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Related: About this forumCatholic extremists do ‘untold damage’ to church, says priest
Public debate left to obsessive religious who psychologically bludgeon their opponentsWell goodness me, I didn't know there were any Catholics like that!
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/catholic-extremists-do-untold-damage-to-church-says-priest-1.2687394
Catholicism in Ireland is being abandoned to obsessive extremists and a religious media more anxious to protect its pockets than engage with realities of faith in the world, a leading priest has said.
If bishops or priests or intelligent lay Catholics are not prepared to reflectively engage in the public market-place then that space is left open to obsessive Catholic extremists who seek to psychologically bludgeon anyone who doesnt agree with them and do untold damage to the Catholic faith in Ireland and to religious media who often seem more anxious to protect their pockets than to engage with the realities of faith in the world, said Fr Brendan Hoban.
Co-founder of the Association of Catholic Priests, Fr Hoban was commenting on recent remarks by the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin bemoaning the dearth of Catholic intellectuals in Ireland.
If bishops or priests or intelligent lay Catholics are not prepared to reflectively engage in the public market-place then that space is left open to obsessive Catholic extremists who seek to psychologically bludgeon anyone who doesnt agree with them and do untold damage to the Catholic faith in Ireland and to religious media who often seem more anxious to protect their pockets than to engage with the realities of faith in the world, said Fr Brendan Hoban.
Co-founder of the Association of Catholic Priests, Fr Hoban was commenting on recent remarks by the Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin bemoaning the dearth of Catholic intellectuals in Ireland.
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Catholic extremists do ‘untold damage’ to church, says priest (Original Post)
trotsky
Jun 2016
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scscholar
(2,902 posts)1. Why does he refuse to tell?
by leaving it untold? Why hide it?
mr blur
(7,753 posts)2. Colour me shocked!
Good thing there are no Catholics like that on DU.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)3. Indeed.
Calling everyone that disagrees a bigot and then using grammar incorrectly?
Nope. No-one like that around here..
trotsky
(49,533 posts)4. If there were, think of the damage they'd be doing to their church!
Hmm... maybe not such a bad thing after all.
rug
(82,333 posts)6. Are you feeling bludgeoned?
Iggo
(47,571 posts)7. I'm more worried about damage done by the church than damage done to the church.
trotsky
(49,533 posts)8. Yes, but the people who damage the church...
do help to diminish its influence, so there's that.
Iggo
(47,571 posts)9. I just wish they didn't have to damage us to damage themselves, I guess.