Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Sunday, August 19, 2018

As Papal Visit to Ireland Nears, More Commentary on Abuse Crimes in Church: Cover-Up Directed from "Central Command and Control, Which Is the Vatican"

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This is powerful! : Names of 796 Tuam Babies written on white sheets and brought to Galway church #Stand4Truth (via @thejournal_ie ) http...
Friday, June 15, 2018

We Are Church Ireland to Pope Francis: Would Jesus Define People as Objectively Disordered or Intrinsically Evil?

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As Sarasi pointed out in a comment here several days ago, We Are Church Ireland now has a petition online at Change.org with the fol...
Monday, May 28, 2018

Theologian Tina Beattie on Irish Abortion Referendum: "It Can Be Seen As the Assertion of the Common Good Over and Against a Corrupted and Dysfunctional Institutional Church"

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Tina Beattie's reflection on the results of the Irish referendum on abortion is, in my view, exactly right — balanced, thoughtful,...
Saturday, May 26, 2018

Quote for Day: How American Religious Right Tried to Sway Ireland's Abortion Vote

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The Guardian , " Irish Abortion Referendum: Official Results Show Big Lead for Ye s" Sarah Jones, " How American Christ...

Ireland Apparently Knocks Down Abortion Ban; Children Being Taken from Parents by ICE; Pope Francis Does Usual Two-Step with LGBTQ Humanity and LGBTQ Lives: My Commentary

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What does it mean to be pro-life if you defend the life of a child in the womb, but not the life of a child on the border? — James Martin...
Sunday, March 5, 2017

Catherine Corless' Research About Mass Grave at Irish Catholic Home for Unwed Mothers and Children Confirmed: "They Leech the Light Out of a Room"

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When Catherine Corless's research suggesting that there was a mass grave at a home for unwed mothers and their children at Tuam in ...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

A Day in May: Testimonies of LGBTQ Irish People About Marriage Equality Vote — "I Believe God Did Work Through Us on That Day"

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In two postings a month ago ( here and here ), I pointed you to a book by Irish journalist Charlie Bird — A Day in May  (Newbridge: ...
Friday, November 13, 2015

Former Irish President on Catholic Teaching About Homosexuality: It's "Wrong," a "Major Conduit for Homophobia," and Needs to Be Repudiated

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Yesterday,  Irish Catholic published an interview of former Irish president Mary McAleese done by Martin O'Brien at her apartmen...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Chris Morley on Extension of Workplace Protection to LGBT Employees in Ireland After Pro-Equality Vote: A Report on the Debate

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At the end of this work week, another well-researched report from Chris Morley — this one about the debate now underway in Ireland re...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Alan McCornick on Open vs. Closed Models of Church, and Religious Responses to Gay Folks

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In light of the Irish vote, Alan McCornick argues  that it's simplistic to frame the battle for gay rights as a battle between re...

Gabriel Daly on Irish Vote as "Caring for a Wounded Minority Who Were Strangers in Their Own Community": Contrasting Irish and American Catholic Values

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Catholic theologian (and priest) Gabriel Daly commenting in The Tablet on the deeply Catholic theological underpinnings of the recen...
Monday, June 1, 2015

A Catholic Nation Resoundingly Supports Equal Rights for LGBT People, and the U.S. Catholic Right and Its Centrist Enablers Want to Talk About . . . Polygamy?

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Steve and I had dinner yesterday with some friends of ours who have long been powerful and effective activists for civil rights. They...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Quote for Day: "What A Gift the Catholic Hierarchy Has Been Handed by the Irish"

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Tom Fox in National Catholic Reporter on the opportunity that the Irish vote might (and should) offer the pastoral leaders of the C...

Chris Morley on John Anderson's Reality Check for Irish Catholicism: The Future of Irish Catholicism after the Marriage Equality Deluge

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Chris Morley has sent me some commentary on the recent vote of Irish Catholics in support of LGBT equality. Chris's commentary...
Friday, May 29, 2015

End-of-Week Commentary on Irish Rainbow Referendum: 5 Links

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And since it's clearly impossible for me to go a day (on which I post) without saying something about the recent remarkable rainbow ...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Irish Rainbow Referendum: Valuable Commentary from Past Few Days (As Vatican Wags Its Finger at the Rainbows)

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'Over the Rainbow' in Ireland is a crock of Golden equality. So proud to be Irish. #YesEquality #YesVote pic.twitter.com/LRwKzL...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Irish Vote for LGBT Equality Continues Rippling Out to Other Nations: Chris Morley's Update

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Chris Morley left two wonderful reports  (and here ) in the comments section of this blog today, about the ripple effect (already) of...

God Said, "Whenever the Rainbow Appears in the Clouds, I Will See It and Remember the Everlasting Covenant Between God and All Living Creatures of Every Kind on the Earth" (Genesis 9:16)

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Monday, May 25, 2015

Human Rights Victories, Lemons, and Punchbowls: A Question for All of You

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I have a question for you, dear readers. I ask it because I have no answer for my own question, and hope that some of you might have ...

After Ireland, Heat On in Many Other Countries to Respect LGBT Equality: Australia, Italy, Germany, Etc.

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As I've noted in a number of postings in the past few days, a theme now emerging following the remarkable Irish vote for LGBT human...