Throughout the world Catholic schooling is highly regarded, but in Ireland feelings are mixed
Religion & Beliefs
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In 1959 Pope John XXIII ordered the removal of the Latin word ‘perfidis’ from the prayer for the conversion of the Jews in the Good Friday liturgy
Despite the pursuit of hard fact, the nature of reality is illuminated by Eastern thought as much as it is by atomic theory
Church of Ireland has already merged many of the 26 dioceses established in 1111 AD at the Synod of Ráth Breasail
During Communion and Confirmation season the situation is particularly bleak. The sense of othering is worse when students are from non-Irish backgrounds
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It is a hope given by God in Jesus Christ, a new dimension of life promised, all of it quite beyond human understanding
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