the Bible puts forward that
The synod fathers recognize and encourage the service of the laity in the transmission of the faith. Women, in particular, have an indispensable role on this point, above all in the family and [...]
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‘Over the pope…there still stands ones own conscience’
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
I have to admit that I was a little surprised when I came across this quote by the then Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI:
“Over the Pope as the expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there still stands one’s own conscience, which must be obeyed before all else, if necessary even against the [...]
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God save our gracious president!
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
I have some wonderful news! I was wrong. Not that this is a rarity, but this particular mistake is really quite sweet. The Poor Clare community in Ennis celebrated their golden jubilee this week and the celebration was marked by a visit from our belovéd President Maire McAleese. Last week I wrote with dismay at [...]
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