Monthly Archives: August 2015

On our way out?

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Quentin

So what has been happening to the Catholic Church in this country and in Western society as a whole? Anecdotally, I encounter a large number of Catholic grandparents who tell me that few of their children, let alone their grandchildren, … Continue reading →

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Shame on you

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Quentin

“The primary end of marriage is the procreation and education of children; its secondary end is mutual help and the allaying of concupiscence,” read the 1917 Code of Canon Law. But the 1983 Code of Canon Law reads: “[Marriage is] … Continue reading →

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Adam and Eve and Pinch-me-tight

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Quentin

In discussing Pope for a day our respected contributor, John Candido, started a post with the sentence “The doctrine of original sin has to be removed from the church’s doctrines and replaced with a more realistic understanding of human frailty … Continue reading →

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Pope for a day

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Quentin

I run a philosophy group (under the auspices of the University of the Third Age) which meets fortnightly. The majority of its 10 members are best described as agnostic. Last year I posed for them this question: If you were … Continue reading →

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