Why is it that so many Catholic newspapers give an impression of oozing with anger?
This week's Irish Catholic has page after page condemning the media.
The current issue of Alive refers to those who leave comments on The Irish Times website as being bigoted, virulent, irrational, extremist and thuggish.
That same newspaper criticises Amnesty International and makes unfortunate comments about the salary paid to its CEO.
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Dominican priest Leo Donovan died in Kiltipper Woods Care Centre, Tallaght on Saturday morning, February 17. Leo had been over two years in ... -
Seósamh Laurence Collins died in Tallaght University Hospital in the early hours of Monday morning, January 22. Larry, as he was known in t... -
John O’Rourke was born in Newry on November 14, 1939. He joined the Dominican Order in September 1958 and was ordained a priest in July 1965...
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There has been a tendency in a lot of Catholic circles (including the Church hierarchy) for decades to see themselves as victims of evil liberal persecution. It's all part of the "us and them" mechanism they need to bolster up their own insecurities, complexes and deficiencies.
It's also, incidentally, a negation of the whole hopeful, courageous, open attitude of Vatican II, as epitomised, above all, by "Gaudium et Spes." But then, the Council (for all the ritual lip-service given) has never been a favourite theme of such people - in fact, the dominant trend in the Catholic Church since Wojtila's election to the papacy has been to emasculate it.
Actually, most of us non-believing liberals have better things to do with our time than obsessing over what the Catholic Church does or does not do.
Hello Michael
Enjoy reading your blog. Wonderful stuff though I may not agree with it all. I occasionally go to Mass and always choose the Latin Mass in Brompton Oratory in London. Why? Because it resonates with a rhythm of sound deep in my being which has been there since childhood. I sometimes go to Mass when in another country but feel bereft as I can't understand the language and therefore try to assume where we are in the ritual. One of the many reasons for the Latin Mass was that it allowed a person to attend wherever they were in the world and to understand.
Warmest wishes, Sheereen
very interesting, thanks
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