US-Based National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) Supports Sleeman Mass Boycott

image The US-based National Survivor Advocates Coalition (NSAC) has issued a press release in support of Cork woman Jennifer Sleeman’s call for a mass boycott in Ireland on Sunday, September 26th. The NSAC urges Catholics in the US and worldwide to … Read more...

Jennifer Sleeman Mass Boycott: Can Protest be an Ecumenical Matter?

image Jennifer Sleeman, an 80-year-old mother of a monk, has called on women to boycott mass this Sunday, September 26. Her proposal is in many ways old news, having been debated in various media for the past month.

As I’ve Read more...

The Pope’s Apology – Will there be a ‘Benedict Bounce’ or a Boycott?

image Pope Benedict expressed his deep sorrow for clerical sexual abuse yet again during his state visit to the UK. The BBC has called his remarks on Saturday his ‘strongest public apology yet over the scandal.’ On the same day, the … Read more...

Tanya Jones Guest Post: Archbishop Martin & Theological Illiteracy in the Irish Catholic Church

image On occasion, someone leaves a comment on my blog that is so detailed and insightful that to draw further attention to it, I post it in the main body of my blog. Tanya Jones’ response to my post on ‘Irish Read more...

Irish Catholics are Theologically Illiterate: Who do you Blame?

image Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s claim last week that Irish Catholics are ‘theologically illiterate’ has prompted a predictable round of finger-pointing.

Many who have reacted to Martin’s statement blame the Catholic Church itself. For example, Michael Clifford in the Tribune blames … Read more...

Mass Boycott Going Global? Sojourners Editor Promoting ‘Sunday Without Women’

image Jennifer Sleeman’s call for the women of Ireland to boycott mass on September 26th has captured the imagination of women beyond these shores. Rose Marie Berger, an associate editor with Sojourners magazine in Washington DC, has picked up on the … Read more...

Marie Collins on Change in the Catholic Church: “These Men Just Don’t Get It”

Marie CollinsToday on BBC Radio Ulster’s Sunday Sequence, Marie Collins, a survivor of clerical sexual abuse, shared her thoughts on the Pope’s refusal to accept the resignations of Bishops Eamon Walsh and Raymond Field. Collins, who has gained considerable respect … Read more...