Rosary beads and contraception

It's interesting to see how much religious material appears in our newspapers.

This week we have the discussion over the Rosary beads in an Anglican church and there is the ongoing debate between Frs Vincent Twomey and Seán Fagan.
Rev. Marie Rowley-Brookes's letter in today's Irish Times re the Rosary beads episode and Fr Sean Fagan's answer to Fr Vincent Twomey offer one a glimmer of light. There has also been an article on ecumenism. There has been an informative piece on the Anglican Church. And John Cooney had a piece on whether or not Pope Benedict will visit Ireland in 2009.

The world is lucky to have people such as Sean Fagan and Marie Rowley-Brooke speaking their minds.

But it is interesting to see that no one church has exclusive rights on people with 'narrow' and 'closed' minds.

There is always the temptation to think that the 'bigots' are always on the 'other side'. A terrible fallacy.

Is it possible to say that the parties in power in Northern Ireland are realising that bigotry finds a home everywhere, in all political parties, everywhere there are people?

But do church organisations have a greater number of fanatics and bigots than the general population? Experience and evidence can supply depressing results!