The month of September opens with Il Papa reflecting on the need for more to be done in relation to migration, Irish classrooms not for faith, unequal (funeral) rites for all, rights of secularists in Ireland, christianophobia is rife......behaviour changes required in relation to AIDS, church to woo farmers, Betancourt meets Il Papa, nun who fought for HIV & AIDS victims dies (RIP), papal prayer intentions for September, Wales (Anglican) to get gay bishop...
...Greek monks at loggerheads, foundation to promote thought of Il Papa, Reformed Catholic Church in Ireland, singing monks go gold, Ethiopia in crisis, St Vitus in the wars again, Il Papa calls for evangilisation...
...Aussie Vincentian leader says sorry for CSA, all voices not equal in Vatican, Medjugorje in spotlight again, Opus Dei get Irish parish, moving priests a good idea says Irish bishop, Il Papa in Sardinia...
...gays and divorcees not welcome in Opus Dei Irish parish in Dublin, Anglican communion divided and never will be same again, St Peter not 1st Pope and never went to Rome, Anglican hierarchial lack of women, birth of Mary...
...Fleming inquiry begins in Australia, man in vigil for ex-girlfriend in convent, Meath priests meet to discuss future and also diocesan clerical changes announced, Marian Papacy of BXVI, Word of God Synod participants announced, Irish theologian appointed to Papal Foundation...
...Irish bishops want say in schools, Il Papa seeks help for Haiti, Papal visit to France in preparation, Lambeth cease-fire collapses, 1st female dean in Sudan, argument against contraception, Reformed Catholic Church makes debut in Irish Catholic newspaper...
...101 places to have sex includes confessional box, Meath Diocesan pilgrimage prevented due to closure of airline, Il Papa in France, 9/11 lest we forget, more CSA allegations in Australia, sacked teacher dies, comedian face prison for joking about Il Papa...
...new papal encyclical, priest dealing coke from rectory arrested, diocese of Kerry gets female PR director, Marian Apparations clampdown by Vatican, Irish Catholic more yellow than blue, Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Nigerian Priest detained entering Ireland - Ambassador Intervenes, pilgrims flock to Pope JPII tomb...
...Our Lady of Sorrows, Fr Shay Cullen - Sinner or Saviour, milestone for Robinson book, symposium on Pius XII, US bishop backs Obama, no easy divorce says Il Papa, Vatican asked to intervene after Donegal priest resigns, Reformed Catholic Church Synod 2008...
...10,000th posting on Clerical Whispers reached...
...new green Bible available, the Pope's plot, Latvian priest to be declared a Saint, Il Papa states kneel to receive, Anglican AB to visit Lourdes, investigation of Padre Pio stigmata, evolution ok says Vatican...
...Irish RC bishops launch new website, death of JPI murder?, Il Papa to open Bible Synod, RC can learn from Luther says Cardinal Kasper, RC bishop released by Chinese authorities, bishop forgives adulterous priest, priesthood Sunday, Christophobia in Europe, anti-RC Hanoi...
...Il Papa to visit Padre Pio tomb, Anglican AB gives Lourdes sermon, 4 to be canonised in October, Mexican RC bishop says respect gays, RC UK monarchs on way, new appointments in liturgy team in Vatican, large number of sham marriages in Ireland...
...new hidden history of Irish homosexuality, the popemobile, clerical errors in USA, Your Grace..or is it?, priest counsels couple and courts wife, Bishop Soto sticks pink foot in it, Dublin Archdiocesan Abuse Commission swamped...
...Unitarians go on podcast, last taboos in Ireland, archangels, Cardinal Newman beatification gets closer, Vatican Midas touch, out of retirement, global church bodies to merge, 10 commandments of blogging, Norway Lutherans yes to women bishops...
...and there ends the month of September 2008
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