The Irish Referendum: on Bishops not Marriage
The result of the Irish referendum on so-called “same-sex marriage” was entirely predictable and had been for some considerable time.The Irish Catholic episcopal hierarchy should hang their heads in...
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Pope Paul VI and the Loch Ness Monster
Bishop Stephen Platten, associate Anglican bishop in the Diocese of London and Southwark, had a Credo piece in The Times on Saturday, August 8, 2015 about a man and pope I regard highly: Giovanni...
View ArticleThe Fish Wrap
The National Catholic Reporter has invited its readers to celebrate 30 years of its reporting (that is exploitation) of the sex abuse scandal in the USA. I made a comment on one of the articles and the...
View Article1916: Generals Maxwell & Wilson Two of a Kind
Generals Maxwell & WilsonTwo of a KindOh! you would bring me to your Queen, low at her feet to kneel,Crave mercy from her stony heart, and urge some mean appeal!I answer No! my knees will bend and...
View ArticleGood Pope John consecrated Bishop
Tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of Good Pope John (now St Pope John) being ordained Bishop as titular Archbishop of Areopolis consequent upon his appointment as Apostolic Visitor to Bulgaria. Contrary...
View ArticleA Spanish take on the problems of Rangers Football Club (RIP)
This Blog is, of course, dedicated to serious comment on matters of Faith, the Catholic Faith. Naturally, from time to time I, like any- and everyone else need a wee bit of light relief.This morning,...
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Consistory of November 24, 2007
In the Tablet this weekend it wrongly states that Cardinal Brady was created cardinal at the 2003 consistory. I know that that is not correct because I was present in Rome on Saturday, November 24,...
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Deacon John (Anthony) Ferguson RIP
Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 7, we will gather in St Mary’s, Whifflet, Coatbridge, not to celebrate the life of my brother-in-law John, but to prepare to bury him. John is, or, rather, was, a Permanent...
View ArticleSecond Franciscan Consistory
It has been announced that a second Franciscan consistory for the creation of new cardinals will be held on Friday/Saturday, February 14/15. If Pope Francis follows the same sort of time scale he...
View ArticleHate Speech Proponents Hate Free Speech
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”(Evelyn Beatrice Hall, 1906, in Friends of Voltaire; NB: NOT a quote from Voltaire himself.)“But when all people are...
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Carthusian thoughts
The Cross Stands Steady Whilst the World TurnsWhen His Eminence Franc Cardinal Rodé was appointed Archbishop of Lubljana on March 5, 1997, he chose as his episcopal motto “Stati inu obstati”. This is a...
View ArticleThe Herald (Glasgow) again stifles debate
You didn't read this in yesterday's Herald; and I doubt it will be in today's:Dear Sir Siobhan Reardon (Letters, October 9) states that the UK government “has numerous obligations to fulfil regarding...
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Hello Again: Vatican Diplomacy
I have been locked out of my Blogger account for several weeks now — I gather I'm far from being alone — but a computer literate nephew has got me back in.But you find me not as I left you. It's Sober...
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WWI: In Memoriam; Prof Tom Kettle and The Green Fields of France
The War to End Wars didn’t!To My Daughter Betty, The Gift of God(Professor Lt Tom Kettle, 1880-1916)IN wiser days, my darling rosebud, blownTo beauty proud as was your mother’s prime,In that desired,...
View ArticleSession in the Forge Bar Dromore
This is a typical weekend evening in my friend Oliver West's local pub in Dromore, Co Tyrone. I must get over to see him soon!,
View ArticleThe Sunday Times ducks the issue
On Sunday, June 29, The Sunday Times published a Letter to the Editor from one Neil Barber who asserts that he represents "The Secular Society". Mr Barber attempted to disparage both Archbishop Cushley...
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Archbishop Leo Cushley and the Pallium Mass 2014
On Sunday, June 29, 2014, Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Pope Francis will celebrate the Pallium Mass in St Peter’s Square. As is now traditional, there will be present a delegation representing His...
View ArticleSt Mary's Mother and Baby Home, Tuam: The Truth is Out There, But You Won't...
“There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” And then there are stories about brutality, abuse and the Catholic Church.What follows, I submitted as a comment to an article I came across on Facebook...
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