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March, 2008
Monday 31 March
Confession is now the 'forgotten sacrament'
-
Report on Cardinal Brady's homily for
Divine Mercy Sunday in Knock
JOHN COONEY - Irish Independent
Friday 28 March
Late Late Show openly promotes
gay civil unions -
Pat Kenny expresses opinion
that there is a strong case for gay civil unions
and puts one side of the debate, only -
LATE LATE SHOW - RTÉ One
Friday 28 March
Pro Life Movie Bella
to open in Canada -
LIFESITE NEWS
Thursday 27 March
Fr Federico Lombardi,
Director of The Holy See Press Office
responds to criticisms by Professor Aref Al Nayed
about the baptism of a Muslim
at the Easter Vigil ceremony
by Pope Benedict
VATICAN Website - Chris Altieri
(introduced by Lydia O'Kane)
Holy See Press Office Responds to Complaints About Baptism
(letters)
Thursday 27 March
Muzzling the prophetic voice of truth -
Catholic media under attack(2)
Irish Catholic accused of being
'unbalanced and inaccurate'
in its coverage of the Lisbon Treaty debate
CLICK HERE for letters
Why is the Irish Catholic promoting a 'yes' vote in Lisbon?
(letters)
Thursday 27 March
Muzzling the prophetic voice of truth
Catholic media under attack(1)
Liveline interview with Fr Brian McKevitt
pulled at last minute
Liveline - Damian O'Reilly - 1850 715 815 -
joe@rte.ie
CLICK HERE for Irish Times letters page
Criticisms of Alive newspaper in Irish Times
(letters)
Thursday 27 March
Muzzling the prophetic voice of truth -
Pro life journalist under attack ...
Abortion activist organization
targets pro life radio host
for not spreading lies about pregnancy counselling agency
CLICK HERE for link to Choice Ireland website
Thursday 27 March
"Sleeping with My Sister"
Documenatary about Incest
in U.K. and Germany
Channel 4 - Cutting Edge - 9pm
CLICK HERE for article
Wednesday 26 March
"'Choice' clampdown on choice" -
Choice Ireland panelist blames pro lifers
(who pray outside Irish 'Family Planning' Association),
for the large proportion of young people in a survey
who thought women are responsibe for their own rape
Comment goes unchallenged
Newstalk 106 - Declan Carty - Late Night Live
CLICK HERE for Newstalk website
Wednesday 26 March
"Parents, not the State and certainly
not the INTO, are most qualified
to choose whom they wish to govern
their children’s school"
Letter to Irish Independent
CLICK HERE for letter
Catholic education = "forced indoctrination"
(letter to Independent)
Wednesday 26 March
Alive's Fr Brian McKevitt
criticised by Fr
Newstalk 106 - 'Your Call' - 9.00am - Text 53106
CLICK HERE for comments
Comments
Wednesday 26 March
'Are women responsible for their own rape'?!
Survey in today's Irish Examiner discussed
Newstalk 106 - 'Your Call' - 9.00am - Text 53106
CLICK HERE for Irish Examiner article (Conor Ryan)
Comments
Tuesday 25 March -- Feast of the Annunciation
Dáil TV versus
"some of the other rubbish on the box"
(An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern)
BreakingNews.ie
CLICK HERE for article
Ryan Eager to get Dáil TV on air (Sunday Business Post) 2 Mar 2008
Oireachtas Live - Live and recorded webcasts
Tuesday 25 March -- Feast of the Annunciation
Non-Catholics teaching Catholics about their Faith?!
Msgr Dan O'Connor
Newstalk - The Right Hook - 5:21pm - text 53106
CLICK HERE for article
"Bishops seek religion veto on teachers in new schools" (Irish Independent - John Walsh, education Editor)
Tuesday 25 March -- Feast of the Annunciation
Philosopher Gerard Casey talk
sabout organ donation
and the rights and wrongs
of war in Iraq
Newstalk - Moncrieff - text 53106
CLICK HERE for website
EASTER Sunday 23 March -- ALLELUIA
Discussion about Jesus!
Newstalk - 7:11pm
CLICK HERE for website
Saturday 22 March -- Holy Saturday
New plan for evangelisation of Dublin diocese
Catholic Ireland
CLICK HERE for article
"Martin: Dublin is mission territory" (Irish Examiner)
Friday 21 March -- Good Friday
Children abused at
all levels of society as
"Anything goes on Irish TV"
Irish Examiner - Opinion - Deirder Hayes
CLICK HERE for article
Friday 21 March -- Good Friday
Moral high ground is
shifting beneath secularists' feet
The Irish Times - Opinion - John Gray
CLICK HERE for article
Friday 21 March -- Good Friday
Without Jesus, the Cross is unbearable -
Meditations by Joseph Cardinal Zen,
Bishop of Hong Kong
Vatican Radio - Pope Benedict
CLICK HERE for 'Via Crucis'
Vatican Radio report - Emer McCarthy
Thursday 20 March -- Holy Thursday
The Atheism Delusion
The Irish Times - Opinion - John Gray
CLICK HERE for article
Thursday 20 March -- Holy Thursday
Discussion about religion!
Spin 103.8
CLICK HERE for station
Thursday 20 March -- Holy Thursday
Religious Poll
Survey shows we believe in God,
heaven and sin... but don’t attend mass
Irish Examiner - Caroline O'Doherty
CLICK HERE for article
Tuesday 18 March
Advertising's role in
the normalization
of alcohol use by young people -
Newstalk 106 - Declan Carty - Your Call -
Text 53106 - Call 185053106
CLICK HERE for irish Independent article
ICGP advocates Irish over-21 alcohol policy - Medicine Weekly
ICGP's Submission to the Government Alcohol Advisory Group
Sunday 16 March
'Love to the end' &
Contagious joy' !
Passion Sunday (World Youth Day)
L'Osservatore Romano
CLICK HERE for Pope's homily - Palm Sunday
Front Page L'Osservatore Romano
ICGP's Submission to the Government Alcohol Advisory Group
Friday 14 March
The increasingly casual use
of offensive language -
Text 53106 Phone 1890453106 -
Newstalk 106 - Brenda Power - Your Call -
Text 53106 - Call 185053106
CLICK HERE for Newstalk website
Tuesday 11 March
****Recommended*****
'The year of living biblically'
Interview with author A. J. Jacobs
who lived his life 'by the bible'
for 1 year
Mooney - RTE Radio 1 - Text 51551 - Phone 1850 715 900
CLICK HERE to listen (34 minutes 0 seconds into programme)
Tuesday 11 March
Portrait of Pope Leo X -
only portrait of a pope painted
by an Irish artist Moncrieff - Newstalk Radio - Text 53106
CLICK HERE for Newstalk website
Monday 10 March
Discussion on Age of Consent
Strong caller reaction against
suggestion that age should be lowered -
Presenter highly critical of
male adult caller who says he has
a 15 year old girlfriend
FM 104 Phoneshow - Adrian Kennedy
CLICK HERE for Newstalk website
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