Posted on 04. Oct, 2012 in Church Teachings, Humane Vitae
The new Church of Ireland Archbishop of Armagh is a Dubliner; Dr. Richard Clarke is now Primate of All Ireland. Elected last Tuesday and announced the following day, he said the main challenge facing the Church is how to bring the gospel to people not in a hectoring way but to encourage Christian faith as […]
Posted on 13. Sep, 2012 in Church Teachings, Humane Vitae
Minister for Communication Pat Rabbitte said that it would be a retrograde step if the Catholic Church went back to dictating to elected representatives on how to address the issue of abortion. Mr Rabbitte was responding to Cardinal Seán Brady’s assertion on RTÉ’s This Week programme that the church would lobby public representatives as part […]
Posted on 03. May, 2012 in Church Teachings, Humane Vitae
Recently four women brought their abortion stories before the Dáil. Ruth Bowie who was one of the women involved later told Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show that one of the politicians was “extremely nasty” and “not very pleasant”. A blog post later appeared to link the comments to Senator Ronan Mullen. Senator Mullen […]
Posted on 03. May, 2012 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Feminism/Women in the Church, Humane Vitae
“We are Church” organised a silent vigil outside the papal nunciature in Dublin to protest against the censuring of priests by the Vatican. To date the Vatican has censured five Irish Catholic priests of whom Fr. D’Arcy was the fifth. The others are Redemptorist priests Fr. Tony Flannery and Fr. Gerard Moloney, Marist priest Fr. […]
Posted on 26. Apr, 2012 in Celibacy/Sexuality, Church Teachings, Humane Vitae
Bethany Bomberger along with Ryan Bomberger set up the Radiance foundation in America. Their mission is to offer mothers an alternative to abortion. Last week Ryan talked about his raped mother’s choice not to abort. Bethany was also faced with the option of abortion when she first became pregnant and wasn’t in a committed relationship. […]
Posted on 19. Apr, 2012 in Church Teachings, Humane Vitae, Uncategorized
Today Irish TDs voted to reject the implementing of the X case ruling to provide limited access to abortion. As an issue it continues to be one that polarises opinion all across the country. Ryan Boomberger tells the remarkable story of the decision his mother made not to abort. She was raped and nonetheless decided […]