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Wednesday 1 February 2012
 Forget the Wags, pass me the dog collar: Former Manchester United teammate of Beckham and Giggs trains to become Catholic priest - Daily Mail


Down and Conor seminarian, Phil Mulryne..."With professional footballers hitting the front pages for their extra-curricular activities almost as often as the back pages for their sporting exploits, we don't expect them to behave like priests. But..." - Forget the Wags, pass me the dog collar: Former Manchester United teammate of Beckham and Giggs trains to become Catholic priest - Daily Mail - Thu 26th Jan, 2012 - Daily Mail ... Have you heard the one about the former footballer that entered the priesthood? Mulryne has the calling... - Thu 26th Jan 2012 - Daily Mail ... "He got some 27 caps for Northern Ireland. He scored some memorable goals...He played lots of times for Man United and he played Champions League, Premiership, the whole lot...For whatever reason, I don't know, but he's over in Rome, at the moment, where he's currently training for the priesthood" (cf John 1:5 - 'overcome' can also be translated as 'comprehended') - The John Murray Show with Damian Lawlor, Sunday Independent - Wed 1st Feb, 2012 - RTE Radio One ... ("Mulryne - a red devil to serve God" - France Soir")
Daily Mail - News - Gavin Allen Back to top>>



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Wednesday 25 January 2012
 "nothing beats having a married mother and father to support you" - Daily Mail

TV midwives


"...nothing beats having a married mother and father to support you" - TV midwives and this cruel betrayal of single mums - Sandra Parsons - Daily Mail
 Daily Mail - Femail - Sandra Parsons Back to top>>



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Wednesday 25 January 2012
 Pope to Donate Golden Rose to Cuba's Patron Saint - Latin American Herald Tribune

President Raul Castro to attend Mass

'Fidel Castro considers Benedict XVI "a good person" and several years ago told a top Vatican official, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who was visiting the island at the time, that the pope has "the face of an angel."' - Pope to Donate Golden Rose to Cuba's Patron Saint - President Raul Castro to attend Mass - Latin American Herald Tribune
 Latin American Herald Tribune - Cuba - Back to top>>



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Wednesday 25 January 2012
 Religious freedom under threat from courts, professor warns - Guardian

Oxford academic Roger Trigg points to 'clear trend' privileging secular values over religious conviction

@To decide whether or not a British Airways employee could wear a cross with her uniform, the courts have suggested it is not a core part of Christian belief - but this decision shouldn't be up to them" - Roger Trigg ... "...faith in God is not an add-on or optional extra" - archbishop of York, John Sentamu (2009)- Religious freedom under threat from courts, professor warns - Oxford academic Roger Trigg points to 'clear trend' privileging secular values over religious conviction - Guardian - Wed 25th Jan, 2012
 Guardian - News - David Shariatmadari Back to top>>



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Tuesday 24 January 2012
 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE 46th WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY

Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization

"... indeed, people today are frequently bombarded with answers to questions they have never asked and to needs of which they were unaware. %u200EIf we are to recognize and focus upon the truly important questions, then silence is a precious commodity that enables us to exercise proper discernment in the face of the surcharge of stimuli and data that we receive." ... MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE 46th WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY - Silence and Word: Path of Evangelization - Pontifical Council for Social Communications - Tue 24th Jan, 2012 (Feast of St Francis de Sales, Patron Saint of Journalists)
 Vatican website - World Communications Day - Pope Benedict XVI Back to top>>



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Monday 16 January 2012
 Foul-mouthed, pornographic and tasteless! TV3's Tallafornia on John Murray Show - RTE Radio 1

Foul-mouthed, pornographic and tasteless! TV3's Tallafornia on the John Murray Show. To complain about this interview, please contact RTE on 01 208 3111 and complaints@rte.ie and the BROADCASTING AUTHORITY of IRELAND, BAI - John Murray Show - RTE Radio One - Mon 16th Jan, 2012
RTE Radio One - The John Murray Show - John Murray Back to top>>



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Monday 16 January 2012
 Radharc - Today with Pat Kenny - RTE Radio 1


Matthew McAteer talks about the Catholic documentary series Radharc - FREE LUNCHTIME SCREENINGS OF RADHARCH PROGRAMMES IN the IFI THIS MONTH - RTE Radio One - Mon 16th Jan, 2012
RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



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Monday 16 January 2012
 'BREAKING:Lawyer for 'X' case is member of government's expert group on abortion' - Youth Defence


BREAKING:Lawyer for 'X' case is member of government's expert group on abortion - Youth Defence - Mon 16th Jan, 2012
 Youth Defence - News - Joe The Broadcaster Back to top>>



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Monday 16 January 2012
 Public decries closure of embassy to the Vatican - Irish Examiner

93% criticised Gilmore decision


"TANAISTE Eamon Gilmore's decision to close the Irish embassy to the Vatican was met with overwhelming opposition from the public with over 93% criticising the move."..."Another claimed the Government was using the clerical child sexual abuse scandals as 'cover' to wage a 'vendetta' against the Church."
Public decries closure of embassy to the Vatican - Paul O'Brien - Political Editor - Irish Examiner - Mon 16th Jan 2012 (also referred to in Morning Ireland's 'What It Says in the Papers')
 Irish Examiner - News - Paul O'Brien Back to top>>



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Saturday 14 January 2012
 Government announces 'expert group' on abortion - Irish Catholic [Blog]

"The Government has announced this evening that it has established a so-called 'expert group' to look at the issue of abortion..."

"A statement from the DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH this evening..." (emphasis added)

"The Expert Group will be chaired by Justice Mr Sean Ryan and consist of the following 13 members:

Dr Peter Boylan, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Dr Mary Holohan, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Dr Imelda Ryan,

Psychiatrist,Dr Ailish Ni Riain,

General Practitioner

Dr Mark Walsh, General Practitioner

Ms Christine O'Rourke, Office of the Attorney General

Ms Mary O'Toole, Senior Counsel

Ms Joanelle O'Cleirigh, Solicitor

Ms Denise Kirwin, Solicitor

Dr. Deirdre Madden, Medical Council

Dr Maura Pidgeon, An Bord Altranais

Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health

Mr Bernard Carey, Assistant Secretary, Department of Health..."

- Government announces 'expert group' on abortion - Irish Catholic - Blogs - Michael Kelly - Fri 13th Jan, 2012

COMMENT: You don't need an expert to tell you that killing the innocent is wrong; you only need an 'expert' when you want to obscure the truth that killing the innocent is wrong...

Pro Life Campaign Says Expert Group on Abortion Presents Opportunity to Clarify Key Ethical Distinctions - Fri 13th Jan, 2011
Irish Catholic Newspaper - Blogs - Michael Kelly Back to top>>



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Tuesday 3 January 2012
 Stop swearing for TV!

Irish Times re Ceann Comhairle's Sean Barrett's proposed Dail changes


Stop swearing for TV! Sean Barrett - Deaglan de Breadun - Irish Times re Ceann Comhairle's Sean Barrett's proposed Dail changes
 The Irish Times - All sections - Back to top>>



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Tuesday 20 December 2011
 Turin Shroud not medieval forgery, says new research - Irish Independent

Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural - Independent (London)

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"A NEW study suggests that one of Christianity's most prized but mysterious relics -- the Turin Shroud -- is not a medieval forgery and could be the burial robe of Christ.

"Italian scientists conducted a series of experiments that they said showed that the marks on the shroud -- purportedly left by the imprint of Christ's body -- could not have been faked with technology that was available in medieval times." - Turin Shroud not medieval forgery, says new research - Irish Independent - Tue 20th Dec, 2011

Scientists say Turin Shroud is supernatural - Independent (London) - Tue 20th Dec, 2011

Could the Shroud of Turin be real after all? Scientists recreate iconic image with 'blinding flash of light' - Daily Mail - Tue 20th Dec, 2011

Italian study claims Turin Shroud is Christ's authentic burial robe - Telegraph - Mon 19th Dec, 2011
Irish Independent - Latest News - Nick Squires Back to top>>



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Tuesday 20 December 2011
 Abortion is also bad for women - Pro Life Campaign - Irish Examiner

"FINDING (of Medical Royal Colleges) FATALLY UNDERMINED MEDICAL RATIONALE FOR MOST USED GROUNDS OF BRITAIN'S ABORTION LEGISLATION"

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"Last week also saw the publication of a review by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges on induced abortion and mental health...One of the most notable things to emerge from the review was its finding that abortion provides no mental health benefit to women. THE FINDING FATALLY UNDERMINED THE MEDICAL RATIONALE FOR THE MOST USED GROUNDS OF BRITAIN'S ABORTION LEGISLATION. Ninety five percent of abortions performed in the UK are performed on the grounds that continuance of the pregnancy would involve risk of injury to the mental health of the pregnant woman....UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THE COVERAGE OF THE REPORT CREATED CONFUSION AS TO ITS ACTUAL FINDINGS..." (emphasis added) - Dr Ruth Cullen - Irish Examiner - Tue 20th Dec, 2011 (Page 15)
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Monday 19 December 2011
 Orthodox sex abuse scandal
enclave - New York Post

117 kid victims and 85 arrests in Jewish enclave



Orthodox sex abuse scandal
enclave - 117 kid victims and 85 arrests in Jewish enclave - New York Post - Sat 11t Dec, 2011

[Comment: Why was this not reported in the Irish media ?]

Child sex abuse scandal rocks Orthodox Jewish community after 85 arrested - Daily Mail - Mon 12th Dec, 2011

Child sex abuse scandal rocks N.Y. Orthodox community, after 85 arrested - Haaretz - Mon 12th Dec, 2011
New York Post - Daily Mail - New York Post - SUSAN EDELMAN Back to top>>



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Saturday 17 December 2011
 Missing the big picture on abuse - RTE Drivetime

Feeding prejudice-omitting facts



In an item on Friday's Drivetime, dealing with a report on sexual abuse in the Dutch Catholic Church, RTE's Mary Wilson, RTE'S Philip Boucher-Hayes and a Dutch investigative reporter omitted an important fact: the Dutch Report, itself, pointed out that child sexual abuse was no more prevalent in the Catholic Church than it was in non-Catholic institutions ("It emerged that the risk was twice as high as the national average, but with no significant difference between Roman Catholic and
non-Roman Catholic institutions." - Page 9). The Programme also failed to read out a text which drew the attention of the Drivetime team to this statement in the Report, which begs the question, does the repeated omission of relevant facts and contextual information amount to deliberate public deception regarding the issue of child sexual abuse? - Drivetime [1 hr 17 mins into audio] - RTE Radio One - Fri 16th Dec, 2011

[Comment: The Programme also included the playing, without critical comment, of a particularly anti-Catholic section in the infamous Enda Kenny 'Cloyne' speech as well as a feature on Christopher Hitchens, who died on Thursday] ]

http://fma.ie/fma/news/highlighted_news_links/
RTE Radio One - Drivetime - Mary Wilson Back to top>>



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Friday 16 December 2011
 Amazing Grace! - Nationwide - RTE One

Hymn composer John Newton, William Wilberforce and 'spiritual tourism' in Donegal!



Inishowen Peninsula!..."The hymn, Amazing Grace, played at many different occasions from weddings and funerals, it's a beautiful and powerful hymn. What is little known is the story of its connection to County Donegal. John Newton who penned the words of the Hymn 1773, had found refuge in Lough Swilly and wrote the famous words of the song as a result. Helen Mark reports from Buncrana on a major initiative to celebrate this unique link between Lough Swilly and this world famous hymn." - Hymn composer John Newton, William Wilberforce and 'spiritual tourism' in Donegal! -Amazing Grace! - Nationwide - RTE One - Wed 14th December, 2011

"...IT WAS ONLY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT HAD SAVED HIM"!

[Recommended!]
 RTE One - Nationwide - Helen Mark - Brian McVeigh - Mary Kennedy - Michael Ryan Back to top>>



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Friday 16 December 2011
 "I would like to make it clear that should the Government be informed by the Holy See that Pope Benedict wishes to visit Ireland..." - Eamon Gilmore - Oireachtas Report - RTE 1

"...I have no doubt that the Government would respond positively and that an invitation would be forthcoming."



"I would like to make it clear that should the Government be informed by the Holy See that Pope Benedict wishes to visit Ireland at a time of mutual convenience, for instance, at the occasion of next year's EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS, I have no doubt that the Government would respond positively and that an invitation would be forthcoming." - Eamon Gilmore - Foreign Affairs Committee on the Closure of Embassies - Oireachtas Report - RTE 1 - Thu 15th Dec 2011
 RTE One - Oireachtas Report - Roisin Ni Eadhra Back to top>>



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Wednesday 14 December 2011
 Ordination of women: Olivia O'Leary criticises George Weigel and the Church - Drivetime - RTE Radio 1



Ordination of women: Olivia O'Leary criticises George Weigel and the Church - Drivetime - RTE Radio 1 - Tue 13th Dec, 2011 [Comment: 'Gift and Mystery'... State sponsored 'errorism'... So much for ecumenism! ... Would such a rant against another religion be tolerated? ... Who paid for this? Answer: You! ... Open admission that the 'central reason' for taking issue with the Church is NOT the Hierarchy's mishandling of child sexual abuse cases]

Gina Menzies and George Weigel on renewing the church in Ireland - Today with Pat Kenny - RTE Radio 1 - Tue 13th Dec, 2011
RTE Radio One - Drivetime - Olivia O'Leary Back to top>>



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Monday 12 December 2011
 Pope's telegram of condolence to Archbishop Chaput - death of Cardinal Foley - Vatican Radio



"Below is the telegram of condolence from Pope Benedict XVI to the Most Reverend Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Philadelphia on the death of Cardinal John Patrick Foley.

"Having learned with sadness of the death of Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, I offer you my heartfelt condolences. As I recall with gratitude the late Cardinal%u2019s years of priestly ministry in his beloved Archdiocese of Philadephia, his distinguished service to the Holy See as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, and most recently his labors on behalf of the Christian communities of the Holy Land, I willingly join you in commending his noble soul to God, the Father of all mercies. I also pray that his lifelong commitment to the Church%u2019s presence in the media will inspire others to take up this apostolate so essential to the proclamation of the Gospel and the progress of the new evangelization. To all who mourn Cardinal Foley in the hope of the Resurrection, I cordially impart my Apostolic Blessing as a pledge of consolation and peace in our Lord Jesus Christ."

BENEDICTUS PP. XVI
Vatican Radio interview with Cardinal Foley - Vatican Radio
Vatican Radio - News - Back to top>>



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Monday 12 December 2011
 Former President of Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Cardinal John Foley, dies



"Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem died today. He was 76. The Cardinal had been suffering from Leukaemia and had returned to Philadelphia in the US.

"In his comments to Vatican Radio's Italian service, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi said "everyone who had ever met Cardinal Foley admired and loved him for his kindness and for his spirituality."

"Father Lombardi also recalled the Cardinal's work in the field of communication as President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications saying, he was always well prepared and very competent." - Vatican Radio

[The current president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications is Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli. The secretary of the council is an Irishman, Mons Paul Tighe] Message (in Spanish) from the then Mons Claudio Maria Celli, on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 12th December, 2007
Vatican Radio - News - Back to top>>



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Tuesday 6 December 2011
 Pregnancy charity launches brazen adverts for the 'standby' morning-after pill ahead of Christmas party season - Daily Mail

Pregnancy charity (British Pregnancy Advisory Service) launches brazen adverts for the 'standby' morning-after pill ahead of Christmas party season - Daily Mail - Tue 6th Dec, 2011 [Comment: Cynical exploitation of women]
 Daily Mail - News - Sophie Borland Back to top>>



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Tuesday 6 December 2011
 Keeping the flock - Letters - Independent

Re: abuse of children compared with Fr Kevin Reynolds defamation: "...it was not a professional reputation that was damaged but the physical integrity and psychological well-being of children." - Keeping the flock - Letters - Independent - Tue 6th Dec, 2011 - [Comment: Dismissing what was visited on Fr Kevin Reynolds as being merely a matter of "professional reputation" is shameful anti-clerical bigotry, all the more incredible in that it comes from a professor of education]
 Irish Independent - Latest News - Back to top>>



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Saturday 3 December 2011
 Doctor struck off as abortion nearly kills Irish woman



Doctor struck off as abortion nearly kills Irish woman - Irish Independent - Fri 2nd Dec, 2011 ...

"Dr Phanuel Dartey perforated the uterus of the unidentified woman and left parts of a foetus inside her at the MARIE STOPES INTERNATIONAL clinic in Ealing where he worked."

[Comment: Marie Stopes International have a large openly-identified 'clinic' beside St Joseph's Discalced Carmelite Church, on Berkeley Road, in Dublin. It is also near the Mater Misericordiae (Mother of Mercy) Hospital ...

This 'botched abortion' took place in 2006. Why are we only hearing about it now!?

Were the many women who made appointments with Marie Stopes in Dublin made aware of it?]

Irish woman left 'fighting for life' after abortion in UK clinic - Eilish O'Regan - Belfast Telegraph - Sat 3rd Dec, 2011

Surgeon struck off over botched ops - Press Association - Fri 2nd Dec, 2011 [Comment: NO MENTION OF 'ABORTION', AT ALL, IN THAT PRESS ASSOCIATION ARTICLE]

Gynaecologist struck off after botching four cosmetic genital operations at Harley Street clinic - Daily Mail - Fri 2nd Dec, 2011 [Comment: 'ABORTION' NOT IN HEADLINE!]

Marie Stopes Doc Loses License, Almost Killed Woman in Abortion - Steven Ertelt - LifeNews - Fri 2nd Dec, 2011
Irish Independent - Latest News - Kim Pilling Back to top>>



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Saturday 3 December 2011
 Audits bring church closer to urgent goal - Breda O'Brien

Audits bring church closer to urgent goal - Breda O'Brien
 The Irish Times - Opinion - Breda O'Brien Back to top>>



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Friday 2 December 2011
 Apple denies claims that Siri is anti-abortion



Apple denies claims that Siri is anti-abortion

"Apple has denied claims that its smartphone voice-activated assistant Siri is anti-abortion.

It follows reports that Siri failed to locate nearby abortion clinics. In some cases it suggested pregnancy advice centres as an alternative." (Emphasis added) BBC News - Fri 1st Dec, 2011
 BBC - News - Back to top>>



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Friday 2 December 2011
 IT'S STILL THERE! 'Statement by Minister Shatter on Prime Time Investigates programme on clerical sex abuse in Africa'



IT'S STILL THERE! 'Statement by Minister Shatter on Prime Time Investigates programme on clerical sex abuse in Africa'... (reported in this week's The Irish Catholic)

"I share the widespread public concern and disgust at the REVELATIONS which the programme contained." (emphasis added) - Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter - 24 May '11

Time for Shatter to apologise - 11 Oct '11
Department of Justice website - Department of Justice - Alan Shatter - Today in the Doyle - Michael Kelly - Irish Catholic - What It DOESNT Say in te Papers - FMA Back to top>>



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Thursday 1 December 2011
 Statement by the Catholic Communications Office correcting Wednesday's Irish Times article referring to Cardinal Sean Brady -- 30 November 2011


Statement by the Catholic Communications Office correcting yesterdy's Irish Times article referring to Cardinal Sean Brady -- 30 November 2011 ... "A news report carried on the front page of today's Irish Times referring to Cardinal Sean Brady, and a High Court case which has been settled by the Archdiocese of Armagh and Mr Brendan Boland, includes some serious inaccuracies." (emphasis added)
 www.catholicbishops.ie - Press Releases - Irish Catholic Bishop's Conference Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 Marian Finucane Show: Senator Ronan Mullen re Fr Kevin Reynolds defamation by RTE - Newspaper Panel - RTE Radio 1


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"... And, then, the harder question, but the question, to use the phrase that's very common in the Law: the fair question to be tried is, 'DID PEOPLE IN RTE FALL INTO SOME KIND OF INSTITUTIONAL MINDSET VIS-A-VIS THE CHURCH, PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THE SCANDALS?'" ??? - Ronan Mullen - Marian Finucane Show - RTE Radio 1 - Sun 27th Nov, 2011 ... Please, see, also: A DOUBLE-STANDARD Double -- Drive (home your point) Time! RTE Radio 1 - FMA - Thu 24th Nov, 2011; ... DOUBLE STANDARD! - FMA - Fri 18th Nov, 2011 ;... RTE's 'Mission to Prey' (on an innocent Catholic priest!) - FMA - Fri 7th Oct, 2011; ... The paper of (some) records (but not others!!): Kevin O'Sullivan's Irish Times! Newstalk Breakfast - FMA - Fri 21st Oct, 2011 (The prededing article by the Family and Media Association, was published shortly before and independent of the Amarach Report about 'Attitudes towards the Catholic Church') ...
RTE Radio One - Marian Finucane Show - Marian Finucane Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 RTE accused over fake tweet that scuppered Gallagher's Aras bid - Sunday Independent



RTE accused over fake tweet that scuppered Gallagher's Aras bid - Sunday Independent - Sun 27th Nov, 2011 ... Please, see, also Did an error by RTE Frontline change the outcome of the presidential election? - FMA - Sat 29th Oct, 2011
Sunday Independent - News - Jody Corcoran Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 Gallagher at war over fake tweet 'ambush' - Sunday Independent



Mr Gallagher: "is seeking an oral and/or public hearing into a complaint which, he says, RTE should be compelled to attend"; ... "submitted a detailed 22-page complaint against RTE to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI"; ... "is seeking a 'formal apology' from the broadcaster."

... Gallagher at war over fake tweet 'ambush' - Sunday Independent - Sun 27th Nov, 2011 ... Please, see, also Did an error by RTE Frontline change the outcome of the presidential election? - FMA - Sat 29th Oct, 2011
Sunday Independent - News - Jody Corcoran Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 Hunky Dory boss claims cheeky adverts boosted brand exposure - Sunday Independent

Hunky Dory boss claims cheeky adverts boosted brand exposure - Sunday Independent - Sun 27th Nov, 2011 [COMMENT: Obviously a true assessment by Hunky Dorys, but very sad that Largo Foods can say this without fear of a public reaction.]
 Sunday Independent - News - Cathal Breathnach Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 EDITORIAL - RTE must pay the correct price - Sunday Independent



EDITORIAL - RTE must pay the correct price - Sunday Independent - Sun 27th Nov, 2011
 Sunday Independent - EDITORIAL - Editor Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 Curran offered resignation in wake of paternity test - Sunday Independent



Curran offered resignation in wake of paternity test - Sunday Independent - Sun 27th Nov, 2011
 Sunday Independent - News - Niamh Horan Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 Order calls on RTE to justify naming dead brother as abuser in programme - Sunday Independent

Order calls on RTE to justify naming dead brother as abuser in programme - Sunday Independent - Sun 27th Nov, 2011
 Sunday Independent - News - Maeve Sheehan Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 Order calls on RTE to justify naming dead brother as abuser in programme - Sunday Independent

Order calls on RTE to justify naming dead brother as abuser in programme - Sunday Independent - Sun 27th Nov, 2011
 Sunday Independent - News - Maeve Sheehan Back to top>>



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Sunday 27 November 2011
 Niamh Horan: 'Ed makes calls like these for breakfast' - Sunday Independent



"TOM Savage, the chairman of the RTE Authority, has said that that Ed Mulhall (above), the managing director of News and Current Affairs, had the final say in running the discredited documentary on Fr Kevin Reynolds." - Sunday Independent - Sun 27th Nov, 2011
 Sunday Independent - News - Niamh Horan Back to top>>



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Saturday 26 November 2011
 Is there a VENDETTA, in the media, against the Church? Sarah Carey - Newstalk



Is there a VENDETTA, in the media, against the Church? Fr Sean McDonagh, Michael O'Regan, Irish Times, Kate Shanahan, DIT - Sarah Carey - Newstalk - 9am Sat 26th Nov, 2011 ... See, also, Time for Shatter to apologise ("I share the widespread public concern and disgust at the REVELATIONS (emphasis added) which the programme contained" - Minister for Justice, Solicitor, Alan Shatter)
Newstalk - Talking Point - Sarah Carey Back to top>>



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Friday 25 November 2011
 Breaking: Tanaiste signals Government's intention to remove Consitutional provision on blasphemy

RIA



Breaking: Tanaiste signals Government's intention to remove Consitutional provision on blasphemy. Eamon Gilmore was speaking, today, at the Royal Irish Academy's 2011 International Affairs Conference on 'Democratisation and New Media'
 RIA - What it doesn't say in the papers - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford Back to top>>



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Thursday 24 November 2011
 Judge Ann Power-Forde SC, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights - Chairperson: The Hon Mrs Justice Susan Denham Chief Justice of Ireland - "The Autonomous Concept of 'Family' in the
Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights"

9th Annual Brian Walsh Memorial Lecture:...

"The AUTONOMOUS CONCEPT of 'FAMILY' in the JURISPRUDENCE of the EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS".

To include the ECHR's jurisprudence on issues such as: adoption, parental rights, same-sex relationships, and the best interests of the child -

Thursday 24th November at 6.30pm - The Distillery Building, 145-151 Church Street, D 7.

Speaker: Judge Ann Power-Forde SC Judge of the European Court of Human Rights Chairperson: The Hon Mrs Justice Susan Denham Chief Justice of Ireland

Registration: From 6pm. Prior registration required to iselbrianwalsh@gmail.com. This lecture is open to all and free of charge to ISEL members. There is a 10 Euro charge for non-ISEL members, payable on arrival.
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Thursday 24 November 2011
 A 'DOUBLE-STANDARD Double' -- Drive (home your point) Time! RTE Radio 1 - Wed 23 Nov 2011 - FMA

Cat 'out of the bag' but no one in RTE can see it!



"In other words, the Institution ('Church RTE') and the Institution's mission (RTE's investigative current affairs) is ultimately more important than any people it might abuse along the way. Sound familiar? Well not, apparently, to Mr Dawson or, for that matter, and for the second week running' to Ms Wilson. They still don%u2019t get it!" -- A 'DOUBLE-STANDARD Double' -- Drive (home your point) Time! Cat 'out of the bag' but no one in RTE can see it! RTE Radio 1 - Wed 23 Nov 2011 - FMA
 What It DOESNT Say in the Papers - Blog - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford Back to top>>



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Friday 18 November 2011
 DOUBLE STANDARD!

RTE and its treatment of the Church under the microscope



A FRIGHTENING DOUBLE STANDARD in RTE's attitudes to child abuse and the Catholic Church has emerged in the last 24 hours.

Following the settlement, at the High Court, yesterday afternoon, of the Fr Kevin Reynolds defamation case, Kevin Dawson, Head of Corporate Communications at RTE, decided to go on the Station's Drivetime programme to be interviewed by Mary Wilson, at 5:40pm.

When asked, would heads now roll, over the Fr Reynolds case, Mr Dawson said, "It's very difficult for a rolled head, so to speak, to learn anything".

This response is in stark contrast to the attitude adopted by RTE towards the priests and bishops which the Station helped to hound out of office.

The irony of RTE's position, however, appears to have been lost, not only on Mr Dawson, but also on the Drivetime Presenter, who decided not to follow up with a related question.

Later, that night, as part of the terms of the Settlement, an apology was read out on air on RTE 1, immediately prior to the screening of Prime Time (it was last May's Prime Time programme, 'Mission to Prey' which gave rise to yesterday's defamation case in the High Court).

Although the wording of the apology was comprehensive, it was read out quickly and in a monotone way, as pointed out by Fr Sean McMcDonagh of the Association of Catholic Priests and Fr Eamon Aylward of the Irish Missionary Union, on Friday's Today with Pat Kenny.

Fr McDonagh also pointed out that had it been a bishop who had been required, by a court, to read out an apology, and had the bishop got someone to read the apology in a similar monotone way to the way last night's Prime Time Apology was read, that bishop would have been subject to severe media criticism.

These incidents, in the last 24 hours alone, have revealed a worrying double standard in the way RTE holds people and organizations to account for their actions. It cannot be a matter of one rule for priests and bishops and another rule for RTE journalists and producers. More generally, it cannot be a matter of one rule for the Church and another for RTE!

The challenges now facing RTE are formidable and while it is clear the Station would wish to be able, quickly, to put the affair behind it, in reality, it will have some work to do if it is to tackle the growing impression among ordinary Catholics that when it comes to fair play for the Church, the Institution that is RTE 'still doesn't get it'!

...

The Family and Media Association is encouraging its members and other people of good will to protest this obvious double standard on the part of RTE by contacting the Station and other authorities.

See also RTE's 'Mission to Prey' (on an innocent Catholic priest!)
What It DOESN'T Say in the Papers - What it doesn't say in the papers - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford Back to top>>



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Wednesday 16 November 2011
 Delay to priest's defamation case - Irish Times - Wed 16 Nov, 2011


"THE DEFAMATION action by Fr Kevin Reynolds against RTE did not proceed at the High Court yesterday because no judge was free to hear it." - Delay to priest's defamation case - Irish Times - Wed 16 Nov, 2011 - [Comment re headline: Why was the word, "RTE" not included? Also, the word, 'priest' -- when used by the IT -- is almost a pejorative term, certainly impersonal and not likely to arouse much sympathy in the reader/viewer. An alternative headline: "RTE defamation case - Fr Reynolds forced to wait for his day in court".]

No judge to hear defamation case- Irish Independent - Wed 16 Nov, 2011

[Comment: Tiny article which would hardly warrant a second look, particularly, in view of the absence in the headline of any words which could identify, much less personalise, the Case. None of: 'Prme Time Investigates', 'Mission to Prey', 'RTE'' and Fr Kevin Reynolds' are used. Even, the word, 'priest' is left out]
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Wednesday 16 November 2011
 Vacating the Vatican - Letters - Patrick Carr - Irish Times - Wed 16 Nov, 2011


"It is depressing to observe that, under Eamon Gilmore, our foreign policy is as bankrupt morally as our exchequer is financially" -
Vacating the Vatican - Letters - Patrick Carr - Irish Times - Wed 16 Nov, 2011
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Wednesday 16 November 2011
 Catholic bishops plan expansion of post-abortion counseling - Reuters - Wed 16 Nov, 2011


Catholic bishops plan expansion of post-abortion counseling - Reuters - Wed 16 Nov, 2011 ... Amen
 Reuters - All sections - Reuters Back to top>>



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Wednesday 16 November 2011
 OLRTXT US AMER EDU SPO CRIM LIF ANV JUDIC PRO NEWS PA1 DBT MUNI - Reuters - Wed 16 Nov, 2011


The media sometimes speak a 'different language'!!...The headline should read: 'Analysis: Penn State shouldn't hide behind legal moves - lawyer' - Reuters - Wed 16 Nov, 2011
 Reuters - All sections - Reuters Back to top>>



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Wednesday 16 November 2011
 The politics of religious liberty - GetReligion - Wed 16 Nov, 2011


The politics of religious liberty - GetReligion - re reporting of US Catholic bishops' concerns about the attack on religious freedom...
Three headlines, all about the same story, contrasted:.. 'Bishop says religious freedom under attack in America' - National Catholic Reporter;...'Bishops say government eroding religious liberty' - The Associated Press;...'Bishops Open 'Religious Liberty' Drive' - The New York Times...
"Notice the subtle (or perhaps not-so-subtle) difference? As the National Catholic Reporter and AP framed the news, the bishops voiced concerns about religious liberty. As presented by the Times, however, the bishops took a calculated political stand." - GetReligion Wed 16th Nov, 2011
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Tuesday 15 November 2011
 (Fr Kevin Reynolds) Libel case prompts review of RTE's editorial process - Irish Times


(Fr Kevin Reynolds) Libel case prompts review of RTE's editorial process - Irish Times ..."PRESS OMBUDSMAN Prof John Horgan is to carry out an independent review of RTE's editorial process arising out of the Fr Kevin Reynolds libel case.
The announcement was made to staff yesterday afternoon and in advance of the High Court libel action involving Fr Reynolds and RTE which is due to be held today." - Ronan McGreevy - Tue 15 Nov 2011
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Monday 14 November 2011
 Hardly surprising if 'Majority backed Kenny's Cloyne speech'


Hardly surprising if 'Majority backed Kenny's Cloyne speech' -
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Thursday 10 November 2011
 Folly of closing Embassy to the Holy See - Dr Vincent Twomey - Irish Times


OPINION: The Government's decision to close the Irish Embassy in the Vatican is short-sighted, writes VINCENT TWOMEY
 The Irish Times - All sections - Back to top>>



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Thursday 10 November 2011
 Fine Gael TDs turn on Kenny over Cardiff and Vatican Embassy


Fine Gael TDs turn on Kenny over Cardiff and Vatican Embassy..."Mr Kenny's constituency colleague, John O'Mahony from Mayo (see above), and new TD, Patrick O'Donovan from Limerick, were among the large numbers of backbenchers critical of the decision." - Thursday, 11th November 2011

[COMMENT:This is what can happen when Catholics make their views known to their representatives]
 Irish Independent - Latest News - Fionnan Sheahan and Kevin Keane Back to top>>



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Friday 4 November 2011
 Embassy closure has huge significance - Paddy Agnew - Irish Times

Embassy closure has huge significance - Paddy Agnew - Irish Times
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Friday 4 November 2011
 Wrong move to close Vatican embassy: Irish Catholic Editor Garry O'Sullivan - Morning Ireland - RTE Radio One

Wrong move to close Vatican embassy: Irish Catholic Editor Garry O'Sullivan - Morning Ireland - RTE Radio One
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Monday 31 Oct 2011
 Jerry Springer - the Opera - Under the Covers - Newstalk

Jerry Springer - the Opera - Under the Covers [AUDIO PODCAST]- Henry McKean - Newstalk - Opening Night for the Grand Canal theatre - Mon 31 Oct 2001


"If you think you're going to be offended you just don't turn up...There are no holds barred in the show...I really do believe that THE WRITERS WENT OUT THERE TO OFFEND AND THAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE...and the aim of the show for us is to actually shock you" - Eoin Cannon (who plays the role of Satan in Jerry Springer - the Opera - emphasis added)

"I am. I'm a practicing Catholic....IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE OFFENSIVE but I understand people will be offended" - Jean Wallace (who plays 'Peaches'' and 'Baby Jane', answering the question, 'Are you religious at all?' - emphasis added)

"And I have to say, Jerry Springer - the Opera isn't for the faint-hearted...But, if you can get along, do...It looks like a blast...and if you can get there, do...I'm going to try and go along...It should be great" - Henry McKean, Newstalk presenter
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Tuesday 1 November 2011
 Jerry Springer - the Opera - Under the Covers - Newstalk

Jerry Springer - the Opera - Under the Covers [AUDIO PODCAST]- Henry McKean - Newstalk - Opening Night for the Grand Canal theatre - Mon 31 Oct 2001


"If you think you're going to be offended you just don't turn up...There are no holds barred in the show...I really do believe that THE WRITERS WENT OUT THERE TO OFFEND AND THAT WAS THEIR PURPOSE...and the aim of the show for us is to actually shock you" - Eoin Cannon (who plays the role of Satan in Jerry Springer - the Opera - emphasis added)

"I am. I'm a practicing Catholic....IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE OFFENSIVE but I understand people will be offended" - Jean Wallace (who plays 'Peaches'' and 'Baby Jane', answering the question, 'Are you religious at all?' - emphasis added)

"And I have to say, Jerry Springer - the Opera isn't for the faint-hearted...But, if you can get along, do...It looks like a blast...and if you can get there, do...I'm going to try and go along...It should be great" - Henry McKean, Newstalk presenter
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Monday 31 October 2011
 Did an error by RTE Frontline change the outcome of the presidential election? - Sat 29 Oct 2011 - FMA



Did an error by RTE Frontline change the outcome of the presidential election? (scoop! Homer Simpson's role in Irish presidential election! priest faces dilemma over confessional seal?) [Blog] - Sat 29th Oct 2011 - Family and Media Association
 What it DOESN'T say in the papers - Blog - Donal O'Sullvan-Latchford Back to top>>



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Monday 24 October 2011
 Reform "in the Context of Global Public Authority"! Vatican Justice and Peace council


TOWARDS REFORMING
THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND MONETARY SYSTEMS
IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL PUBLIC AUTHORITY - Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace - New document
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Friday 21 October 2011
 The paper of (some) records (but not others!!) - Kevin O'Sullivan's Irish Times! Newstalk Breakfast

The paper of (some) records (but not others!!) - Kevin O'Sullivan's Irish Times! Newstalk Breakfast - "Institutional neglect" - Thu 20th Oct 2011 - What it DOESNT say in the papers
What it DOESNT say in the papers - What it DOESNT say in the papers - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford Back to top>>



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Friday 14 October 2011
 Senator:"What is the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources going to do about it?"


"Has the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, been in contact with RTE regarding the editorial procedures followed by those who make programmes such as 'Prime Time'?...will the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, if he has not done so already, seek an urgent meeting with the director general of RTE to discover the nature and extent of the editorial procedures that apply in cases such as this?...What is the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources going to do about it? Has he made contact with RTE...What are the investigatory or procedural measures RTE and other broadcasters have in place to ensure people%u2019s good names will be protected?" - Senator Darragh O'Brien - Tue 11 Oct 2011
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Friday 14 October 2011
 Ireland's youngest priest interviewed - e3 from 11 -


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Monday 10 Oct 2011
 Dana on anti-Catholic media bias: "People are made to feel like criminals in their own country" - Today with Pat Kenny - RTE Radio 1


Dana on anti-Catholic media bias: "People are made to feel like criminals in their own country" - Today with Pat Kenny - RTE Radio 1 - 10:30am approx. Monday, 10th Oct 2011
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Tuesday 11 Oct 2011
 Tonight 10pm! Coleman At Large - BAI Chairman Bob Collins a possible guest on tonight's show - Newstalk Tue 11 Oct


BAI Chairman and former Director General of RTE, Bob Collins may be interviewed on Newstalk's Coleman At Large at 10pm, Tonight, Tuesday 11th October 2011
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Friday 7 October 2011
 RTE's 'Mission to Prey' (on an innocent Catholic priest!)

RTE's 'Mission to Prey' (on an innocent Catholic priest!)
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Thursday 6 October 2011
 Irish Catholic Editor in challenge to Pontifical Council for Social Communications

'Church should end its lectures to journalists - Garry O'Sullivan'


Irish Catholic Editor in challenge to Pontifical Council for Social Communications: 'Church should end its lectures to journalists - Garry O'Sullivan'..."The facts of recent years and scandals stand for themselves. Were it not for the flawed secular media, the 'filth' in the Church would be still there and the in-house Catholic media would never have published it. So the Pontifical Council for Social Communications should spare us the publishing of the full message for World Communications on January 2011, Feast of St Francis of Sales, patron saint of journalists..." - Garry O'Sullivan, Editor, The Irish Catholic - Thu 6th Oct 2011 - The Irish Catholic
 The Irish Catholic - Opinion - Garry O'Sullivan Back to top>>



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Thursday 6 October 2011
 'A load of rubbish' - Ferns Report author slams Government hypocrisy on children - Irish Catholic


'A load of rubbish' - Ferns Report author slams Government hypocrisy on children
"This Government doesn't understand what child protection is...Their version of child protection is strengthening legislation which affects about 5pc of children." - Dr Helen Buckley, The Children's Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin - Thu 6th Oct 2011 - Irish Catholic
 Irish Catholic - News - Garry O'Sullivan and Rory Fitzgerald Back to top>>



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Wednesday 5 October 2011
 Is the Church getting a bad deal from the media? Coleman At Large - Newstalk


Is the Church getting a bad deal from the media? Secular humanist Brendan O'Neill says, 'YES'! (10 mins into broadcast) - Newstalk - Coleman At Large - 10:15pm Tue 4th Oct 2011
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Wednesday 5 October 2011
 The Norris letters issue - Irish Times

"For a candidate with an international reputation, who has actively campaigned for human rights and for transparency in public life, that is a disappointing response" - [Comment: An Irish Times editorial?] Wed 5th Oct 2011
 The Irish Times - Editoral - Back to top>>



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Monday 3 October 2011
 'The Sound of Silence' - World Communications Day 2012 - Mon 3rd Oct 2011 - FMA

'Back to basics' seems to be the 'theme behind the theme' for next year's World Communications Day Message


'Back to basics' seems to be the 'theme behind the theme' for next year's World Communications Day Message - Mon 3rd Oct 2011 - Family and Media Association - FMA
 Blog - Family and Media's "What it doesn't say in the papers!..." - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford Back to top>>



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Monday 3 October 2011
 "Agreement to differ": Tanaiste plays down Vatican disagreement - Irish Times


"I think it%u2019s well known there has been what might be described as 'an agreement to differ' about it"..."Our relationship with the Vatican stands as it always has done" - Tanaiste, Eamon Gilmore - Irish Times - Mon 3 Oct 2011
[Comment: Translated roughly as, 'the Taoiseach made a complete mess of this and got his facts wrong etc...We don't want to apologise but, please, don't be angry. It's all got out of hand. We'd like to pretend that the speech never happened so can we please just forget about it and move on now, please! The last thing we want is some sort of Presidential election backlash']
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Monday 3 October 2011
 State seeking to gain control over church - Fr Seamus Murphy SJ - Irish Times


State seeking to gain control over church - Fr Seamus Murphy SJ - Irish Times Sat 1 Oct 2011
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Monday 3 October 2011
 'Abortion rights in Mexico - Steps forward and back' - The Economist


i.e. Mexican Supreme Court fails to overturn states' decisions to alter their constitutions and say that life begins at conception! 30 Sep 2011
 The Economist - The Economist - The Economist Back to top>>



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Wednesday 28 September 2011
 Census count inflated same sex couple numbers

Census count inflated same sex couple numbers
 The Irish Times - All sections - Back to top>>



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Tuesday 27 September 2011
 Well done to TV3 and Ireland AM





Well done to TV3 and Ireland AM who ran a really positive piece about chastity, this morning (to be repeated at about 11am on 3e)
 TV3 - Ireland AM - Back to top>>



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Tuesday 27 September 2011
 BBC turns its back on year of Our Lord - Mail

2,000 years of Christianity jettisoned for politically correct 'Common Era'



BBC turns its back on year of Our Lord: 2,000 years of Christianity jettisoned for politically correct 'Common Era'

Ann Widdecombe, the Catholic former Tory Minister, said: 'I think what the BBC is doing is offensive to Christians. They are discarding terms that have been around for centuries and are well understood by everyone.

'What are they going to do next? Get rid of the entire calendar on the basis that it has its roots in Christianity?'

- Mail 25th Sept 2011
 Daily Mail - News - Chris Hastings Back to top>>



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Monday 26 September 2011
 Chastity on campus - John Murray Show - RTE Radio 1



Final year student Maura Garrihy talks to John Murray about her decision to live chastity. "I'm totally living a normal life like everyone else...it's quite an enriching experience...it's normal". Youth 2000, Pure in Heart, Elation Ministries etc. mentioned. [Audio] - 9am Mon 26th Sep 2011

Virgin Teens: Why I won't have sex until I marry - Susan Gately - Fri 23rd Sep 2011 - Independent

The Camino mentioned later in the Show and also St Sebastian. Texts read out at end.


RTE Radio One - The John Murray Show - John Murray Back to top>>



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Saturday 24 September 2011
 NEW AT 10PM on Fridays: The God Slot - RTE Radio One

Religious affairs programme



Eclectic first episode of this new religious affairs programme: The Pope in Germany and remaining a Catholic after the scandals. Contributions from EWTN, Ben Conroy (who wrote in the Irish Catholic re World Youth Day, here, and also here and here), 'We are Church', Paul Dunbar of 'Count Me Out'.

Programme is in competion with the Late Late Show and the international X-Factor.

The negative results of the paternity tests in the Fr Kevin Reynolds case were mentioned briefly at beginning. Also mentioned: the fact that today is the Feast of St Padre Pio.

"As ben says, when you meet him (Pope Benedict) up close, he comes accross as a much gentler man than he is often portrayed" - Eileen Dunne. 'Last word' given to orthodox Catholic positions in both discussions.

Duration: 30 mins approx (follows 10pm News)

Podcast
Next week's podcast (The UK riots and The RCCG Holy Ghost service)

Phone: 01 208 2039
Email: godslot@rte.ie

10pm Friday 23rd Sep 2011
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Wednesday 21 September 2011
 'Crime Time'? Does RTE have a 'mission to prey' on all Catholic priests? - FMA
??????

Two paternity tests have shown that the Co Galway-based priest, Fr Kevin Reynolds, who was featured in the RTE 'Prime Time Investigates' programme 'Mission to Prey', is not the father of a Kenyan woman, it was revealed in the High Court today.

Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said it was wholly unsatisfactory that RTE had not already lodged a defence to the claim for defamation which Fr Reynolds had taken out in early July but gave the National broadcaster until the end of the month to do so.

Is this case slowly but surely revealing that RTE has an unstated mission of its own, a 'mission to prey' on all Catholic priests?

Priest featured on RTE programme 'did not father Kenyan woman', High Court told - Examiner - Wed 21 Sep 2011

RTE given week to defend defamation claim - RTE - Wed 21 Sep 2011


A Comment from the Family and Media Association which RTE FAILED TO PUBLISH, last May, on its Prime Time Investigates blog for 'Mission to Prey'




Faith in the Media - News - FMA - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford - RTE - Examiner

Priest featured on RTE programme 'did not father Kenyan woman', High Court told - Examiner - Wed 21 Sep 2011

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Wednesday 21 September 2011
 Catholic Communications Office Director in hard hitting defence of Faith, in the media - Examiner - FMA

Defending the dignity of women


The Director of the Catholic Communications Office of the Irish Bishops Conference, Martin Long has launched a stinging attack on a feature which appeared in the Sep 16th edition of the Irish Examiner newspaper.

The 'Joyless Sects' feature included a photograph of a female model in a provocative pose involving rosary beads. Mr Long described this 'objectification' as "offensive to Catholics and demeaning to women. It demonstrates a complete lack of respect for a prayer cherished by Catholics. The Rosary is, and always has been, a prayer associated especially with the family", he went on to say.

Later, in the letter, Mr Long explicitly defends the Catholic Church's teaching on human sexuality when he says, "The Church's teaching on sexuality is rooted in the innate dignity of each human person created in the image and likeness of God and redeemed by Christ".

Mr Long closes by calling the Irish Examiner to task: "I would have expected a more reasoned debate on these important issues from writers in a quality national newspaper", he says -

Letters - irish Examiner (a digital version of the letter had not been posted on the Examiner's website, www.examiner.ie, at the time of writing)

Letters to the Examiner at letters@examiner.ie
Irish Examiner - Letters - Martin Long - Catholic Communications Director

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Tuesday 20 September 2011
 Did the Minister read the letter? Cloyne - FMA - Irish Times

Minister stands firm on abuse plans - Irish Times

Minister stands firm on abuse plans - Irish Times

'I hate to say this but...' DID THE MINISTER READ THE LETTER? Did Minister Frances Fitzgerald read the Holy See's response to the Tanaiste, Eamonn Gilmore, regarding the Murphy Commission's Report into child sexual abuse in Cloyne?

In this Irish Times report by Patsy McGarry, out today, the Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald is quoted as saying that the Vatican had "not been comparing like with like." "I don't think it was a valid comparison," she said. "We are in a different place now" to 1996 "with over 10 years' experience of the guidelines". (see paragraph 3)

But, surely, the comparison that the Vatican made was between a 1997 letter from Archbishop Luciano Storero (linked to Cardinal Hoyos) and the 1996 position of the then Fine Gael and Labour Coalition Government? In a disturbing echo of the Taoiseach's Cloyne error, the Minister appears, clearly, to be under the illusion that the Vatican was referring to some imaginary 'letter of intervention' from perhaps "as little as 3 years ago", to quote the Taoiseach. Can it be that the Minister for Children takes the issue of the abuse of children so lightly that she did not actually read the Vatican Response to her Government? Sadly, there is a poor appetite in the Irish media for holding the Government accountable for ITS failings with respect to child abuse!

...

The Minister is also quoted as saying she is "very struck" by indications of increased sexualised behaviour among children. Her comments are far from being premature and an acknowledgement of the problem should inform several areas of Government policy, including that of broadcasting. The Family and Media Association first raised this issue of the sexualization of children over 4 years ago, as did CARI, the organization which the Minister is quoted as referring to in the present article. Please read this FMA Newsflash and related links from July 2007 - Tue 18 Sep 2011

























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Monday 19 September 2011
 Dana poised to enter Presidential race - pulled from Celebrity Bainisteoir - Newstalk, Journal, IT



Dana poised to enter Presidential race - Newstalk

Dana poised to enter Aras race - Irish Times

Dana pulled from Celebrity Bainisteoir over presidency bid - The Journal

Comment: 'Complete hypocrisy from RTE as usual who have been virtually openly campaigning for David Norris. If RTE were an All Ireland final ref, one of the teams wouldn%u2019t be allowed to score at all!' - FMA

Newstalk - The Journal - Irish Times - News - Newstalk - The Journal - Irish Times Back to top>>



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Friday 16 September 2011
 Ferns priest: Mothers, wives just as guilty as church for abuse cover up - Newstalk


Ferns priest, Fr. Paddy Banville has claimed that the "wives and mothers of Ireland" are as culpable as the church hierarchy in the cover up of sexual abuse. In an opinion piece in this week's Irish Catholic newspaper, Fr. Banville, also, said, ?In time, I believe Ireland will discover that there is nothing particularly unique in the Catholic bishop?s bungling attempts to deal with clerical abuse...In fact, I believe that covering up is a typical response to child abuse right across the board, at least until very recently.? - [AUDIO and TEXT] Garry O'Sullivan (Editor, Irish Catholic) speaking with Damien Kiberd - Lunchtime - Newstalk

http://www.irishcatholic.ie/site/content/wives-and-mothers-ireland-covered-abuse-says-wexford-priest
Newstalk - Lunchtime - Damien Kiberd Back to top>>



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Friday 16 September 2011
 Government controlled - Late Late Show pushes its agenda - Coleman at Large - Newstalk
Government controlled - Late Late Show pushes its agenda...Also on this programme: State sponsored - irresponsible promotion of euthanasia by RTE and Late Late show; Unfair: David Norris, the presidency and the Late Late Show; attempted defence of Enda Kenny speech by Fine Gael's Joe O'Reilly; finding fault with your parents: adolescent Enda? Everything definitely not 'Hunky Dory' (What have Ryan Air and the Crisp Manufacturer got in common? Some publications make an 'each way' bet on the objectification of women); - Coleman at Large - Newstalk - Wed 14 Sep 2011


Discussion continues here... http://media.newstalk.ie/listenback/174/wednesday/2/
Newstalk - Coleman at Large - Marc Coleman

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Friday 16 September 2011
 Merkel asks religious leaders for prayers to help get through eurozone crisis - Reuters


Merkel asks religious leaders for prayers to help get through eurozone crisis - Reuters - Tue 13th Sep 2001
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Thursday 15 September 2011
 Please pray for the repose of the soul of our esteemed former National Executive Member and Treasurer, MICHAEL CUMMINS, RIP


Please pray for the repose of the soul of our esteemed former National Executive Member and Treasurer, MICHAEL CUMMINS, RIP, who died on Monday...Funeral arrangements: reposing Flanagan's funeral home today Thursday prior to his removal to Saint Mary's Church, Sandyford, arriving at 6 o'clock. Funeral tomorrow, Friday, after 11 Mass to Glencullen cemetry.

Ar dheis De go raibh a anam
 Family and Media Association - Family and Media Association - Family and Media Association Back to top>>



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Thursday 15 September 2011
 SNAP Judgements Part II: Ground Zero of the Catholic Scandal - These Stone Walls



"SNAP promotes a lucrative version of the Catholic sex abuse scandal, but is it accurate? And is it really victim advocacy? Not all victims see it that way." - Fr Gordon J MacRae - Wed 14 Sep 2011
 These Stone Walls - These Stone Walls - Fr Gordon J MacRae Back to top>>



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Wednesday 14 September 2011
 'Breaking' the Seal of the Confessional - The Frontline - RTE 1

This is one of the daftest ideas that has come out in recent years!




The idea that you could break the Seal of the Confessional...: "This is one of the daftest ideas that has come out in recent years..."
- Paul Anthony McDermott, UCD School of Law (35 mins into broadcast)

"...If that Law was passed as it is, it would almost certainly be found unconstitutional...and the real problem with the law and at some point Ministers Shatter and FitzGerald are going to realise this, I think it will be an interesting political experiment to see how many weeks it takes them to realize it: people aren't going to support this measure and who's going to benefit from that? It's people who get information outside of the Confessional who should be made criminals for not passing it on but they will be able to use the confusion surrounding this issue and the fact that the public don't support this issue as a means for saying I don't have to comply with the Law at all "
- Paul Anthony McDermott (35 mins into broadcast)

Monday 12 Sep 2011 10:35pm
 RTE One - The Frontline - Pat Kenny

Corey Feldman: Pedophilia in Hollywood - ABC News - 10 Aug 2011 Back to top>>



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Sunday 11 September 2011
 Taoiseach went further than voicing anger - Breda O'Brien - Irish Times


"Contrast the amount of commentary on the 1997 letter regarding the framework document with commentary on the acidic comments the Cloyne report made about the Office of the Minister for Children for failing to disclose legal advice from the Attorney General." - Sat 10 Sep 2011
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Friday 9 September 2011
 Dana in bid for Aras support - Front Page - Independent


FORMER presidential candidate Dana Rosemary Scallon has been asking Independent and Fianna Fail TDs for their support in a late attempt to get into the race for the Aras" - Front Page - Independent
 Irish Independent - Latest News - Fiach Kelly Back to top>>



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Thursday 8 September 2011
 Paternity test 'clears' priest who is suing RTE over rape allegation - Independent

PRIME TIME INVESTIGATES: A MISSION TO PREY



In May of this year,

THE FAMILY AND MEDIA ASSOCIATION ATTEMPTED, WITHOUT SUCCESS, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, TO POST THE FOLLOWING COMMENT ON RTE'S BLOG FOR PRIME TIME INVESTIGATES: A MISSION TO PREY...

"Good that more terrible abuse has been brought, in a certain sense, into the light, particularly in the 'forgotten continent'. Strange, however, that the absence of any criminal conviction and the assertion of innocence should be presented as proof of guilt. Not sure also about the producers' confidence in Africa's criminal justice systems -- was under the impression that concerns had been raised, in particular about Uganda's proposed execution of those accused of homosexual rape. A recent documentary on South African prisons also showed the horrific lawlessness that obtains there...Will be following with interest the results of that paternity test. Hope I'll be able to find them easily on the RTE website, whatever the outcome..."

(RTE has still not posted this comment!)

FAITH IN THE MEDIA 25 MAY 2011

Irish Independent - News - Kevin keane

FAITH IN THE MEDIA - 25 MAY 2011

PRIME TIME INVESTIGATES: A MISSION TO PREY - 23 MAY 2011

Paternity test clears priest who is suing RTE over rape allegation - Boards.ie Back to top>>



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Sunday 4 September 2011
 Vatican response re Cloyne - This Week - RTE

Archbishop Martin, David Quinn, Richard Bruton, Fr Tom Doyle [AUDIO] (balanced programme from RTE)

"It's a very specific allegation but it is important also to be able to say calmly and ask the Taoiseach or whoever was speaking on his behalf what exactly was meant by this so that we can move forward not having suspicions that there were some other agendas there that we don't know about" - Archbishop Diarmuid Martin

"There were a number of other citations they could have found of Ratzinger before he was Pope and of other leading vatican...where they clearly state...that they are strongly opposed to Bishops reporting criminal activity by their priests to the civil authorities as if they are above the law..." - Fr Tom Doyle. "Well let's hear the quotes. Let's hear the quotes from Cardinal Ratzinger. Let's get chapter and verse and tell us what they were and where they were said and in what context!" - David Quinn (no response from Fr Doyle) ...

"Therefore, what law of the State was the Vatican interfering with? The answer is none! And so, if you're going to be making incredibly serious allegations at the level of international diplomacy you'd better be able to back it up to the hilt!" - David Quinn
RTE Radio One - This Week - Back to top>>



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Sunday 4 September 2011
 Senator Mullen accuses RTE's Finucane of ratcheting up outrage



Senator Ronan Mullen accused RTE presenter Marian Finucane of "ratcheting up" outrage on today's Marian Finucane Show. In a discussion regarding the vatican reponse to the Cloyne Report, the Senator also accused the broadcaster of advancing an agenda and behaving more like an interviewee than an interviewer. Texts in support of the Senator were read out, following a break.
[AUDIO]

Sun 4 Sept 2011

CLICK here to listen to audio of the Show

(begins 27 mins into audio; main exchange: 37 mins into audio)

"But Marian, you're becoming an interviewee here not an interviewer, in fairness, you know...Marian, with respect...What you are doing Marian is you are ratcheting up the outrage here ...and ...you are preventing us from distinguising between what has to be condemended outright and in forthright terms and what ought not to have been said and my point to you is simply this, there is nothing and there was nothing in Enda kenny's speech that acknowledged that over the last 10 years Ratzinger in particular had led a reform about how these issues were handled but what you did get was a direct allegation of elitism ... and there's no evidence provided in the speech. You then get this taking out of context of a quotation which is about something totally different and it's made to sound like the Church is saying that we don't really have to follow the laws of the land and this is why it's important and this is why I think maybe unconsciously you have a bit of an agenda here (oh I most certainly do not) oh I do think you have on this point...It is a failure to look at the precise meaning of words and it is a failure to accept that sometimes innocent people get slated along with the guilty"
RTE Radio One - Marian Finucane (Audio Only) - Marian Finucane

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Saturday 3 September 2011
 Cloyne: Holy See response in full - 3 Sep 2011 - Vatican Radio


"The Cloyne Report, however, provides no evidence in support of the Commission's assessment"

3 Sep 2011 - Vatican Radio
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Wednesday 31 August 2011
 West needs Catholicism, says agnostic Nobel Laureate

"Believers and non-believers should rejoice at what has taken place in Madrid"



"a democratic society cannot effectively combat its enemies--beginning with corruption--if its institutions are not firmly supported by ethical values, if a rich spiritual life does not flourish in its bosom as a permanent antidote to destructive forces."

"Believers and non-believers should rejoice at what has taken place in Madrid"- Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian agnostic who was the Winner of the 2010 Nobel prize for Literature

Link is to report by CNA. L'Osservatore Romano Italian translation of the Lagos article (El Pais Sun 28 Aug 2011) is on Page 5 at http://www.osservatoreromano.va/orportal-portlets-portal/detail/binaries/pdf_quotidiano/quotidiano198.pdf
L'Osservatore Romano - CNA - News - Mario Vargas LLosa

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Monday 22 August 2011
 Wiltshire catholic hails World Youth Day in Madrid - BBC News

A young catholic from Wiltshire says his faith has been strengthened by a special event being held in Europe


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Saturday 20 August 2011
 Movie News - Buckley refused naked Inbetweeners scene - RTE Ten


Movie News - Buckley refused naked Inbetweeners scene - RTE Ten


[Comment: a normal reaction is now quite correctly considered news!]
 RTE News Ten - Movie News -

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Saturday 20 August 2011
 For these millennials, faith trumps relativism - USA Today - WYD

World Youth Day pilgrims


'For these millennials, faith trumps relativism'
(World Youth Day pilgrims)

'Their question is no longer, "What will make me feel good?" but "What will make me a good person, and how can I do good for the world?"'

Tue Aug 16 - USA Today
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Friday 19 August 2011
 "LET NOTHING AND NO ONE TAKE AWAY YOUR PEACE!" - Pope - 18 Aug 11

"do not be ashamed of the Lord"


"With all my heart, I say again to you young people: LET NOTHING AND NO ONE TAKE AWAY YOUR PEACE; DO NOT BE ASHAMED OF THE LORD" - Pope Benedict XVI to young Catholics, yesterday, at World Youth Day (WYD) in Madrid [Text and Audio]. About 2,000,000 expected for final Mass. Already about 1,500,000 young people attending the Event in Spain - Thu 18 Aug 2011
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Thursday 4 August 2011
 Dana considering Presidential campaign -- sources - Newstalk


Dana considering Presidential campaign -- sources - Newstalk

Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, Newstalk Nation etc.
 Newstalk - News - News

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Tuesday 2 August 2011
 Vincent Browne authored a provocative anti-catholic rant in the Irish Times (Opinion and Analysis, July 27th 2011)

"deliberate gaps in information"


"deliberate Gaps in information"

"It was full of factual errors and malicious conjecture.In fact it was typical of more routine anti-catholic tracts and attacks by protestant fundamentalist sects"

"Vincent Browne's historical critique of the Catholic Church (Opinion and Analysis, July 27th) falls into the trap of relying on lazy English translations of obscure 15th century Papal documents. " - 30 July 2011 (unpublished in the Irish Times, the paper of record as of 2 Aug 2011)
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Thursday 21 July 2011
 "Therefore, the severity of certain criticisms of the Vatican are curious..." Fr Lombardi SJ

"...as if the Holy See was guilty of not having given merit under canon law to norms which a State did not consider necessary to give value under civil law."



"Therefore, the severity of certain criticisms of the Vatican are curious, as if the Holy See was guilty of not having given merit under canon law to norms which a State did not consider necessary to give value under civil law." - Fr Federico Lombardi
 www.catholicbishops.ie - Statement by Fr Lombardi SJ - Fr Lombardi SJ

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Saturday 16 July 2011
 Why would the State draft legislation that it must know will not achieve its stated objective?



QUESTION:...??

Why would the State draft legislation that a) it knows depends on the compliance of priests; b) it knows no priest will comply with?

The proposed legislation on mandatory disclosure, insofar as it applies to the Seal of the Confessional, requires the compliance of Priests, if it is to have any effectivness.

But, even the most cursory research into the Catholic Church would have revealed that priests will not comply with the legislation and break the Seal.

Why then is the State determined to introduce legislation which it must have known, in advance, will not work, that is, will not achieve its stated goal of acquiring additional information for protecting children?

This is very puzzling. Is there some other goal which has not yet been stated? If not, then the only conclusion to be drawn is that the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Children have been breathtakingly incompetent in carrying out their homework assignment!

Why has no other country introduced such legislation? Why were there no attempts made in Northern Ireland, for example, to compel priests to disclose information acquired in Confession? In these cases, the homework was done.

The last time an Irish Government took such pride in a unilateral and inadequately researched course of action, it seems to me, was the bank guarantee!

Sat 16 Jul 2011 - COMMENT/ANALYSIS - META MEDIA - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford
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Friday 15 July 2011
 "The State is guilty of (not doing) the very thing it is accusing the Vatican of not doing!" (i.e. mandatory reporting) David Quinn, The Right Hook, Today


"The State is guilty of (not doing) the very thing it is accusing the Vatican of not doing!" (i.e. mandatory reporting) - David Quinn, The Right Hook, Newstalk Today Fri 15 Jul 2011

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Thursday 14 July 2011
 "Seal is under attack" - Thu 14 Jul 2011

No exemptions on mandatory reporting

"Seal is under attack" - No exemptions on mandatory reporting


See RTE News report here - Thu 14 Jul 2011
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I Confess (Movie) - 1953 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 13 July 2011
 Cloyne Report - Wed 13 Jul 2011

Cloyne Report - Wed 13 Jul 2011
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Sunday 3 July 2011
 Letters to the Sunday Times defending Women Hurt (by abortion) - 26/6/11

"I was told abortion would solve my problems but it only gave me new ones"



"I was told abortion would solve my problems but it only gave me new ones"

Letters to the Sunday Times defending the Women Hurt by abortion - 26/6/11

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Thursday 30 June 2011
 Interview with Kevin O'Sullivan, new Irish Times Editor - Today with Myles Dungan - RTE Radio 1


"It's back to 'Dear sir'"

Topics: he definitely doesn't believe in hexes (he is the 13th editor); collapse of advertising; the online challenge and responses: the Financial Times' Paywall versus the 'Freemium Model', Irish Times' 'viewers' rather than 'readers', iPad access etc.; the property boom; ethos: "I would regard myself as a Social Democrat in the European context...and clearly we need to move to this great notion of a 2nd Republic and I hope the Irish Times will be in that space"...

Interview with Kevin O'Sullivan, the new Irish Times Editor - Today with Myles Dungan - RTE Radio One, Thu 30 Jun 2011 [AUDIO - 28 minutes into broadcast]

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Saturday 2 July 2011
 Attitudes, not pregnancy, are cause of 'crisis' - Breda O'Brien - Irish Times



Attitudes, not pregnancy, are cause of 'crisis' - Breda O'Brien - Opinion and Analysis - Irish Times, Sat 2 Jul 2011

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Monday 4 July 2011
 Pro-choice and anti-abortionists rally in Dublin - Irish Times



"A MARCH against legalised abortion saw an estimated 5,000 people gather outside Government Buildings in Dublin on Saturday"

Pro-choice and anti-abortionists rally in Dublin - CIAN NIHILL - Irish Times, Mon 4 Jul 2011

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Monday 4 July 2011
 The Joys of Life - Sunday Times 3 July 11



"Pro-Life campaigners took to the streets of Dublin yesterday, calling on the Irish government not to legalise abortion despite a recent European Court of Human rights ruling. A counter-demonstration was held by pro-choice activists"

The Joys of Life - Sunday Times 3 July 2011
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Wednesday 22 June 2011
 David Quinn and Educate Together on the future of Catholic schools - 10am Wed 22 Jun - Today with Pat Kenny - RTE Radio 1

David Quinn and Educate Together debate the future of Catholic schools TODAY Wednesday 22 Jun 2011 from 10am on Today with Pat Kenny - RTE Radio 1
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Wednesday 22 June 2011
 The Magdalene scandal is being skewed just to attack the Church - Mary Ellen Synon - Mon 20 June 2011 - Irish Daily Mail

The Magdalene scandal is being skewed just to attack the Church - Mary Ellen Synon - Mon 20 June 2011 - Irish Daily Mail
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Wednesday 15 June 2011
 RTE's 'civil' war - Morning Ireland describes 'civil partnership' as "marriage"

RTE's 'civil' war - In It Says In The Papers, Morning Ireland's Fiona Kelly describes 'civil partnership' as "marriage" [AUDIO - 3 mins 34 secs into broadcast - last item] -

"But finally, RTE news reader, Michael Murphy is in the news, this morning. The Independent and the Examiner carry pictures of his marriage, yesterday, to his partner of 26 years, Terry O'Sullivan. Michael tells the Independent that he felt tremendously affirmed after the civil ceremony in Dublin's Registry Office yesterday: it's a new Ireland, he tells the Paper, a better and healthier Ireland" - Fiona Kelly

Wed 15 Jun 2011

 RTE Radio One - Morning Ireland - It Says in the Papers - Fiona Kelly

Love is in the airwaves as 'delighted' RTE star ties knot - Irish Independent - Wed 15 Jun '11 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 15 June 2011
 Countdown to International Eucharistic Congress underway - Vatican Radio

Countdown to International Eucharistic Congress underway [Audio and Text] - 3rd June 2011 - Emer McCarthy - Vatican Radio
 Vatican Radio - News - Emer McCarthy

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Wednesday 1 June 2011
 Hurt by abortion? - 1st June 2011 - Women Hurt - womenhurt.ie

Women hurt (facing abortion regret)



"Women Hurt is a project initiated by women who regret their abortions and wish to share their stories of hope and healing with women who find themselves in similar situations."


...facing abortion regret...


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Wednesday 1 June 2011
 BBC is anti-Christian and ageist, viewer survey finds - 1 June 11 - Telegraph



"The BBC uses 'derogatory stereotypes' to portray Christians while marginalising older women, according to the corporation's own research." - 1 June 2011 - Andy Bloxham - Telegraph
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Friday 27 May 2011
 Topics and questions for Parish Bulletins and Missalettes - 27 May 11 - Irish Bishops



Topics and questions for Parish Bulletins and Missalettes - 27 May 2011 - Irish Bishops

"A new edition of the Roman Missal is being introduced this year. But what is the Roman Missal?"...
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Tuesday 31 May 2011
 Tommy Tiernan lashes out at media - the new moral authority! -- Fri, 27 May 2011 [You Tube] - RTE Radio 1

Tommy Tiernan lashes out at media - the new moral authority! Fri, 27 May 2011 [You Tube] - The John Murray Show - RTE Radio 1
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Tuesday 31 May 2011
 Norris campaign is hit by his old comments on paedophilia - Fionnan Sheahan - Irish Independent - 31 May



Norris campaign is hit by his old comments on paedophilia - Fionnan Sheahan - Irish Independent - 31 May

 Irish Independent - Latest News - Fionnan Sheahan Political Editor Back to top>>



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Tuesday 31 May 2011
 Drivetime - "Dirty tricks"? Patsy McGarry re David Norris - 31 May - RTE Radio 1

Drivetime - "Dirty tricks(?)" and the presidential campaign - Patsy McGarry re David Norris - 31 May - RTE Radio 1 [AUDIO - at end of programme]
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Tuesday 31 May 2011
 Today with Pat Kenny - David Norris interview re Magill article - 31 May - RTE Radio 1

Today with Pat Kenny - David Norris interview re Magill article - 31 May - RTE Radio 1 [AUDIO - from beginning of programme]

Comment: It is interesting to count the number of times Pat Kenny says that the vast majority of texts received by the show were supportive of David Norris
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Monday 30 May 2011
 Liveline - Magill article about David Norris - Mon 30 May - RTE Radio One

"Finally Helen Lucy Burke rang us about an interview she did with David Norris in 2002 - published in Magill magazine - she believed some of his views expressed in the interview made him unsuitable as a Presidential candidate. In a statement from David Norris he said 'the presentation of references to sexuality in the article attributed to me were misleading in that they do not convey the context in which they were made. People should judge me on my actions as a public servant, over the last 35 years and on the causes and campaigns, for which I have fought, and not on an academic conversation with a journalist over dinner' (From the RTE website) [AUDIO PODCAST] - RTE Radio 1 Liveline - Mon 30 May 2011

Comment: "Is this appeal of David Norris not equivalent to a priest asking that he be judged, only, on how he offers Mass? (in the narrow sense)"

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Monday 30 May 2011
 Boy who was not baptised a Catholic received First Holy Communion - Liveline - RTE Radio 1

"Good news for Robert's son - he was allowed make his First Holy Communion even though he wasn't baptised a Catholic" [AUDIO PODCAST] - RTE Radio 1 Liveline - Mon 30 May 2011
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Monday 30 May 2011
 Church to celebrate the 45th World Communications Day - Irish Bishops


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Saturday 28 May 2011
 "Moving on" from respecting the Sabbath - The Business - RTE Radio 1



Business Review: Maeve Dineen of the Irish Independent, and Veolia Water's Pierre Eymery on the impending cuts in Sunday wages...

With regard to respecting the Sabbath Day: "A lot of us, myself included, would have moved on from that now" - Maeve Dineen [AUDIO PODCAST - 12 minutes into broadcast]...

Texted response to Maeve Dineen's comment from listener: 'Re Sunday rates of pay, your guest said that we have "moved on" from keeping the Sabbath. Hardly a positive "move". We "moved on" in the same way from Christian principles between 2001 and 2008, and bankrupted the country! David, Dublin'

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Tuesday 31 May 2011
 The Free Radical - David Norris - Helen Lucy Burke - Magill Jan 2002

The Free Radical - David Norris - Helen Lucy Burke - Magill
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Friday 27 May 2011
 Tommy Tiernan lashes out at media - the new moral authority!



On the John Murray Show, this morning, comedian Tommy Tiernan turned his guns on the media as the new moral authority, sections of which he compared to some of the priests of a previous era when they used their pulpits to speak out against certain individuals: "That was absolutely a Dublin based thing and a media based thing...The media in Ireland is fairly, I mean, it's ah, I think, so, you know, you have to be careful what you say, you know, because some of the papers now, the tabloids, in a sense, and some of the radio shows, I think: you listen to Marian sometimes on a Saturday, or, ah, you get the feeling that you have to kind of justify yourself to them or something, that there is. There is a great sense of morality, or, I don't like it, I tend to steer away from it, and, with the tabloids, the tabloids have, in a sense, replaced the Church: the tabloids now decide who's guilty and who's innocent and they'll give out to you from their pulpit and there's no, you can't question the tabloids because they're too powerful and they'll come after you. It is the same as 50 years ago, you know, the priest giving out about you and you dare not say anything because your name might be called out next week, you know." Unsurprisingly DJ John Murray didn't attempt to explore, further, the theme of the media with his guest [AUDIO - 17 mins into broadcast - there are interesting aspects to the rest of the interview, also]
 RTE Radio One - The John Murray Show - John Murray

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Thursday 26 May 2011
 Finola Bruton challenges Irish Universities' Women and Gender Studies departments

Finola Bruton: Women and Gender Studies departments should ask: why so many men on the dole? - Iona Institute Conference, today



Finola Bruton said, today, that the Women and Gender Studies departments of Irish universities should ask: why are so many men on the dole? and not just why are so few women in the boardroom?

In Ireland, approximately 17% of men are, now, unemployed, in the wake of the onset of the recession. This compares with approximately 10% of women.

Ms Bruton was speaking at the Iona Institute conference, Women, home and work; towards a policy that's fair to all families in the Davenport Hotel, Dublin, this afternoon.
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Thursday 19 May 2011
 "Garret Fitzgerald was more expert in theology than some of the bishops" - John Bowman - Today with Pat Kenny - RTE Radio 1

"Garret Fitzgerald was more expert in theology than some of the bishops"

- John Bowman (54 mins into broadcast)



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Wednesday 18 May 2011
 Strange claim by King's College lecturer about Lady Gaga and Christianity





"Dr Pete Ward, a senior lecturer at King's College, London, and author of a book on religion and celebrity, Gods Behaving Badly, said he believed Lady Gaga was using religion as a 'metaphor' and shouldn't be denounced as heretical by Christians"

"She is basically saying what Jesus is saying - we should love God and love each other it seems" !

Mentioned on Newstalk Breakfast


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Tuesday 10 May 2011
 Waters May Day appeal: "Discover a new Lord of the dance"!


Re RTE discussion: "Because I have written two books exploring how intelligent people might re-engage with Christianity in its true essence, there is absolutely zero prospect of my being invited to participate"




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Monday 9 May 2011
 Ann Widdecombe defends her Faith! Saturday Night Show - 8 May '11 - RTE 1


Ann Widdecombe defends her Catholic Faith on Brendan O'Connor's Saturday Night Show - 8 May '11


?"Let us lie in wait for the righteous man...
He became to us a reproof of our thoughts;
the very sight of him is a burden to us,
because his manner of life is unlike that of others" - cf Wis 2:12-24

12 minutes into show


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Tuesday 3 May 2011
 Cardinal Brady: "If we had listened (to Pope John Paul II)" ... on VATICAN RADIO today


Cardinal Brady: "If we had listened (to Blessed Pope John Paul II)" ... on VATICAN RADIO today [AUDIO - Interview]

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Saturday 30 April 2011
 Pope John Paul II - Irish Independent - The day 'a living saint' kissed 800 lepers one by one

Pope John Paul II - Irish Independent - The day 'a living saint' kissed 800 lepers one by one - Nicole Winfield - Rome - Front Page - RECOMMENDED





 Irish Independent - Front Page - Nicole Winfield

Pope's body is exhumed from crypt ahead of beatification - John Cooney and Philip Pullella in Rome - Irish Independent - Sat 30 Apr 2011 Back to top>>



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Thursday 21 April 2011
 Television - Holy Week and Easter


The Sex Education Show: Stop Pimping Our Kids - Channel 4 - Holy Thursday 21st April at 21:00

Passion In The Pale (Passion play on the streets of Dublin) - RTE 1 - Holy Thursday 21st April at 23.05

EWTN special programming from Cobh Cathedral - Fr Pat Winkle (Youghal) - Holy Thursday at 19:00; Fr Pat Scanlan (Castletownroche) - Good Friday at 10:30 and at 19:00

Solemn Liturgy for Good Friday (St John's Church, Tralee) - RTE 1 - Good Friday 22nd April at 14:55

First Passion/An Chead Phais (the making of a 1912 religious epic) - TG4 - Good Friday 22nd April at 17:30

What's the Point of Forgiveness? - BBC 1 - Good Friday 22nd April at 09:00

Mass for Easter Sunday - From the Vatican with Pope Benedict (Commentary Fr Thomas McCarthy) - RTE 1 - Easter Sunday 24th April at 09:15

Urbi et Orbi - RTE 1 (Fr Thomas McCarthy) and BBC 1 (Denis Nowlan) - Easter Sunday 24th April at 11:00

The Story of Jesus - BBC 1 (biblical scholar commentary - narrated by David Suchet) - Easter Sunday 24th April at 11:35

Back to School (part of an ongoing campaign against religious education - a strange choice for Easter Sunday) - TV3 - Easter Sunday 24th April at 20:00

followed by (!)

The Dark Knight (Heath Leger's depiction of the personification of evil in the character of 'The Joker') - TV3 - Easter Sunday 24th April at 21:00

Muintir na Mara (visiting megalithic tomb and chatting to former priest) - TG4 - Easter Sunday 24th April at 20:15

Vatican - The Hidden World - Nat Geog - Easter Sunday 24th April at 20:00

Flight of Faith: The Jesus Story - UTV - Easter Sunday 24th April at 23:15

Misineir na nDuganna (The Priest, the Mob, the Movie) - the story of Fr John Corridan, a young priest who took on the underworld. The story was the inspiration for Marlon Brando's The Waterfront (showing later on RTE 1 at 01:30 Monday morning) - TG4 - Easter Sunday 24th April at 20:50

On the Waterfront (See TG 4 above) - RTE 1 - Easter Monday 25th April at 01:30

Not an exhaustive list - More programme details and previews on www.faitharts.ie


 FMA - TV Guide - FMA Back to top>>



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Thursday 21 April 2011
 Mother Theresa: Only God Matters - Fior Sceal - Thu 21 Apr 11:30pm - TG 4

A Holy Thursday offering from TG4...

The Family and Media Association has received a number of complaints regarding this intensely negative programme about Mother Theresa and the work of the Missionaries of Charity, broadcast by TG4, at 10:30pm on Tuesday 19th April and being repeated tonight, Holy Thursday, at 11:30pm. The programme called 'Mother Theresa: Only God Matters' is part of the 'Fior Sceal' series (an ironic name under the circumstances) - it puts forward the atheist's delusion, 'if God is everything then we are nothing'! If you wish to complain to TG the numbers are 091 505050 and 01 4763030]


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Tuesday 19 April 2011
 Channel 4 9pm Tonight - 'Stop Pimping Our Kids'


Stop Pimping Our Kids...
EPISODE 1 of the new series of the Sex Education Show

"Anna tackles high street giant Primark over children's clothing that transforms kids into sexualised mini adults, and takes Matalan to task over their decision to keep stocking padded bras..."

 Channel 4 - The Sex Education Show: Stop Pimping Our Kids - Anna

Grooming on a grand scale - Is this the generation of 'baby groomers'? - Letter - Family an Media Association Back to top>>



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Friday 15 April 2011
 Today with Pat Kenny - Taking the life of one's child - RTE Radio 1

EUTHANASIA - CHILD ABUSE

One Last Goodbye (Kay Gilderdale)

"In the end after 17 years her daughter Lynn wanted her life to end and treatment to stop. Her mother, a trained nurse helped her to administer a fatal dose of morphine in an act of love and mercy..."!!!

 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny

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Monday 11 April 2011
 Today with Pat Kenny - The Monks' of Roscrea guesthouse, Pat Rabbitte, Gay couple's fostering experience - RTE Radio 1

the subheadline


Before 11am...:...The new Communications' Minister, Pat Rabbitte

The guesthouse of the Monks of Roscrea reviewed by Marie Louise O'Donnell

After 11am:'Dave Thomas and Patrick Bracken about their experiences of providing foster care as a gay couple', preceded by lengthy discussion about Dave and Patrick meeting, coming out etc

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Saturday 9 April 2011
 Tonight with Vincent Browne - John Allen, Patsy McGarry... - TV3

[VIDEO] Recommended viewing:

Somewhat 'pythonesque' episode of Tonight with Vincent Browne (note Vincent's antipathy towards sheep!)

CNN Senior Vatican analyst John Allen, in particular, seems to expose a worrying and profound level of ignorance about the Catholic Church on the part of the Irish religious 'commentariat'.

(For the uninformed, the Catholic Church tends to be an institution that is defined by its crises)


Vincent Browne, John Allen, Patsy McGarry, Marie Collins, Fr Pat Rogers


Broadcast on Thursday 7th April, 2011 at 11:05pm

 TV3 - Tonight With Vincent Browne - Vincent Browne

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Thursday 7 April 2011
 Religious special - Teen SpiriT! - Nationwide - RTE 1

Michael Ryan: "This evening we have religion on our minds"...


Teen SpiriT - a celebration of teen talent and Christian Faith - Kerry Diocese - Cork Opera House Sunday 10th April, 2011 at 8pm ... Phone (021) 4270022

Broadcast at 7pm on Wednesday 6th Apr, 2011


 RTE One - Nationwide - Mary Kennedy and Michael Ryan

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Monday 4 April 2011
 Sexual Authenticity - Melinda Selmys - Life on the Rock - EWTN

An intimate reflection on homosexuality and Christianity

An honest and moving interview with Melinda Selmys, author of the blog, Sexual Authenticity

Subjects include a 12-year-old's (Melinda's) questioning of her sexuality,

her Lesbain identity,

Jean Paul Sartre and atheism,

the Church's genuine Love of Gay people
[Highly recommended - Watch here!]


 EWTN - Life on the Rock - Fr Mark

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Monday 4 April 2011
 Late Late Gay marriage promo - Fri 1 Apr - RTE 1


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Monday 4 April 2011
 Martin Sheen's amazing interview by Gay Byrne - RTE 1

On the day when it was announced that his son's Charlie Sheen's TV show Two and a Half Men was to be cut by CBS and Warner Brothers, Martin Sheen talks to Gay Byrne about, among other things,

Hope...,

His son Charlie Sheen...,

Why is Martin Sheen opposed to abortion? ...,

The importance of the Vatican's unilateral opposition to the Gulf war...,

The importance of prayer and the Family Rosary to Martin Sheen and his family, growing up...,

The new movie, The Way with his son Emilio Estevez (the Film takes its name from the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, The Way of St James which reaches its end in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in Northern Spain)...,

Martin Sheen's encounter(s) with Mother Theresa...,

Martin Sheen's 49 year marriage, ...

His 'near death' experience...,

and...

Why the child sexual abuse scandals in the Church have not affected Martin Sheen's Catholic Faith!

Deo Gratias! (Thanks be to God!)


The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne was broadcast at 10:30pm on Sunday 3rd April, 2011


 RTE One - The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne - Gay Byrne - Roger Childs

Apocalypse Sheen: The Sheen clan and The Way to redemption - Craig McLean - Independent Woman - Sunday Independent - Sunday 3rd Apr '11

Charlie Sheen has most profound problems - Dad Martin - Desert Island Discs - BBC Radio 4 - BBC News - Sunday 3rd Apr '11

Martin Sheen says his addict son Charlie needs 'help and sympathy' - Vanessa Thorpe - The Observer - The Guardian - Sunday 3rd Apr '11 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 29 March 2011
 Minister Quinn's plan to transfer patronage of Catholic Primary Schools - David Quinn - Ivana Bacik - Newstalk

Jim Glennon stands in for George Hook on this broadcast of the Right Hook...Minister Quinn's plans to transfer patronage of more than half (1,500) of Catholic primary schools.
 Newstalk - The Right Hook - George Hook

Church 'shocked' by Quinn plan for schools - Independent - Tue 9 Mar '11 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 29 March 2011
 'Are marriages without love real marriages?' - Today with Pat Kenny

Text the word 'TODAY' followed by your message to 51551

Email:todaypk@rte.ie
RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Saturday 26 March 2011
 Vincent Browne complains about media bias - "Doing the bidding of the almighty" - RECOMMENDED

"Can the media remain unbiased if they are owned by corporate moguls?" - Vincent Browne...
"Is it satisfactory given the outcome of the Moriarty Tribunal that Denis O'Brien can set the public agenda through the media he controls?..." - Vincent Browne
"There is no doubt that he has the capacity to do so but whether or not he would do it is an open question...I'd like to see the evidence..." - Martin FitzPatrick - Press Council - NUJ ...
"In my experience...the editor doesn't have to be told...the editor is someone who has been selected carefully to do the bidding of the almighty"...(significance of choice of picture, 'above the fold coverage') - Angela Long, Former Irish Times Journalist, Lecturer DIT ...
"...That there is an influence is evident when you start performing a content analysis...significant differences (between Irish Times and irish Independent)...the Indo wrote a lot less...decision to give more attention...twice as many references per thousand words to Michael Lowry (in the Independent) than to Denis O'Brien (whereas) in the Irish Times it is roughly half and half....the framing is different...what is the story is different" - Roddy Flynn, School of Communications, DCU...
Because media owners now own other things the media coverage of those other things is compromised - Aideen O'Sullivan - www.politico.ie

Email:tonight@tv3.ie...Twitter:#vnb...Text TONIGHT followed by your comment to 53131

(Broadcast Thu 24 Mar 2011)
TV3 - Tonight with Vincent Browne - Vincent Browne Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Saturday 19 March 2011
 This weekend's Faith related TV and Radio - 19 Mar 2011

EWTN, Spirit Radio, UCB Radio (in general) and the following,

Saturday 19th
TV3 3:20am - The Exorcism of Emily Rose
BBC 2 4pm - Churches: How to read them (re churches of the 18th century)
UTV 4:15pm - Evan Almighty (Film folllow up to Bruce Almighty)
EWTN 8:30pm - Life on the Rock (with Irish pro life group Youth Defence)
BBC 2 9:30pm - Christopher and his kind (Period drama about Christopher Isherwood, WH Auden and the gay subculture in 1930s Berlin)
Discovery 11pm - Inside Waco

Sunday 20th
RTE Lyric FM 7am - Gloria (St Patrick's Breastplate etc)
Kildare Kfm 8am - Religion Matters
BBC 1 10am - The Big Questions: Cristina Odone (Daily Telegraph), Rev Peter Owen-Jones, and Peter Tatchell
RTE 1 11:15am Sunday Mass (with St Joseph's Young Priest Society)
BBC 1 5pm - Songs of Praise
RTE 1 10:30pm - The meaning of life - Gay Byrne interviews Abbot Mark Patrick Hederman of Glenstal


See, also, FaithArts

FMA Hour Faith and Faith in the Media - Faith in the Media and Hour Faith - MetaMedia FaithArts Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Saturday 19 March 2011
 Fr Kevin Doran on EWTN Live re Eucharistic Congress

Fr Kevin Doran talked to Fr Mitch Pacwa about the 2012 Eucharistic Congress on EWTN's EWTN Live programme [YouTube video] (aired in Ireland on St Patrick's Day 17th March 2011)
 EWTN - Fr Mitch Pacwa - EWTN Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Saturday 19 March 2011
 Youth Defence on EWTN's Life on the Rock - TONIGHT 8:30pm

"Life on the Rock - Keeping Ireland Pro-Life - Fr Mark and Doug with Youth Defense"
SKY 589
NTL 815
(7am Fri 18th Mar 2011 and 8:30pm Sat 19th Mar 2011)
 EWTN - Life on The Rock - Fr Mark and Doug Barry - FMA Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 18 March 2011
 European Court of Human Rights: 'Italian State-school classrooms: the court finds no violation' (i.e. Crucifixes allowed!) - PRESS RELEASE - ECHR

COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF ALLOWING CRUCIFIXES IN CLASSROOM..."In today's Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Lautsi and Others v. Italy (application no. 30814/06), which is final, the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority (15 votes to two), that there had been:
No violation of Article 2 of Protocol No. 1 (right to education) to the European Convention on Human Rights.
The case concerned the presence of crucifixes in State-school classrooms in Italy..."
 ECHR - ECHR - Meta Media - FMA Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Wednesday 16 March 2011
 John Pridmore TV 3 Morning Show (John is a former gangland criminal turned Catholic Evangelist) - Today 11:30am

John Pridmore TV 3 Morning Show (John is a former gangland criminal turned Catholic Evangelist) - Today 11:30am - Text MORNING followed by your message to 53131, send pictures or video to 083 3333 253 or email:themorningshow@tv3.ie
TV3 - The Morning Show - Martin and Cybil Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 15 March 2011
 Today's TV and Radio - 15 Mar 2011

Wonders of the Universe - Hinduism and the origins of mankind BBC 2 7pm

Prof Michael Sandel on abortion and same sex marriage - BBC4 8:30pm

Bible's Buried Secrets - BBC 2 9:00pm

Mega Movers - Relocation of 115 year old church - History Channel 11:00pm

The Other Parade - 2010 Brooklyn Gay and Lesbian St Patrick's Day Parade protest - RTE 2 11:50pm


FMA - TV - Faith in the Media Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 15 March 2011
 FaithArts launches special St Patrick's web page for St Patrick's Day - FaithArts




 FaithArts - The St Patrick's Page - Brendan O'Regan Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 15 March 2011
 WHAT DO YOU THINK of RTE TELEVISION?? - 'Your View'! - The Daily Show - RTE 1

Tell RTE's The Daily Show what you think of RTE's television programmes ... Call Save 1850 940 490 ... Email yourview@thedailyshow.ie ... OR write to

Your View
The Daily Show

RTE,
Donnybrook,

Dublin 4
RTE One - The Daily Show - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 15 March 2011
 Please pray for Geraldine Kennedy and her successor - FMA

The Irish Times is at a crossroads as Geraldine Kennedy steps down as Editor of the Paper. Please pray for her and her successor...RTE report from Friday


 RTE - News - FMA Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 14 March 2011
 Brendan Smyth - Betrayal of Trust - BBC 1

Tonight 9:00PM - Episode II - How the clerical abuse scandal led to the fall of the Government in 1994 (Episode I, yesterday: How a Belfast family and journalist Chris Moore uncovered Brendan Smyth's abuse). Writers: Tim McGarry, Damon Quinn, Michael McDowell
 BBC 1 - Brendan Smyth - Betrayal of Trust - Tim McGarry - Damon Quinn - Michael McDowell Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 14 March 2011
 Please pray for journalist Gerald Barry who has died

Please pray for journalist Gerald Barry who has died...Mr Barry was 63 and had been ill for some time. He was editor and presenter of RTE's This Week programme on Radio. He retired in 2010.
 RTE - RTE - RTE Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 14 March 2011
 "The Vatican have colluded and covered up on child abuse" - Joe Duffy - RTE Radio 1 - Liveline TODAY

"The Vatican have colluded and covered up on child abuse" - Joe Duffy - RTE Radio 1 TODAY - Liveline...Context: publican willing to erect banner for Pope but not Queen...
 RTE Radio One - Liveline - Joe Duffy Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 11 March 2011
 Following EARTHQUAKE in Japan,TSUNAMI warning issued for all Pacific coast countries.If you know anyone in any of these,please wake them up!


 BBC - - Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 4 March 2011
 The Late Late Show - Dr(?) Philip Nitschke [Video] - RTE One

PRIMUM NON NOCERE (First, do no harm)

[The 'Late', Late Late Show: PRIMUM NON NOCERE (First, do no harm) - Dr(?) Philip Nitschke given platform to promote Euthanasia on taxpayer supported RTE One - Euthanasia is illegal in Ireland. Why is RTE promoting it? Is RTE harming its audience? (The Code of Programme Standards now prohibits harmful content, in response to a recommendation made by the Family and Media Association during the drawing up of the Code) . ..."I'm just chairing a debate" - Ryan Tubridy. For complaints, Phone 01 2083111 - complaints@rte.ie - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland www.bai.ie complaints@rte.ie www.bai.ie - Broadcasting Authority of Ireland - BAI]
RTE One - The Late Late Show - Ryan Tubridy Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Thursday 3 March 2011
 Today with Myles Dungan - Saints and Sinners - Interview with Edna O'Brien - RTE Radio One

"However, I'll say one good thing about it: it (my religious education) did instill in one a sense of responsibility and a conscience which is something that has gone missing down the years in our later Emerald Isle..." - Edna O'Brien
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Wednesday 2 March 2011
 Jane Russell, Sultry Star of 1940s and '50s, Dies at 89 - New York Times

[Ms. Russell was very public about her religious convictions. She organized Bible study groups in Hollywood and wrote about having experienced speaking in tongues. In her memoir, 'My Path and My Detours' (1985), she described the strength ...she drew from Christianity.

A higher power was always there, she wrote, "telling me that if I could just hold tough a little longer, I'd find myself around one more dark corner, see one more spot of light and have one more drop of pure joy in this journey called life."]
 New York Times - Movies - ANITA GATES Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Wednesday 2 February 2011
 'Get Real!' - Pope tells Christian Facebookers - World Communications Day Message 2011

Seeing the Person behind the 'face'

"It is appropriate that a Pope should have returned to this subject (of the nature of the person), at this time, in order to challenge us about what it means to be a person living in the digital continent"
 Family and Media Association - PRESS RELEASE - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford

Message for the 45th World Communications Day - Pope Benedict XVI - Vatican - 24 Jan '11 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 30 April 2010
 The crime of being Catholic

...the medical profession must fight for the right to practise medicine independently!

Irrespective of one's religious or political leanings, Dr Ruairi Hanley believes that the medical profession must fight for the right to practise medicine independently
Irish Medical Times - Opinion - Dr Ruairi Hanley Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 26 February 2010
 Music Videos, Men's Magazines...Blamed For Sexualisation Of Young

Sky News

"Music videos, men's magazines and inappropriate children's clothing have been blamed for the early sexualisation of young people"
 SKY NEWS - News - Holly Williams

The Lolitta Effect - "The profit driven myths about girls' sexuality that circulate widely in the media" - M. Gigi Durham PhD - Website

The Lolitta Effect - Pat Kenny -The Frontline

XPorn Star Xposes SexIndustry Secrets at Sugar Club [18th March] - The PornEffect Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 26 January 2010
 "Book: John Paul pardoned shooter immediately"

Forgiveness...

"VATICAN CITY (AP) -- A new book says that Pope John Paul II decided to forgive his would-be assassin while he was in the ambulance on his way to the hospital moments after being shot in St. Peter's Square..."

(Author:Monsignor Slawomir Oder)
 Guardian - News - AP

Pope John Paul II whipped himself: book - CBC (Canada) 26 Jan 2010

'Faith in the Media' 26 Jan 2010 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Thursday 14 January 2010
 Tommy Tiernan and Late Late Show

'Gaybo buries hatchet with Tommy over sketch that left nation reeling'

"RTE veteran Gay Byrne claims he and Tommy Tiernan have buried the hatchet after the comedian's disastrous appearance on the Late Late Show in 1997..."
 Evening Herald - News - Lorna Nolan Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 12 January 2010
 Denominational education

New OECD report

Ronan Mullen and Ivana Bacik debate the importance of denominational education in the "light" of a new OECD report calling for new state run primary schools possibly taking over from Catholic schools.
 Newstalk - The Right Hook -

Immigrant pupils need new state schools, says OECD - John Walshe (Education Ed) - Irish Independent - 12 Jan 2010

OECD - Who does what?

"OECD Ireland" Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Thursday 7 January 2010
 'The Globalization of God:'

'Celtic Christianity's Nemesis'

Pat Kenny interviews an ex religious priest, Daragh Molloy about his new book, see above :-(part of an attempt to revive Pelagian heresy)
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 22 December 2009
 The 'X'-Factor
- Christmas Media Report

Keeping Christ at the Heart of 'X'-mas

The Family and Media Association (FMA) has today released the Christmas edition of its Media Report magazine.
In the Report, FMA questions what it calls the "incomprehensible response by the Irish media in general and by RTE in particular to the publication of the Civil Partnership Bill."
The Report also draws attention to the battle to keep Christ "the Real 'X' Factor" at the heart of 'X'-mas and highlights an address by the Pope which calls on people to use Mary to overcome the hardness of heart which can be caused by repeated exposure to negative imagery in the media.
Other stories: Dracula meets Theology of the Body, 'Rogue verses weighed', No 'Baby Love' from 'The Supremes', The (David) Attenborough Effect (treating religion like rare species to be studied), Pornography -- the "quiet family killer" (new study)
 Meta media - Media Report - Donal O'Sullivan

Media Report - Family and Media Association - Christmas 2009

PRESS RELEASE - Family and Media Association Christmas media Report - FMA - December '09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 15 December 2009
 No 'baby love' from 'The Supremes'

Supreme Court says no Constitutional protection for pre-emplanted embryos

"The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a woman seeking to have three frozen embryos released to her for implantation.
"It has also ruled that the term 'unborn' only applies after implantation in the womb and does not apply to frozen embryos, and therefore they are not afforded the legal protection guaranteed by article 40.3.3 of the Constitution." [RTE website]
 RTE Website - News - Various

Woman loses appeal over frozen embryos - RTE News - 15 Dec '09

Irish court rules against woman in frozen embryo appeal - BBC - 15 Dec '09

Court rules against woman in case over frozen embryos - Mary Carolan - Irish Times - 15 Dec '09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 15 December 2009
 Pilgrims

Documentary on NI pilgrims to Medjugorje

BBC 1 NI 10:35pm TONIGHT - PILGRIMS: The story of the thousands of Northern Irish pilgrims who flock to Medjugorje
 BBC NI - Pilgrims - Director Eamonn Devlin, Director Gerard Stratton, Producer Eamonn Devlin Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 13 December 2009
 Dr Vincent Twomey says why he believes bishops should resign

Marian Finucane Show

"The bishops are arguing they did nothing wrong, and that, up to a point, is true. But my point is they did nothing, and that is wrong" - Dr Vincent Twomey
 RTE Radio One - Marian Finucane - Marian Finucane Show

Pope's student Fr Vincent Twomey condemns bishops - BBC News - 13 Dec '09

'Faith in the Media' - FMA - 14 Dec '09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 11 December 2009
 Pope Benedict Meets Irish Bishops About Abuse Scandal

Vatican Radio

Pope Benedict Meets Irish Bishops About Abuse Scandal
 Vatican Radio - News - Irene Lagan

Pope Benedict Meets Irish Bishops About Abuse Scandal (including FULL text of Papal communique) - 11 Dec '09

Major shake up of Catholic church expected (includes Morning Ireland, 1 News and News at One coverage - Joe Little etc ) - RTE News - 11 Dec '09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Wednesday 9 December 2009
 3 new Redemptorist Priests

Interviews and comments

3 Redemptorists priests who were ordained last Sunday in Dundalk are interviewed here. The programme also contains a lot of comment, vox pops and a 'where now for the Church?' interview with Patsy McGarry of the Irish Times
 TV3 - The Morning show - Sybil Mulcahy and

Ordination of 3 priests in St Joseph's Redemptorist Church Dundalk - The Irish Times (FRONT PAGE) - 7 December '09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 8 December 2009
 Do you agree with Ireland's ban on abortion?

ECHR challenge

Is Ireland becoming more Pro Life? Listening to the MIDDAY panel of Marion McKeown, Nora Owen, Sinead Ryan and Fiona Looney you might think that it was.
For example, Fiona Looney descrbed her views as liberal on almost every other issue but here's what she had to say about abortion:
"People have divorce parties, nobody has abortion parties...
Terminating the life of a baby in the womb is like going out and shooting somebody on the street." - Fiona Looney.
And this is what Sinead Ryan of the Evening Herald had to say:
"I used to be very pro choice ... My view changed the day I saw my baby's scan" - Sinead Ryan.
Text MD followed by your comment to 53131
Email: midday@tv3.ie
Comment Line: 1530 99 99 33
TV3 - Midday - Colette Fitzpatrick

European Court of Human Rights Puts Pro-life Ireland in Hot Seat - C-FAM December 3 2009

David Quinn: The European Court of Human Rights is part of an aggressive and belligerent drive towards secularism - Nov 6 2009 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 8 December 2009
 Fertility problems

Natural solutions

A couple experiencing fertility difficulties are interviewed in this morning's show. They discuss their use of NaPro (Natural Procreative) Technology to address these difficulties.
Text MORNING followed by your message to 53131
Email: themorningshow@tv3.ie
TV3 - The Morning Show -

Natural fertility methods better than IVF - The Sunday Times - Sep 14 2008

Bishops Highlight Natural Fertility Methods - Zenit - Nov 23 2009

www.fertilitycare.ie Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 7 December 2009
 Murphy Report

Implications for Catholic Church in Ireland

'The future of the Catholic Church in Ireland' - Breda O'Brien, Diarmuid Ferriter, Fr Joe Mullan - Studio panel and invited audience discussion (Audience contributions from Caitriona Lynch, Joe O'Callaghan, Mary Doherty, Ian O'Doherty among others)
Email during the show thefrontline@rte.ie
Twitter @RTEfrontline
RTE One - The Frontline - Pat Kenny

The future of the Catholic Church in Ireland (The Frontline) - RTE News - 7 Dec '09

Email to The Frontline - RTE 1 (Bishop Donal Murray and the Murphy Report) - Family and Media Association - 7 Dec '09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 7 December 2009
 'Mummy Mania' and 'Hot Cross Mums'

Blogs and how to start them

People with no prior writing experience who have started successful commercial blogs include in their ranks those who are now writing books and producing articles for the Times of London ...
Text MORNING followed by your message to 53131
Email : themorningshow@tv3.ie
TV3 - The Morning Show - Sybil Mulcahy, Martin King

'Hot Cross Mums' (Blog)

'Mummy Mania' (Blog) Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Wednesday 2 December 2009
 'Rogue' pregnancy agencies criticised

Should some state-funded CPAs be receiving money from the Government?

"IT WAS questionable whether some State-funded crisis pregnancy agencies should receive money from the Government, an Oireachtas committee was told yesterday.
"Senator Ronan Mullen was speaking at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children as it discussed a presentation from a pro-choice group, Choice Ireland, calling for the regulations to outlaw so-called 'rogue' pregnancy agencies."
 The Irish Times - Ireland - Kitty Holland Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 1 December 2009
 How the Diocese of Boston dealt with clerical child sexual abuse there

Drivetime

How the Diocese of Boston dealt with clerical child sexual abuse there - Text 51551
 RTE Radio One - Drivetime - Mary Wilson Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 30 November 2009
 Calls for Bishop Donal Murray to resign

Are they a 'witch hunt'?

The calls for Bishop Murray to resign are discussed on today's Liveline in the light of Bishop Willie Walsh's reference to such calls as a 'witch hunt'
 RTE Radio One - Liveline - Joe Duffy

Today with Pat Kenny (The Murphy Report - Are some of the interpretations against Bishop Murray a misreading of the report? - 1st item) - RTE Radio One [Today]

Morning Ireland - ("Is so-called public trial about healing for survivors or wanting a head on a plate" - Bishop Willie Walsh) - RTE Radio One [Today]

Bishop: Murphy report findings 'misread' - Irish Examiner (Bishop Willie Walsh) Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 15 November 2009
 "Live life in the moment..."

Would you believe?

"Live life in the moment: the Life and Legacy of Julie Wren"- This is an inspiring programme about Esther Wren, the founder of the Julie Wren Trust.
The Trust gives financial support to parents who wish to care for their terminally ill children at home in the last stage of their illness.
Themes discussed on the programme include: blaming God, loss, cancer, prayer, anger, meditation and prayer.
"God is in me, he is in you. If you are angry with him, you are angry with me. You should thank God" (Julie Wren) -
 RTE One - Would You Believe - Roger Childs

Would You Believe (main web page) Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 15 November 2009
 Lesbian can adopt child - French court

Newstalk discussion

A French court recently granted a Lesbian nursery school teacher the right to adopt a child. Karen Coleman here discusses the issue with John Murray of Mater Dei and the Iona Institute, Mary Doherty of Renew and a representative of GLEN, the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network [Gay people are already allowed to adopt in Ireland, as individuals]
(audio unavailable - this Mediabyte links instead to BBC report - 10 Nov '09)
Newstalk - The Wide Angle - Karen Coleman

France: Court Rules a Lesbian Can Adopt - New York Times - Nov 10 '09

French Court Grants Lesbian Couple Right to Adopt - LifesiteNews - Nov 13 '09

French court says lesbian couple can adopt - Reuters - Gilbert Reilhac - Nov 10 '09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Wednesday 11 November 2009
 "Google and Facebook teach Vatican the mysteries of the internet"

New media Conference in Rome

"Media experts will join bishops from across Europe to tell them how best to communicate the Catholic Church's message in the 21st century."
 Daily Telegraph - News - Nick Squires

Evangelize the "digital continent" - Media Report (see centre pages regarding The Pope's attitude to new media) - June 2009

"New Technologies, New Relationships. Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship." - Pope Benedict XVI's Message for the 43rd World Day of Communications, 24 May, 2009 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 9 November 2009
 'The Lolita Effect'

Sexualisation of children

'The Lolita Effect': Dr M. Gigi Durham, author of a new book about the sexualisation of girls takes part in this Frontline panel and audience discussion.
 RTE One - The Frontline - Pat Kenny

The Lolita Effect - lolitaeffect.com - M. Gigi Durham PhD Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 8 November 2009
 "The Catholic Church is a force for good in the world?"

Intelligence Squared Debate

"The Catholic Church is a force for good in the world?"-Intelligence Squared Debate - BBC World News, Sunday 15:10 and 20:10
 BBC World News - Intelligence Squared Debate - Zeinab Badawi

Intelligence Squared Debate - The Catholic Church is a force for good in the world? - BBC World News, Sunday 15:10 and 20:10

Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world ? - Have Your Say Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 3 November 2009
 Christina Gallagher and Achill House of Prayer

Joe Duffy

Christina Gallagher and Achill House of Prayer
 RTE Radio One - Liveline - Joe Duffy Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 2 November 2009
 Christina Gallagher and Achill House of Prayer

New book

Christina Gallagher - a new book
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 2 November 2009
 "Canada's forgotten genocide"

"How the Churches exposed children to killer diseases"

"Canada's forgotten genocide - How the Churches exposed children to killer diseases" - Pat Kenny
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 9 Oct 2009
 "Nobel peace prize goes to Obama"

"Nobel peace prize goes to Obama"
 BBC - News - Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 4 Oct 2009
 "...as all journalists know -- what mattered was...what wasn't reported and how material was skewed."

Gene Kerrigan

"THE UNDISGUISED DETERMINATION TO BE PART OF THE YES CAMPAIGN MAY HAVE DAMAGED PREVIOUSLY RESPECTED PARTS OF THE MEDIA (emphasis added)
"There were those who honestly espoused a Yes or No vote, but -- as all journalists know -- what mattered was not frank opinion but what wasn't reported and how material was skewed." -- Gene Kerrigan Sunday Independent - 4 October 2009 ("Job is done on Irish after 2008 embarrassment" re: 2009 Lisbon Treaty Referendum) Recommended
 Sunday Independent - Opinion - Gene Kerrigan

The Century of Self - Episode 4 - Psychology used successfully to 'manipulate the masses' in western democracies - Adam Curtis - BBC Four - 7-8pm 2 May '02 - Recommended

Century of Self - 4 part series - BBC Four - 7-8pm 29 Apr-2 May 2002 - Recommended Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 9 October 2009
 "We must mend our ways or else face the Wrath of God"

What IS the wrath of God?

Does God Hate...? David Quinn takes a look at the concept of "the wrath of God"
 Irish Independent - Opinion and Analysis - David Quinn

Liberal agenda's lethal legacy - Tom McGurk - Sunday Business Post - 4 Oct '09

Does God Hate...? - RTE - Sundays 10:30pm - 11 Oct '09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 4 Oct 2009
 "Liberal agenda's lethal legacy"

Does God hate sex?

"Watching last Sunday's RTE 1 television programme Does God Hate Sex? it was depressing to see a familiar crew rehearsing the same old questions: David Norris, a feminist or two, a radical woman writer" -- Tom McGurk
 Sunday Business Post - Comment and Analysis - Tom McGurk Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 11 Oct 2009
 Does God Hate...

women

David Norris, David Quinn, Brenda Power and Roisin Boyd in studio debate ... 10:30pm
 RTE One - Does God Hate... - Marian Finucane Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Thursday 1 October 2009
 Cardinal Bertone talks to Czech newspaper about Ireland and the EU

DNES

Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Bertone, talks about Ireland and the European Union just two days before Ireland's referendum on the the Lisbon Treaty
 DNES - What it doesn't say in the papers - DNES journalist

GANLEY WELCOMES VATICAN STATEMENT - Press Release Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Wednesday 23 September 2009
 Ryan Report

Lack of objectivity in media coverage?

Redemptorist priest accuses media of lack of objectivity in its treatment of the Ryan Report
 RTE Radio One - Drivetime - Mary Wilson Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 22 September 2009
 When the Pope Came to Ireland

BBC NI

When the Pope Came to Ireland - "The story of an unforgettable weekend in September 1979 when Pope John Paul The Second visited Ireland. Thirty years on, the programme features recollections of those who were there along with rare archive material." (from the BBC website)
 BBC - When the Pope Came to Ireland - Tony Curry - Paul McGuigan Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Friday 18 September 2009
 Crisis Pregnancy Agencies

Patrick McCrystal-Dr Rita O'Connor-Kate Meenagh

Patrick McCrystal, Dr Rita O'Connor, Kate Meenagh in studio discussion about crisis pregnancy agencies. What really is a "rogue" agency?
Text 'TODAY' to 51551
Email: todaypk@rte.ie
On air Phone: 1850 715 900
RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Saturday 12 September 2009
 Are we hardwired to believe in God?

Fr Brendan Purcell, psychologist Bruce Hood

Are we hardwired to believe in God? Studio discussion - Fr Brendan Purcell, psychologist Brice Hood
 RTE Radio One - Marian Finucane - Marian Finucane

Why we are born to believe in God: It's wired into the brain, says psychologist - Daily Mail - 7 Sep 09 Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 14 September 2009
 History of sexuality in Ireland

Occasions of Sin - Diarmuid Ferriter

"A lot to be said for a Catholic upbringing" - Edna O'Brien quoted today on The Tubridy Show
 RTE Radio One - The Tubridy Show - Ryan Tubridy Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Monday 7 September 2009
 "Parents the 'weak link' in fight against internet paedophiles"

Warning from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

"The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) has warned that paedophiles are now, more than ever, using social networking websites such as Bebo and Facebook to groom potential targets.
But new research shows that parents would rather claim ignorance over the risks of the social media phenomenon rather than educate themselves on the danger of it."
 Daily Mail - News - Luke Bishop Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 6 September 2009
 Catholic investment company profits from pornography!

Christian Brothers Investment Services cornered in Rome

"Tim Samuels reveals that pornography is becoming more extreme, yet despite this, companies that are household names seem surprisingly pleased to make money from it. He finds out that extreme porn is making extreme profits for internet search engines and even pension funds.
On set in America, Tim speaks to porn actors who say they feel increasing pressure to undertake hardcore sex acts. He talks to the godfather of porn, Larry Flynt, and discovers that even he thinks porn is going too far.
However, there are more and more companies keen to cash in and collect porn's dirty dollars. A whistleblower tells him there is a Catholic investment fund that appears happy to profit from porn distributors, so he travels to Rome for a heated interview with the head of Christian Brothers Investment Services
 BBC Two - Hardcore Profits - Episode 2 - Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Tuesday 8 September 2009
 TG4 investigates religion

Buddhist monks, Jesuit priests and angels

"The team investigate religion as Eibhlis Ni Chearnaigh visits Buddhist monks in Cork, Padraic O Neachtain talks to a Jesuit priest and Cliodhna Ni Chinneide discusses angels."
 TG4 - An Tuath Nua - Padraic O Neachtain and Cliodhna Ni Chinneide Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Thursday 20 August 2009
 Irish ABCs: Evening Herald drops 10 per cent as others suffer

Newspaper sales down

Irish newspaper sales have dropped for the first half of 2009
 PRESS GAZETTE - News - Oliver Luft Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Thursday 20 August 2009
 "Faith in the Media"

Today's Faith and Family related stories in the media

"Faith in the Media" Look up today's Faith and Family related items in the secular and religious media here...
 Faith in the Media - Faith in the Media - Meta Media Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Thursday 6 August 2009
 Former Chairman of Crosbie Holdings dies

Business Post, Examiner, Echo ...

"George Crosbie's devotion and love for his family recalled during eulogy" (Irish Times article headline) ...
"Earlier, mourners heard Fr Robert Young say that the late Mr Crosbie, who resigned as chairman of TCH in 2001 following 50 years of service to the company, had brought the same Christian values that underpinned his love for his family to his life in business" (Irish Times)
 The Irish Times - News - BARRY ROCHE, Southern Correspondent in Kinsale Back to top>>



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Friday 7 August 2009
 Kiltegan Fathers in Caribbean

Irish Times, An Irishman's Diary

Irish Times article examines life of Irish priests in Caribbean
 The Irish Times - An Irishman's Diary - Michael Parsons Back to top>>



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Friday 7 August 2009
 Gordon Brown 'defends his faith'

British PM in interview with Premier Christian Radio

Gordon Brown does his best to woo UK Christians in this interview with Premier Christian Radio's Victoria Laurence
 Premier Christian Radio - Sunday Breakfast - Victoria Laurence

Gordon Brown insists Britain is still Christian country - Telegraph - Martin Beckford - August 7 '09 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 5 August 2009
 "Fears of Vatican crackdown on 'liberal' US sisters"

Anti Church bias courtesy of irish Examiner!

"Roman Catholic sisters in the US will be questioned about their loyalty to church doctrine amid fears of a Vatican crackdown on liberalism in women%u2019s religious communities."
 Irish Examiner - World -

"The Sisters of Perpetual Indignation tell the Vatican to get stuffed" - Damian Thompson - Telegraph (blog) - Aug 7 2009 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 5 August 2009
 "Blasphemous" concert

Poland's religious leaders criticise Madonna for holding concert on Feast of the Assumption

"Madonna has been attacked by Roman Catholics in Poland for a decision to stage her Sticky and Sweet concert on an important feast day." (Telegraph)
 Daily Telegraph - News - Back to top>>



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Wednesday 5 August 2009
 Death of Trocaire founding director Brian McKeon

Vatican Radio broadcast

Emer McCarthy interviews current Trocaire Director Justin Kilcullen about the death of its founding Director Brian McKeon
 Vatican Radio - News - Emer McCarthy

Trocaire Back to top>>



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Monday 3 August 2009
 "Religious groups to be forced to end discrimination"

London Times

"The Roman Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland along with most other Christian groups are upset about the new European anti-discrimination directive."
 Sunday Times - News - Ruth Gledhil

U.S. House passes "hate crime" bill that Bush opposed - Reuters - Apr 29 2009 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 29 July 2009
 "Protests force 'gay' Bible exhibit behind glass"

"A work of art that invited viewers to write on a copy of the Bible is to be put in a glass case after it was vandalised"!!

"Jane Clarke, the artist, asked visitors to annotate the Bible with their experiences, but she has requested the gallery to display it in a glass case after it was daubed with "offensive" comments." (Telegraph)
 Daily Telegraph - News - Telegraph journalist Back to top>>



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Tuesday 28 July 2009
 "It wouldn't happen to the Koran:"

"Pope attacks Glasgow art gallery's invitation to vandalise a Bible"

"The Pope has condemned a 'disgusting' taxpayer-funded exhibition in which visitors are urged to deface the Bible."
 Daily Mail - News - Graham Grant Back to top>>



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Tuesday 28 July 2009
 Dony Mac Manus: Art Meets Theology of the Body

Interview With the Irish Artist and Sculptor

Zenit interviews internationally renowned Irish sculptor and artist Dony MacManus whose work is inspired by Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body
 Zenit - News - Robert F Conkling Back to top>>



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Sunday 26 July 2009
 From gangland to RTE

Joe Duffy interviews ex gangster turned Catholic evangelist, John Pridmore

Joe duffy interviews ex gangster turned Catholic evangelist, John Pridmore
 RTE One - Spirit Level - Joe Duffy Back to top>>



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Monday 8 June 2009
 'MAD' or what!

Upcoming Christian rock festival discussed on today's Tubridy

Ronan Johnston (Emmaus etc), Carole Hunt and Dave Fanning discuss the upcoming Christian rock festival, 'MAD' which will take place in Gleanealy on 21 June.
 RTE Radio One - The Tubridy Show - Dave Fanning

Songs of Consolation - Ronan Johnston - 2007

God proves he has all the best tunes as Christian music festival rocks Wicklow - The Irish Times - Tim O'Brien - June 16 2008 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 27 May 2009
 Is she anti-abortion?!

NARAL questions Sotomayor's 'credentials' - New York Times

Is Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee anti abortion?! In this New York Times article, CHARLIE SAVAGE reports that Sonia Sotomayor "has reached outcomes in some cases that were favorable to abortion opponents."
 New York Times - News - CHARLIE SAVAGE

'See no evil' Inadeqaute coverage of U.S. partial-birth abortion ruling - Media Update - Family and Media Association - May 10, 2007 Back to top>>



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Thursday 28 May 2009
 "Would you care if the religious orders went bankrupt?"

TV3 online poll

"Would you care if the religious orders went bankrupt?" TV3 online poll - TO VOTE go to www.tv3.ie/news and scroll down the page (Click here)
 TV3 - - Back to top>>



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Wednesday 20 May 2009
 "Pope to go on Facebook as Vatican embraces online technology"

Telegraph reports on Papal internet evangelization

"Pope Benedict XVI is to have a Facebook account as part of a Vatican effort to embrace online technology to interact with all one billion members of the global Roman Catholic Church"
 Daily Telegraph - News - Alastair Jamieson

New Vatican website www.pope2you.net - Launch date: World Communications Day - 24 May 2009

Pope Benedict's World Communications Day Message - A Family and Media Association FACEBOOK page - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford - FMA - 24 Jan 2009

WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY IN THE PAPERS! FMA's YouTube video report - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford - 24 Jan 2008 Back to top>>



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Saturday 16 May 2009
 Bells play 'anti-religion' song" - BBC

"Imagine there's no Heaven" - Anglican cathedral chimes out John Lennon anthem

"Hundreds of people gathered to hear the bells of Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral ring out the tune of John Lennon's anti-religious anthem Imagine." (BBC report)
 BBC - News - Back to top>>



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Thursday 21 May 2009
 "The Truth will set you free"

Abuse victim tells of his reaction to report of The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse

On this morning's Today with Pat Kenny, an abuse victim reveals that reading the Ryan Commission's report had a freeing effect on him. "The truth will set you free," he agrees. Later in the interview, he notes that "if we cry for blood we'll be as guilty as they are." Also on this programme: Fr Paul Mernagh appeals again for a "day of atonement" (first 25 mins of broadcast, approx)
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny

'Let Our Voices Emerge' apologise to victims of institutional abuse - L.O.V.E. Press Release - Florence Horsman Hogan - 20 May 2009

The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse - 20 May 2009 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 20 May 2009
 The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse - Report published

Ryan Report presented today in Conrad Hotel

The report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has been published at 2:30pm this afternoon and is available on the Commission's website at www.childabusecommission.ie
Click here
Meta Media - News - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford

The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse - 20 May 2009

Irish Catholic church abuse inquiry - BBC - 17 May 2009 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 20 May 2009
 IS THIS FAIR MEDIA TREATMENT FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT LIFE?

Pat Kenny 'loses his cool' as he rounds on audience member

IS THIS FAIR TREATMENT FOR THOSE WHO SUPPORT LIFE? At the end of this morning's Today with Pat Kenny, the interviewer rounds on an audience member after Mr Kenny is taken off guard by a question on abortion and euthanasia. He then continues this line before eventually attempting to backtrack in part. Why not click here, listen to the exchange and then decide for yourself if this is acceptable interviewing (1 hour 56 mins 14 secs into broadcast ).

To complain, please use the links below and/or

Text the word TODAY followed by your comment to 51551, email either the producer
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AND complaints@rte.ie
Fax: 01 2082634
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 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny

Transcript of exchange between audience member, Pat Coleman and Pat Kenny - Today with Pat Kenny - 20 May 2009

Broadcasting Complaints Commission BCC (complaint form)

RTE Liveline "caught in the 'act'" - a special report - 19 May 2007 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 20 May 2009
 'The Good Shepherd' - St Genesius Film Club (RECOMMENDED)

"I will give you shepherds after my own heart" (Jer 3:15) - Kevin Dolan talks about this secret society/CIA inspired movie

"The aim of the club is to provide interesting films for viewing, with either a Christian theme, or exploring issues that the contemporary Church is facing. It is hoped that the club will meet once a month. The format is that of an introductory speaker, and after viewing the film the audience will engage in a discussion.
The Fraternity of St. Genesius aims to provide a forum for those involved in the Church to discuss the arts.
COME ALONG AND BRING A FRIEND OR 2 - Admission 2 Euro." (from the St Genesius website)
The Good Shepherd stars Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro and is directed by Robert De Niro
Location: Knights of Colombanus Centre,
Ely Place (just off St Stephen's Green), Dublin 2
Wedn. May 20th, 7pm
 Meta Media - Film Club / Film Society - Caroline McCamley / Kevin Dolan

The Fraternity of St. Genesius

Amos Productions - Kevin Dolan

Council on Foreign Relations Back to top>>



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Wednesday 20 May 2009
 TV causes premature sexualisation of girls -

Psychologist David Coleman on the Tubridy Show

On this morning's Tubridy Show, clinical psychologist David Coleman talks about teenage girls. He blames TV and TV advertising for the premature sexualisation of girls. Ryan Tubridy asks should we 'turn off the TV?' ... 'Don't allow (girls) to date until they're at least 15/16' - Coleman (1st half of show)
 RTE Radio One - The Tubridy Show - Ryan Tubridy

FMA links about pornography and the sexualisation of girls- 11 Jan 2008

FMA Christmas newsletter 2007 Media Update/Media Report - 'FBI Investigates' (Pornography article) Pages 4 and 5 - Christmas 2007 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 19 May 2009
 "Like a parasite sucking away your inner life"!

"Addicted To" - One boy describes his addiction to internet pornography in this TV3/BBC3 documentary

"This film examines the disturbing reality of teenagers who have become hooked on internet pornography. One 16 year old from Bristol has looked at porn online since the age of 13 and it has almost overtaken his life. We follow his progress as he seeks therapy and tries to overcome his addiction. We also meet other younger children who look at porn, some brazenly and others for whom it's a secret obsession." (from TV3 website guide)
"I fear that sex will become devalued"!! - addiction counsellor interviewed in the course of the programme
 TV3 - Addicted To -

FMA links about pornography - 11 Jan 2008

Addicted to Porn - Channel 4 - 16 Dec 2007

FMA Christmas newsletter 2007 Media Update/Media Report - 'FBI Investigates' (Pornography article) Pages 4 and 5 - Christmas 2007 Back to top>>



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Friday 15 May 2009
 "What Society Really Needs: Families"

"Vatican Aide Comments on Pope's Stop in Nazareth"

"NAZARETH, Israel, MAY 14, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has shown in Nazareth that what society really needs to stop "dehumanization" is a rediscovery of families, says the delegate administrator of the Holy See's pilgrimage agency." - (Father Caesar Atuire, of Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi referred to in Zenit)
 Zenit - News - Mercedes de la Torre

"THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY PASSES THROUGH THE FAMILY" (John Paul II) - Media Update / Media Report - Dr Ivo O'Sullivan - Family and Media Association - Christmas 2007

World Peace Day - January 1 2008 - The Human Family - Community of Peace - Media Report You Tube video - Family and Media Association - January 23 2008 Back to top>>



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Friday 15 May 2009
 "Long awaited Ryan Report will vindicate most Religious Congregations" - L.O.V.E.

"Industrial School Inmates claim Commission will vindicate most Religious Congregations"

Let Our Voices Emerge (LOVE) has said that Industrial School Inmates expect the Ryan Commission to vindicate most Religious Congregations.
 Meta Media - News - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford

Catholic Church and Abuse - Debate in Politics.ie website - September 2008 - November 2008

"When first we practice to deceive" - Media Update/ Media Report - Family andm Media Association - Christmas 2007 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 13 May 2009
 "Our Lady of Fatima's Antidote to the Crisis"

"Caritas President Reflects on Attitudes the Virgin Teaches"

"FATIMA, Portugal, MAY 13, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The Virgin Mary keeps alive attitudes that combat the economic crisis and the lack of values in the world, says the cardinal who directs Caritas Internationalis."
Pope John Paul II spoke of an "invisible hand" (that of Our Lady) which guided the bullet that entered his body.
But, according to the Portuguese news agency, Ecclesia, Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga has now spoken of another type of invisible hand: the "invisible hand that supposedly had to guide the market (which) has become a dishonest hand, full of greed."
 Zenit - News - Back to top>>



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Monday 11 May 2009
 "Controversial Muslim programme-maker to be head of BBC religion"

"A controversial Muslim programme-maker has been appointed as the BBC's new head of religious broadcasting"

"Aaqil Ahmed will move to the corporation from Channel Four, where he upset Roman Catholic priests by commissioning documentaries that appeared to contain a pro-Islam bias.
His appointment will also raise fears at the top levels of the Church of England, which has expressed its concerns over the BBC's treatment of religion and warned that it must not ignore its Christian audience."
 Daily Telegraph - News - Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Religious Affairs Correspondent

Muslim BBC religion job 'insult' - BBC - May 13 2009 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 12 May 2009
 Good cop, bad cop?

CNN's John Allen suggests Vatican newspaper article on Obama part of overall Church strategy

A recent front page article in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano which dealt with the Obama administration's 'Life' record, in its first 100 days of power, has been sharply criticised by pro life groups in the U.S.
However, writing in the National Catholic Reporter and the Irish Catholic newspaper, CNN's Vatican watcher John Allen has suggested that the article may be part of a 'good cop, bad cop' strategy being employed by the Church.
The original article which appeared in the Italian daily edition of L'Osservatore Romano on April 29 has now been republished in the weekly English language edition (May 6).
 National Catholic Reporter - News - Analysis - John Allen

Obama in the White House - One hundred days that didn't shake the world - Giuseppe Fiorentino - L'Osservatore Romano - May 6 2009

Obama on abortion rights and stem cell research - Focusing on points of agreement - L'Osservatore Romano - May 6 2009

Pro-Obama Article Re-Published in English Language Edition of Vatican Newspaper after Heavy Criticism - Hilary White - LifeSiteNews - May 11 2009 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 12 May 2009
 "Thought Crime"!

Orwellian nightmare, U.S.A style

The freedom of Christians to speak openly, here, in the media, about God's plan for marriage and the family has already been compromised by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland's (BCI) Code of Programme Standards (see Section 3.4.2 in particular).
Now, in the U.S., where freedom of speech has historically been better protected, a new 'hate' bill is being introduced which will, among other things, increase the protection for paedophiles to a level over and above that which is enjoyed by the general population!
 LifesiteNews - News - Kathleen Gilbert

Code of Programme Standards - BCI - Mar 2007

U.S. House passes "hate crime" bill that Bush opposed - Reuters - Apr 29 2009

HATE BILL PASSES IN HOUSE!! (website of an anti hate bill American politician, David Duke) - May 2009 Back to top>>



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Monday 11 May 2009
 Fanning brings abortion into discussion on hypocrisy

RTE broadcaster suggests it's hypocrisy not to allow abortion in Ireland while letting people go abroad instead

In a studio discussion on hypocrisy, RTE presenter Dave Fanning suggested that it was hypocritical not to allow abortions to take place in Ireland even though people were allowed to go abroad to have them. Ironically, later in the show, one of his guests marveled at the musical abilities of the unborn child!!
RTE Radio One - The Dave Fanning Show - Dave Fanning Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Sunday 10 May 2009
 Aniston interview encapsulates culture of hopelessness

'It's unrealistic to think that (marital) relationships should last forever' - Aniston


"Whoever said that everything (i.e. marital relationships) have to be forever?

"That's unrealistic or hoping for too much. I don't think it's worth all that pressure." - !!!
(Jennifer Aniston to Cosmopolitan magazine)

Cosmopolitan - Interview -

"Aniston: Those seeking perfect relationships %u2018are fools%u2019 "- Breakingnews.ie - May 10 2009

Aniston interview encapsulates culture of hopelessness - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford - Catholic Ireland Blog - May 10 2009

Spe Salvi - Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI - 2007 Back to top>>



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Friday 8 May 2009
 "Pope in the Mid East: The issues"

BBC analyse Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Jordan, Israel and the West Bank

"As the Pope visits Jordan, Israel and the West Bank, he faces a combustible cocktail of issues combining relations between the world's three main monotheistic religions, one of the world's most intractable political conflicts and the legacy of the Holocaust. The BBC News Website looks at the areas of controversy he will have to navigate. "
 BBC - News -

Pope warns of misuse of religion - BBC - News - May 9 2009

Pope's 'deep respect' for Muslims - BBC - News - May 8 2009

Pope urges respect for women during Mass in Jordan - CNN - May 10 2009 Back to top>>



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Saturday 9 May 2009
 Interview with Gay advocacy author

Terrence McNally talks about his contoversial play "Corpus Christi"

Gay advocacy author, Terrence McNally talks about his contoversial play "Corpus Christi" which was performed in last year's Dublin Gay Theatre Festival and attempted to rewrite Jesus' Passion in support of homosexual behaviour.
 RTE Radio One - The Arts Show - Vincent Woods

Website: 'Putting Children First' www.puttingchildrenfirst.net

The Books were a Front for the Porn: website Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Saturday 9 May 2009
 Thinking Abew - The God of promise

Irish Times feature examines the problem of innocent suffering today

"As a sheep led to the slaughter or a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth." (Isaiah Chap 53 Verse 7)
"God is the God of promise. He keeps his word even when that seems impossible; even when the circumstances seem to point in the opposite." -
Colin Urquhart.
 The Irish Times - Opinion and Analysis - Thinking Anew - GL Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Saturday 9 May 2009
 'Honesty actually is the best policy' - scientifically speaking!

Trinity Psychology professor says that being dishonest damages you

"If honesty is one of your values then you damage yourself if you break it (that value)"... and you find it difficult to form relationships!
That was the verdict of Psychology Professor Ian Robertson of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience.
Prof Robertson went on to explain that the psychological requirement to live by values like honesty had developed over millions of years and was hard wired into us in such a way that we couldn't simply jettison it without harming ourselves.
The Trinity professor was taking part in a studio discussion in Newstalk Radio's Weekend Blend programme with Orla Barry, about a taxi driver who found a bag with $32,500 in cash in his taxi and returned it to its owners.
Newstalk - Weekend Blend - Orla Barry

Honest taxi driver reaps rewards - Candace Piette - BBC News - May 7 2009

Honesty - Billy Joel - 1978

Sexual Honesty: A Proposal to Engaged Couples (2 talks - CD - Theology of the Body) - Christopher West - 2009 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 6 May 2009
 "Cardinal says poor are still being left behind"

Irish Independent report on Cardinal Sean Brady's Easter Rising homily

"Cardinal says poor are still being left behind" - Irish Independent report on Cardinal Sean Brady's Easter Rising homily
 Irish Independent - National News -

Homily of Cardinal Sean Brady, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, for the Annual Mass for all who died in the Easter Rising of 1916 - Church of the Most Sacred Heart, Arbour Hill, Dublin (which includes a section entitled, The Easter Rising: Overcoming Despair with Hope) - May 6 2009 Back to top>>



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Thursday 7 May 2009
 "Is the Pope right on condom use and Aids in Africa?"

Dr William Reville, enters debate on Aids condom effectiveness

"We now see HIV going down in about eight or nine African countries and in every case we see a decrease in the proportion of men and women who report having more than one sex partner in the past year. So, when the Pope said that the answer really lies in monogamy and marital faithfulness, that%u2019s exactly what we found empirically." And: "Instead of seeing this %u2013 condom availability and levels of condom use %u2013 associated with lower HIV infection rates, it is actually associated with higher HIV infection rates. Part of this is because the people using condoms are the people who are having risky sex." -
Dr Edward Green (non-Catholic) Director of the Aids Prevention Research Project at Harvard University, in an interview broadcast by BBC Radio Ulster, quoted by Dr William Reville (another non-Catholic) writing in his Under the Microscope column in today's Irish Times Science section
 The Irish Times - Science - Under the Microscope - Dr William Reville

Media Blackout - Africa Betrayed! Family and Media Association Media Update (Pages 1 and 2) PLUS Aids Galileo Crisis (Letter to Irish Independent, Page 5) - September 2007

www.fma.ie/aids - Family and Media Association resource on imbalanced media reporting with respect to the use of condoms in Aids prevention

Dr Edward Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project within Harvard University's Center for Population and Development Studies talks to William Crawley about the Pope, condoms and combating HIV/Aids - BBC Radio Ulster - Sunday Sequence - 8:30 am - 10:15 am Back to top>>



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Thursday 7 May 2009
 "The Father Cutie Scandal: Sex and the Single Priest"

TIME reports on sex allegations against popular TV host priest Fr Alberto Cutie

TIME magazine reports on sex allegations against popular TV host priest Fr Alberto Cutie
 Time - News - Tim Padgett / Miami

Archbishop of Miami %u2018deeply saddened%u2019 by priest%u2019s photo scandal - CNA News - May 5 2009

Florida priest removed after beach photos with woman published - CNN - May 6 2009

Priest Known as Padre Oprah Strays in South Florida - New York Times - Damien Cave - May 6 2009 Back to top>>



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Thursday 7 May 2009
 EXORCISM discussed from Catholic perspective - Today with Pat Kenny

Interview with Matt Baglio, author of The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist

Interview with Matt Baglio, author of The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist - Verdict: "Very balanced!" (approx 1 hr 30 mins into today's show)
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny

The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist (Hardcover) - Matt Baglio - 2009

Martin Shaw has a devil of a job in apparitions - The Times - Nov 8 2008 - re BBC 1 mini series Back to top>>



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Tuesday 21 April 2009
 "Thought police muscle up in Britain"

Article in The Australian highlights child targeted radical anti-Faith PC agenda

"Have we really got to the stage where we are prosecuting 10-year-old boys because of political correctness? ..."
"...This campaign seems to come from unelected or quasi-governmental bodies controlling various institutions, which are more or less unanswerable to electors, more than it does directly from the Government, although the Government helps drive it and condones it in a fudged and deniable manner."
 The Australian - News - Hal G. P. Colebatch

Blair's Britain: British Culture Wars and New Labour (book) - Hal G P Colebatch

Enforced "Diversity" will make Britain "First Modern Soft Totalitarian State" - LifeSite News - Hilary White - May 6 2009

The Code of Programme Standards (an example of enforced MORAL "diversity"?) - Broadcasting Commission of Ireland BCI (an IRISH "unelected" "quasi governmental body"?) Back to top>>



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Tuesday 5 May 2009
 "Tom Hanks admits doubts over facts in Da Vinci Code sequel" - Telegraph

'Angels and Demons'

"Tom Hanks has admitted that the controversial film sequel to The Da Vinci Code plays 'fast and loose' with the facts about religion."
 Daily Telegraph - Film News - Urmee Khan

'Angels and Demons' fails to draw Vatican's ire - CNN - Alan Duke - May 4 2009 Back to top>>



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Monday 4 May 2009
 "Vatican wise to ignore 'Demons'" says Irish Independent editorial

Independent editorial recommends ignoring blasphemous 'Angels and Demons' movie

"...the Bishop of Nottingham, the Right Rev Malcolm McMahon...fears that it could stir up anti-Catholic sentiment. In the Vatican, high officials are more relaxed. Archbishop Velasio De Paolis mildly warns against giving the producers (of Angels and Demons) free publicity."
 Irish Independent - Editorial - Editor

No angel, but Hanks is learning to live with his demons at last - Vicky Shaw in Rome - Irish Independent - May 5 2009

Vatican 'hampered new Hanks film' - BBC - May 4 2009 Back to top>>



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Monday 4 May 2009
 New play expresses 'forbidden grief'

'VITAE Monologues' depicts real-life effects of abortion

A new play called the VITAE Monologues aims to portray the traumatic effects of abortion in "real-life" stories about women and men.
The two-person drama depicts "powerful stories of hope and healing and the triumphant beauty of human life within our broken and wounded culture," according to its creators.
Catholic News Agency - News - CNA News reporter

Epiphany Studio Back to top>>



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Thursday 16 April 2009
 'My 30-year mission to teach the slum children of Nairobi'

'An Irish nun, known as 'The Mother of Mukuru', has battled pimps, poverty and bureaucracy to provide the city's poor with an education. Paul O'Callaghan reports'

An Irish nun, known as 'The Mother of Mukuru', has battled pimps, poverty and bureaucracy to provide the city's poor with an education. Paul O'Callaghan reports
 Irish Independent - Lifestyle - Paul O'Callaghan Back to top>>



MediaBytes

Thursday 16 April 2009
 Male stripping - "Well done guys, why not?!" - Derek Mooney

RTE run 30 minute promo on male stripping group

The RTE Radio One show, Mooney has run what was effectively a 30 minute(approx) promo on a male stripping group called "The Chain Gang".
Co-presenter of the show, Brenda Donoghue did the main report which was heavily biased towards viewing male stripping as a type of positive social activity!
Presenter Derek Mooney wound up the slot with the comment "Well done guys, why not?!" -- Details were given of where to see "The Chain Gang" -- Pictures to be posted on RTE website --

Text 51551
email:mooney@rte.ie
24-hr phone line: 01 208 2830

RTE Radio One - Mooney - Derek Mooney

RTE website - Mooney show web page - http://www.rte.ie/radio/mooneygoeswild/

RTE complaints - http://www.rte.ie/about/complaints.html

Broadcasting Complaints Comission - http://www.bcc.ie/ Back to top>>



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Thursday 16 April 2009
 Is Angelina Jolie having 'too many' children?

FM104's Niamh disparages reported pregnancy, then climbs down following complaint

On this morning's popular Strawberry Alarm Clock programme, FM104's Niamh Crowley took exception to the Pitt family's plan to have another baby. However, a prompt call from a listener with six children brought about an on-air climb down from the 'strawberries'. (FM104 Text No. is 53104)
 FM104 - Strawberry Alarm Clock - Jim McCabe and Niamh Crowley

Is Angelina Jolie pregnant again? - stuff.co.nz - 16 Apr '09

THE IRISH GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE ITS POPULATION !! - Brian Cowen addresses special UN International Conference on Population and Development - Brian Cowen, Minister for Health and Children - 30 June 1999

Is it selfish to have more than two children? - Margaret Ryan - BBC - Wed 18 Feb 2009 Back to top>>



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Sunday 1 March 2009
 "Ethical stem cell research at its best"

Skin cells made to act like embryonic stem cells (without using viruses)

"A UK and Canadian team (of scientists) have manipulated human skin cells to act like embryonic stem cells without using viruses - making them safer for use in humans"
"It is a step towards the practical use of reprogrammed cells in medicine, perhaps even eliminating the need for human embryos as a source of stem cells" ! ! ! (Dr Keisuke Kaji, from the Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Edinburgh)
"This is ethical stem cell research at its best, with embryonic-type stem cells derived successfully from adult tissue without involving human embryos." (Josephine Quintavalle)
 BBC - News -

'Stem cell science's new breakthrough' - Sheila Whyte - cbcnews Canada - Mar 31 '09 Back to top>>



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Thursday 2 April 2009
 Belief in God is NOT delusional

and it is "dangerous" to say that it is - Andrew Sims - Professor of Psychiatry

Belief in God is NOT delusional and it is "dangerous" to say that it is - Andrew Sims - Professor of Psychiatry
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



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Monday 9 March 2009
 New low in unbalanced news reporting!

RTE's role in EMBRYONIC stem cell destruction

In a series of news reports about Barack Obama's lifting of restrictions on the U.S. federal government funding of EMBRYONIC stem cell research, which requires the killing of human embryos, RTE appear to have utterly and inexplicably failed to present the story truthfully or even accurately! The reports inexplicably fail to make the distinction between, on the one hand, adult stem cell research -- which has a successful track record and does not involve the killing or otherwise harming of human embryos -- and on the other hand, embryonic stem cell research -- which has been utterly unsuccessful and does destroy human embryos, human life
 RTE One - Nine News - Eileen Dunne

PRESS RELEASE - FMA - 9 Mar '09

Drivetime news report and Drivetime business news report [Audio] (1 hr 36mins and 1 hr 50 mins respectively into broadcast) - RTE Radio One - 9 Mar '09

RTE reports on the lifting of restrictions on US federal government funding of embryonic stem cell research [Transcripts] - FMA - 9 Mar '09 Back to top>>



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Thursday 26 March 2009
 "Abortion clinics to advertise on television"

"Watchdog changes rules in bid to stem rising tide of teenage pregnancies and STDs" !!!

"television ads for abortions will be allowed for the first time under the biggest shake-up of advertising rules for 50 years to be announced today.
"In a move which the British advertising watchdog acknowledges will offend members of the public, ads for pregnancy advisory services will be allowed in prime-time evening slots on the major channels: ITV, Channel 4, Sky and other broadcasters..."!!!
This article was written by the Independent's Consumer Affairs Correspondent !! The Irish Independent has run also run this article today (inserting the words 'UK' and 'British', where appropriate)
 The Independent (UK) - Front Page - Martin Hickman

Pregnancy centers, not abortion clinics, best solution to financial crisis, pro-life leaders say - Catholic News Agency - CNA News - Mar 26 '09

Abortion clinics to advertise on television for the first time - Sarah Knapton - Telegraph - 26 Mar '09

Plans for abortion advice TV ads - BBC - Mar 26 '09 Back to top>>



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Friday 20 March 2009
 'Spirit Level'

Joe Duffy interviewed about new RTE series on spirituality

Joe Duffy is interviewed, here, by the Seoiges about his new RTE TV series, 'SPIRIT LEVEL', which addresses issues to do with spirituality...In this interview, Mr Duffy expresses the view that Ireland's opposition to euthanasia is not due to any lack of open discussion about the issue but rather to our 'ATTACHMENT' (!!) to older people as evidenced by the strong public reaction against last year's attempt by the Government to remove medical cards from many of our older people!
 RTE One - Seoige - Grainne Seoige and Sile Seoige

Spirit Level (Every 4th Sunday 11:15am RTE One) - RTE's web page for the series Back to top>>



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Friday 20 March 2009
 "You cannot blame AIDS epidemic on the Church"

"IMMENSE SCANDAL" as "UN ignored reports, which it had itself commissioned, confirming the effectiveness of fidelity programmes" - David Quinn

Writing in today's Irish Independent David Quinn condemns as an "immense scandal" the UN's ignoring of its own commissioned reports which confirm the effectiveness of fidelity programmes in the fight against Aids. "This is an immense scandal," he said, "deserving of condemnation by governments which are instead directing their ire at the Pope."
 Irish Independent - Analysis - David Quinn

Podcast - What it doesn't say in the papers - 'Media Blackout-Africa Betrayed' - Family and Media Association podcast - Mar '07

www.fma.ie/aids - Family and Media Association resource on Aids

Case Studies of ABC: Models for the Implementation of abstinence and "Faithfulness" Behavior Change Programs - Harvard 2003 Back to top>>



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Friday 20 March 2009
 "Aids 'wars' in Africa distorted by libertarians"

"Criticism of the pope%u2019s attitude to condoms reveals a fault line in western propaganda, writes JOHN WATERS"

John Waters highlights the effectiveness of abstinence programmes which have curbed Aids in Uganda
 The Irish Times - Opinion and Analysis - John Waters

'Media Blackout-Africa Betrayed' (Pages 1 and 2) - PLUS 'Aids-Galileo Crisis' (FMA Letter to Irish Independent, Page 5) - FMA Media Update - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford - Oct '07

www.fma.ie/aids - A Family and Media Association resource on imbalanced media reporting with respect to Aids

'From Saint Peter%u2019s Square to Harvard Square - Media coverage of papal comments on AIDS in Africa is March madness' - National Review - Kathryn Jean Lopez - Mar 19 '09 Back to top>>



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Friday 6 March 2009
 "Call to give up texting for Lent"

BBC report

"A group of bishops in Rome are calling on Christians to give up mobile phones and texting for Lent, amongst other modern technological devices."
 BBC - News - Duncan Kennedy

Evangelize the "digital continent", Pope tells young people - World Communications Day Message - 24 Jan '09

'Portable prayers on your mobile' (itune breviary) - BBC - 24 Dec '08

Pope Says Digital Technology Can Foster Dialogue - Msgr Paul Tighe - Emer McCarthy - Vatican Radio - 23 Jan '09 Back to top>>



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Thursday 5 March 2009
 "Little Flower's pilgrim trail reaches the capital"

Irish Independent reports on return of St Therese's relics to Ireland

"Hundreds of pilgrims yesterday queued in Dublin to pray before the relics of St Therese of Lisieux which have returned to Ireland for a two month tour..."
 Irish Independent - Latest News - John Cooney

St Therese in Ireland - 2009 - verbumpatris website - March 02 '09

Noel Smith's parents' devotion to The Little Flower is cited here on 'Today with Pat Kenny' as the reason for his building of the Blackrock Hospice - Today with Pat Kenny (1hr 20mins into broadcast approx.) - RTE Radio One - Text 51551 - March 5 '09 Back to top>>



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Monday 2 March 2009
 "Increased demand for parish jobs in the Catholic Church"

Front Page of Irish Times

"IT IS not quite a return of vocations but a tightening of the labour market that has led to increased demand for parish jobs in the Catholic Church..."
 The Irish Times - Front Page - PATSY McGARRY

Advertisement for Parish Pastoral Workers posted in national newspapers - Archdiocese of Dublin - Feb 27 '09 Back to top>>



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Monday 2 March 2009
 Lisbon Treaty 2008: a case of balanced media reporting?

Mark Hennessy, Political Correspondent, The Irish Times and Peter Feeney, Head of Public Affairs, RTE

In this session of the Cleraun Media Forum which was set up for young journalists / senior media students, Mark Hennessy, Political Correspondent, The Irish Times and Peter Feeney, Head of Public Affairs, RTE spoke about the Lisbon Treaty, particularly in the context of balanced (or otherwise) media reporting. They then fielded questions both from supporters and from opponents of the Lisbon Treaty. Both are supporters of the Lisbon Treaty.
 Cleraun Media Forum - Lisbon Treaty 2008: a case of balanced media reporting? - Paul Harman, Mark Hennessy, Peter Feeney

Falling at The Feet of Power - RTE's coverage of the Lisbon Treaty Campaign - Researcher: Kieran O'Sullivan

RTE Coverage unbalanced in favour of Yes side, says new report

RTE accused of bias in Lisbon coverage - RTE Six One News - 26 Feb '09 Back to top>>



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Sunday 1 March 2009
 "Youth Gospel message goes digital"

Catholic youth workers make video podcasts for Lent and Easter

Catholic youth workers in Northampton, England have "taken God to the pod" reports The Catholic Times "in a groundbreaking series of Lenten and Easter video podcasts"
 The Catholic Times - Home - James Hastings

www.totalcatholic.com The website of

Pope Benedict's World Communications Day Message - Facebook - Donal O'Sullivan - 24 Jan '09

Pope Says Digital Technology Can Foster Dialogue - Msgr Paul Tighe - Emer McCarthy - Vatican Radio - 23 Jan '09 Back to top>>



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Sunday 1 March 2009
 Would You Believe? (No Really!!!)

The RTE series showcases witchcraft (on the Lord's Day)

"Religious and spiritual series. Anna Nolan speaks to Barbara Lee, a practising Wiccan from Dublin, about how her faith gave her strength after her daughter died of cancer." (from the RTE website)
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Friday 27 February 2009
 'The rights of the child' - will there be a constitutional referendum?

Shadow boxing around the threats to the family

In a one sided debate which failed to highlight the threat to family life which would result from any change to the constitutional position of the family, Pat Kenny, Mary O'Rourke TD (FF) and Alan Shatter TD (FG), effectively ignore the elephant in the room, here, as they discuss other aspects of a possible referendum on 'the rights of the child'.
Mrs O'Rourke closed the 'debate' with the statement, "If we are to treat children the way they should be treated, it will require a constitutional ammendment" (52 mins into broadcast)
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny

www.puttingchildrenfirst.net Putting Children First website

1st Interim report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constututional Ammendment on Children - Sep 11 '08

CEDAW: How U.N. Interference Threatens the Rights of American Women - Grace Melton - The Heritage Foundation - Jan 9 '09 Back to top>>



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Thursday 26 February 2009
 "Falling at the Feet of Power"

RTE coverage of 2008 Lisbon debate unbalanced, says new report

Speaking at the launch of a new report highlighting significant bias by the state broadcaster in favour of a YES vote in last June's Lisbon Treaty referendum, Patricia McKenna MEP told Today FM that RTE was continuing to undermine the principles of the McKenna judgement.
In the McKenna judgement, the Supreme Court ruled 4-1 that "RTE was unconstitutional in relation to coverage of referenda," according to Ms McKenna.
In response to a question from a Today FM's reporter citing support for RTE by the Broadcasting Complaints Commission (BCC), Ms MKenna also drew attention to what she called "the public feeling of powerlessness up against RTE". The BCC, a Government appointed body has come under increasing attack recently for failing in its duty to protect children and ensure fair coverage of family related issues.
RTE are themselves bound by the Constitution, said Ms McKenna. "We have to ensure that RTE do not advocate any particular outcome"
 Meta Media - News - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford

RTE Coverage unbalanced in favour of Yes side, says new report

Falling at The Feet of Power - RTE's coverage of the Lisbon Treaty Campaign - Researcher: Kieran O'Sullivan

BCC fail to reprimand RTE for viewer manipulation - Donal O'Sullivan - FMA Media Report - Dec '08 Back to top>>



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Monday 23 February 2009
 'MILKing it'

Sean Penn uses his his best actor award in the movie 'Milk' to advance radical anti-family, Gay agenda

Sean Penn used his his best actor award in the movie 'Milk' to advance a radical anti-family, Gay agenda.
His award surprised pundits who were expecting Mickey Rourke to add an oscar to the BAFTA that Rourke had already collected earlier in the month.
 LifesiteNews - News - Kathleen Gilbert

"I'm going to bring in 'Grandmother' now, to end this conversation" - RTE manipulates its viewers to support radical GAY agenda

Putting CHILDREN first (what is really best for children?) - Meta Media '08

Is accepting Gay adoption putting children first? - L and H debate on Gay adoption - Feb '08 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 18 February 2009
 Two sexes 'sin in different ways'

BBC

"Women are prouder than men, but men are more lustful, according to a Vatican report which states that the two sexes sin differently.
A Catholic survey found that the most common sin for women was pride, while for men, the urge for food was only surpassed by the urge for sex."
 BBC - News -

We're all sinners but the gates to Hell are marked His and Hers - The Times - 18 Feb '09 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 18 February 2009
 "Is it selfish to have more than two children?" !!!

BBC join the attack on human race

"Is having more than two children selfish? The future of the planet rarely plays a part when planning a family, but that's got to change, say environmental campaigners.
Parents who have more than two children are "irresponsible" for placing an intolerable burden on resources and increasing damage to eco-systems, says a leading green campaigner."
 BBC - News - Margaret Ryan

'Is it irresponsible and self serving to have more than 2 children?'!! Q102 online radio poll - Q102 - 3 Feb '09

IRELAND'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE ITS POPULATION !! - Brian Cowen addresses special UN International Conference on Population and Development - Brian Cowen, Minister for Health and Children - 30 June 1999 Back to top>>



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Sunday 8 February 2009
 Speakers criticise Educate Together model at John Paul II conference

"Moral agnosticism is a recipe for totalitarianism, not tolerance or inclusiveness - John Murray, Mater Dei

Heavy criticism of the Educate Together schooling model was made at this morning's session of the John Paul II Society conference in Ballaghaderreen , Roscommon. Speakers who were united in their criticism of the the model included John Murray, a moral theologian from Mater Dei College and social scientist Liz Holmes. "Moral agnosticism is a recipe for totalitarianism, not tolerance or inclusiveness," said John Murray.
 Meta Media - News - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford

The liberal case for religious schools By John Murray

Have we forgotten what Christmas is really about - Panel discussion with John Murray and Brendan Purcell - Spirit Moves - RTE Radio One Dec 14 '08

Secular schools are not neutral (Michael O'Driscoll) -- Framing the education debate the right way. (David Quinn) - Apr 16 '08 Back to top>>



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Saturday 7 February 2009
 Archbishop Chaput gives keynote address to John Paul II Society Conference in Ireland

'I am not a Republican; I am not a Democrat; I am a Catholic'

Archbishop Charles Chaput gave the keynote address to the John Paul II Society Conference in Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon, Ireland, this morning on the topic 'Render Unto Caesar. Privater Faith and Public Duty'...'I am not a Republican,' he said, 'I am not a Democrat; I am a Catholic.'
The Denver Archbishop also likenened the refusal of some Catholics to allow their faith to affect their public behaviour to a husband refusing to allow the fact that he is married influence his behaviour with other women.
 Meta media - News - Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford Back to top>>



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Saturday 24 January 2009
 'Obama lifts ban on abortion funds'

BBC

"US President Barack Obama has lifted a ban on federal funding for foreign family planning agencies that promote or give information about abortion..."
 BBC - News -

Obama lifts ban on funding for abortion information - Irish Times - 24 Jan '09

Vatican Cites Obama's 'Arrogance' as He Moves to Fund Abortions Around the World - CNS News - 24 Jan '09 Back to top>>



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Saturday 24 January 2009
 Vatican launches 'You Tube' Channel

Pope goes digital

The Vatican has launched its own You Tube Channel to coincide with the release of the Pope's World Communications Day message
 Vatican You Tube Channel - ALL - Vatican

Pope launches Vatican on YouTube - BBC - 23 Jan '09

FMA's first Media Report on You Tube (almost exactly 1 year ago to the day!) - 25 Jan '08

Pope Benedict Goes Digital - Emer McCarthy - Vatican Radio - 23 Jan '09 Back to top>>



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Saturday 24 January 2009
 Evangelize the "DIGITAL CONTINENT", Pope tells young people

World Communications Day message: "New Technologies, New Relationships.
Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship."

In his message for World Communications Day released on the eve of the Feast of St Francis De Sales, Patron Saint of Journalists, Pope Benedict XVI apealed to young people to "take on the responsibility for the evangelization of this 'digital continent'"
 Vatican Website - Messages - Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict's World Communications Day Message - Facebook - Donal O'Sullivan - 24 Jan '09

Pope Benedict XVI's World Communications Day message and Youtube channel - Catholic Communications Network - 23 Jan '09

Pope Says Digital Technology Can Foster Dialogue - Msgr Paul Tighe - Emer McCarthy - Vatican Radio - 23 Jan '09 Back to top>>



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Friday 23 January 2009
 Bishops hold special meeting on Safeguarding Children

Bishops' Conference Press Release

"...Bishop John Magee of Cloyne apologised to victims of clerical sexual abuse, to those working with victims and to the general public for the suffering and frustrations occasioned by the failures detailed in the NBSCCC's report.
"Bishops acknowledged that victims who have come forward, and those who are unable to do so for a variety of complex reasons, have once again had their wounds of abuse opened by Church failure..."
 www.catholicbishops.ie - Press Releases - Irish Catholic Bishop's Conference

Bishops to hold crisis meeting on child abuse - John Cooney - Irish Independent - Jan 23 '09

All bishops commit to new rules on child safety - Irish Examiner - Jan 24 '09

Bishops meet in emergency session today to discuss child protection - Patsy McGarry - Irish Times - Jan 23 '09 Back to top>>



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Friday 23 January 2009
 "Childcare manager was told support needed, not intrusion"

Irish Times tries to link Youth Defence to Roscommon incest case

"DURING THE child abuse and neglect case in Roscommon Circuit Court, a social worker referred to a 'Catholic right-wing organisation' having supported a High Court injunction in 2000 to prevent the children being taken into care..."
"...This was a time when there was a lot of suspicion about the actions of health boards regarding families on the part of groups such as Youth Defence (later the Mother and Child campaign, later again Coir, which has been active in the anti-Lisbon campaign)."
 The Irish Times - Ireland - CAROL COULTER and KITTY HOLLAND

Coir condemns ugly and libelous attempt by Irish Times to smear pro-life/anti-Lisbon campaign - Jan 24, 2009 Back to top>>



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Thursday 22 January 2009
 "Churches using humourous US-style signs to attract worshippers"

Daily Telegraph

With congregations in decline clergy have resorted to putting up the US-inspired signs - known as "wayside pulpits". The signs use everything from word play such as "Fight truth decay" to topical themes such as "Rooney shoots but Jesus saves".
 Daily Telegraph - News - Ben Leach Back to top>>



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Saturday 17 January 2009
 "Hail Mary" prayed before Hudson River plane crash

US investigators probe New York plane crash

(Passenger Jeff Kolodjay) heard Sullenberger tell passengers to brace for impact and then said the Hail Mary prayer. "We hit the water pretty hard," Kolodjay told the newspaper -- hard enough for some people to hit their heads on the ceiling.

But once on the river, the doors opened and passengers headed for the wings as water poured into the jet, Kolodjay said.

"It would appear that the pilot did a masterful job of landing the plane in the river, and then making sure that everybody got out," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
 Yahoo - News - Yahoo AFP

Passengers hail pilot after 'Miracle On The Hudson' - ABS-CBN - Jan16 '09 Back to top>>



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Thursday 15 January 2009
 Christian debate on the Israel Palestine crisis

"How should a Christian view the Israeli invasion of Gaza?"

Paddy Monaghan, the Christian Friends of Israel and Fr Eoin Cassidy Chairperson of the International Subgroup of the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs, a commission of the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference
todaypk@rte.ie text 51551
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Wednesday 7 January 2009
 Irish Times front bottom of page headline "Sinnott forwarded e-mail urging anti-abortion novena"

article about MEP's call for fasting and prayer against abortion

"IRISH MEP Kathy Sinnott has acknowledged she forwarded a chain letter which called for fasting and nine days of prayer beginning on January 11th, as part of moves to oppose US legislation liberalising access to abortion." (The Irish Times)

The Irish Times - Front page - TIM O'BRIEN

'Sign the Fight FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act) Petition' - fightfoca.com - Jan '09

Barack Obama Promises to Sign FOCA - You Tube - July 9 '08 Back to top>>



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Sunday 4 January 2009
 'Free parking for churchgoers not fair to other faiths' - Telegraph

'Plans to grant Christians free parking in a town could be blocked because councillors fear causing offence to other religions.'

"Tewkesbury Borough Council in Gloucestershire is considering scrapping charges for churchgoers throughout its car parks on Sunday mornings..."
 Sunday Telegraph - news - Back to top>>



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Monday 5 January 2009
 'TV channels put their faith into tackling religious issues' - INS, Independent

'A new Channel 4 series explores religion, its history and influence'

Jeremy Dear, executive producer at Pioneer Productions writes about 'Christianity: A History', the new Channel 4 series which starts on Sunday 11 January at 7pm with 'Jesus, The Jew', presented by Howard Jacobson.
Irish Independent, INS - Business - Jeremy Dear

Christianity: A History - Channel 4 - 11 Jan 09 Back to top>>



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Monday 5 January 2009
 "Cloyne scandal could scupper papal visit plan"

Irish Independent claims 'high-placed' source in Vatican has cast doubt over planned visit by Pope Benedict to Ireland

"THE prospect of Pope Benedict XVI visiting Ireland later this year has been dramatically reduced by the continued refusal of Bishop John Magee to resign over the Cloyne controversy", according to today's Irish Independent
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Sunday 4 January 2009
 "Church accuses Labour of failing to support the family"

Telegraph reports C of E criticism of British Labour Party

"The Church of England backs the decision of five bishops to criticise the Government over its economic and social policies, a survey by The Sunday Telegraph has found."
 The Sunday Telegraph - News - Jonathan Wynne-Jones, Patrick Sawer, Christopher Hastings Back to top>>



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Saturday 3 January 2009
 "Cardinal Brady breaks his silence on Cloyne"

Irish Examiner

The Irish Examiner reports, "THE head of the Catholic Church in Ireland has broken his silence on the mishandling of allegations of child sex abuse in the Diocese of Cloyne saying he realises people feel 'let down, angry and bewildered.'"
 Irish Examiner - Ireland - Jennifer Hough

Cloyne may face legal action over apology - Irish Examiner - 3 Jan 09 Back to top>>



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Friday 2 January 2009
 "Vatican divorces from Italian law"

BBC reports Vatican no longer to automatically adopt laws passed by Italian parliament

"Vatican legal experts say there are too many laws in Italian civil and criminal codes, and that they frequently conflict with Church principles.
With effect from New Year's Day, the Pope has decided that the Vatican will no longer automatically adopt laws passed by the Italian parliament."
 BBC - News - David Willey Back to top>>



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Friday 2 January 2009
 "Martin: I'm sorry Church let you down"

Archbishop Martin asks for forgiveness, says Church made mistakes

At a homily for the World Day of Peace in Booterstown, "ARCHBISHOP of Dublin Diarmuid Martin admitted the Catholic Church has made mistakes in dealing with clerical sexual abuse of children and asked forgiveness for any hurt he had personally caused."
 Irish Examiner - News - Claire O%u2019Sullivan Back to top>>



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Thursday 1 January 2009
 World Day of Peace - Feast of Mary Mother of God - Message of Pope Benedict XVI

"FIGHTING POVERTY TO BUILD PEACE"

"It remains true, however, that every form of externally imposed poverty has at its root a lack of respect for the transcendent dignity of the human person. When man is not considered within the total context of his vocation, and when the demands of a true 'human ecology' are not respected, the cruel forces of poverty are unleashed, as is evident in certain specific areas that I shall now consider briefly one by one..."
 Vatican website - Messages - Pope Benedict XVI

Fighting Poverty to Build Peace - Vatican Radio - Jan 1 2009

Pope Prays for 'Fervent Gaza Parish' on New Years Day ("Violence and hate and distrust too are forms of poverty %u2013 perhaps the most tremendous %u2013 that must be fought") - Vatican Radio - Jan 1 2009 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 23 December 2008
 'Saving the world from homosexuality and transsexuality'

Studio 'jury' round on Pope for teaching Truth about homosexual behaviour

"Presumably Christ would have tolerated people with all their peccadillos," Pat Kenny suggests in a thinly veiled criticism of Pope Benedict. Mr Kenny's 'leading question' serves as a prompt, here, to one of a number of leading radical gay activists which the Today show has assembled.
The studio 'jury' seems to have been convened to counterract the recent comments of the Pope comparing homosexual and transexual behaviour with rainforest destruction!
In a, by now, familiar pattern, there is no 'counsel for the defence' present
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny

"Fighting homosexuality as vital as saving rainforests - Pope" - Reuters - Irish Times - 22 Dec 2008

INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE CRITERIA FOR THE DISCERNMENT OF VOCATIONS WITH REGARDS TO PERSONS WITH HOMOSEXUAL TENDENCIES IN VIEW OF THEIR ADMISSION TO THE SEMINARY AND TO THE HOLY ORDERS - Vatican document approved by Pope Benedict XVI - Rome 2005

THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY PASSES THROUGH THE FAMILY - Christmas 2007 message of Dr Ivo O'Sullivan Back to top>>



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Tuesday 23 December 2008
 "Recapitalise families and community, urges Brady"

Rebuild family and community

"WE SHOULD rebuild family and community life as well as our economic system, the Catholic primate Cardinal Sean Brady has said. The banks need support but so do our families, he said in his Christmas message."
 The Irish Times - News - PATSY McGARRY

Christmas messages from Cardinal Sean Brady - 22 Dec 2008

The Family as the Foundation of Society - Cardinal Brady address to Ceifin Conference - 4 Nov 2008

THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY PASSES THROUGH THE FAMILY - Christmas 2007 message of Dr Ivo O'Sullivan Back to top>>



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Friday 12 December 2008
 Cardinal Brady -- family defender

Letter to Irish Independent praises Cardinal Brady for his defence of the family

A letter to the Irish Independent praises Cardinal Brady for his defence of the family, with particular reference to his speech at this year's Ceifin Conference in Ennis, Co. Clare
 Irish Independent - Letters - YVONNE ROONEY Back to top>>



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Wednesday 19 November 2008
 "Difficult to have a calm debate on marriage" - David Quinn

"We simply have to stop viewing debates about marriage as proxy debates about our judgemental past"

Writing about his participation in the November 19th episode of Seoige, David Quinn laments the difficulty in having a calm debate about marriage and what's best for children, without being accused of trying to 'drag us back' into a 'judgemental' and 'intolerant' past
 RTE One - Seoige - Grainne Seoige and Sile Seoige

Blogs abou Seoige and the Sunday Independent article (below) on Dr Phil Boyle which gave rise to Seoige item

'Fertility clinic will only treat married couples' - Daniel Mcconnell - Sunday Independent - Nov' 16 2008

PRESS RELEASE from Dr Phil Boyle of Galway Clinic in response to media coverage regarding the policy of FertilityCare Galway to treat only married couples - 18 November 2008 Back to top>>



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Saturday 15 November 2008
 Time to reverse tax individualisation

Irish Times letter calls for "return to a more equitable tax regime consistent with our Constitution"

If economic growth called for tax individualisation shouldn't economic recession require its reversal?
The author reminds us of the Constitution of Ireland which includes the words: "... mothers shall not be obliged by economic necessity to engage in labour to the neglect of their duties in the home." (Article 41 2.2)

The Irish Times - Letters - KEITH BRASSINGTON

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Thursday 13 November 2008
 "Music firms put faith in religion during recession"

Reuters reports Christian albums to dominate classical charts this Christmas

As part of this report, Reuters talks about three Northern Irish priests -- Eugene O'Hagan, Martin O'Hagan and David Delargy -- whose Gregorian Chant record, Reuters say, has sold about 700,000 copies since May. The priests, Reuters say, again, "have had to balance the demands of the media spotlight with their daily parish lives."...
"The Gregorian chant record has sold about 700,000 copies around the world since May and is being bought by people who would never ordinarily be interested in Gregorian chants," - Dickon Stainer, Universal Classics and Jazz managing director (emphasis added).
"Simplicity and calm, they say, is what people appear to want in times of economic uncertainty" - Reuters on Music executives.
 Reuters - Consumer Goods and Retail - Mike Collett-White Belinda Goldsmith

Singing priests won't give up their day jobs - Olga Craig - Telegraph - Nov 11, 2008

Priests ready to make holy racket - Sean Michaels - Guardian - April 24, 2008 Back to top>>



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Thursday 13 November 2008
 "Bacik critical of Catholic Church publication 'Alive'"

The Irish Times

In the Seanad, Senator Ivanna Bacik claims Alive "represented the equivalent of the paramilitary wing of the Catholic Church...It put forward very extreme views." ... (Both the comments by Senator Bacik -- a strong supporter of abortion rights -- and the choice of this headline by the Irish Times seem to be part of an ongoing campaign against Alive which itself appears to have been prompted by that newspaper's forthright defence of the traditional family and by its opposition to the Treaty of Lisbon)
 The Irish Times - In the Dail - JIMMY WALSH Back to top>>



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Wednesday 12 November 2008
 Jesus Is My All in All: Praying with the 'Saint of Calcutta'

New book containing novena based on Mother Teresa's writings - CNA

"As a follow-up to last year's New York Times bestseller, Come Be My Light, Doubleday has released a new book highlighting Mother Teresa's spiritual life through a nine-day novena based on her inspirational writings..." - CNA
The book is called Jesus Is My All in All: Praying with the 'Saint of Calcutta'and contains writings of Mother Theresa assembled by Fr. Brian Kolodiejchuk, the editor of Come Be My Light.
Excerpt:
"Jesus, I love with my whole heart, with my whole being. I have given Him all, even my sings, and he has espoused me to Himself in tenderness and love. Now and for life I am the spouse of my Crucified Spouse. Amen."
 Catholic News Agency - News -

Jesus Is My All in All: Praying with the 'Saint of Calcutta' - Amazon books Back to top>>



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Tuesday 28 Oct 2008
 Consecrated Host stolen from Co Down church

'Community stunned by church theft' (BBC)

"Members of a County Down parish have been left stunned by the theft of a Monstrance from their church. The Monstrance, which contained the Host, ..."
 BBC - News -

Bari conference on miracles of The Eucharist - Vatican Radio Back to top>>



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Friday 31 Oct 2008
 'The acceptable face of pornography'

Pat Kenny Radio Show and panelists

Panelist Marie Louise O'Donnell talks about the Russell Brand / Jonathan Ross contraversy and 'the acceptable face of pornography' (1 hr 40 mins approx into broadcast)
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's 'offensive' calls: transcript - Guardian - October 27, 2008

Watchdog to investigate Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's phone prank - Guardian - October 28, 2008

BBC suspends Ross for 12 weeks over Sachs phone calls - The Irish Times - October 30, 2008 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 29 October 2008
 GREED ISN'T GOOD

Financial Crisis

"With billions of dollars in shareholder value wiped out by the ongoing global financial turmoil a Cardinal and a Catholic entrepreneur take a look at what lessons we can learn from this crisis....."
 Vatican Radio - News -

"a person, who builds his life only on things visible and tangible, such as success, career and money, builds it on sand" - Pope Benedict XVI to Synod of Bishops - October 6, 2008 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 29 October 2008
 'UCC approves use of embryonic stem cells by single vote'

Death sanctioned

Article by Michelle McDonagh on the approval of UCC's 40-strong governing body by one vote of EMBRYONIC Stem Cell research
Irish Independent - Latest News - Michelle McDonagh

Bishop criticises UCC decision - The Irish Times - PATSY McGARRY - October 29, 2008 Back to top>>



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Wednesday 29 Oct 2008
 Tommy Tiernan under fire for mimicking people with physical disabilites

Liveline callers take aim at Tommy Tiernan Sketch

In today's Liveline, Tommy Tiernan is forced to defend his Late Late Show sketch where he mimicked people with disabilities (also covered on yesterday's Liveline)
 RTE Radio One - Liveline - Joe Duffy

Tiernan defends ?offensive? act - Jennifer Hough - Irish Examiner - October 30, 2008

Tuesday's Liveline - October 28, 2008

Tiernan defends ?offensive? act - Jennifer Hough - Irish Examiner - October 30, 2008

Tommy Tiernan on Late Late Show - October 24, 2008

Offensive comedians should not get the last laugh - Fintan O'Toole - The Irish Times - October 30, 2008

'What we have would leave Russell Brand standing' - Marie Louise O'Donnell - Today - Pat Kenny - October 31, 2008

Tommy Tiernan forced to defend sketch about children with Down Syndrome / Down's Syndrome - Liveline - Damian O'Reilly - November 26, 2007 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 28 Oct 2008
 Cardinal O'Brien urges Prime Minister to amend HFEA Bill

Open letter

In an open letter sent to Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Cardinal Keith O'Brien has described Schedule 3 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill as "potentially most harmful".
www.indcatholicnews.com - Latest News -

Row over 'Nazi' embryo law attack - BBC - News - Oct 29, 2008 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 28 Oct 2008
 UCC to carry out Embryonic Stem Cell research

RTE news report

RTE report from UCC on the University's decision to carry out Embryonic Stem Cell research -- includes interviews with Dr Berry Kiely of the Pro Life Campaign (PLC) and Deirdre Madden (Ethics Research Board of UCC, Medical Council, Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction)
 RTE One - Nine News - Anne Doyle

UCC to allow stem cell research - RTE News - October 28, 2008

PLC accuses UCC of "gross misrepresentation" over its embryo research stance - Pro Life Campaign - October 28, 2008

'Don't Use Me for Spare Parts' - www.embryoresearch.org Back to top>>



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Sunday 26 Oct 2008
 Bishops and CORI issue joint statement on the Budget and education provision

''The educational outcome for our young people is in direct proportion to the support we give those who teach in our schools and those who manage them.''


Text of statement issued by Bishops and CORI on Budget and education
 www.catholicbishops.ie - Press Releases - Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference Back to top>>



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Saturday 25 October 2008
 Vatican suspend bishop for adopting woman, 26

CNN and AP report

AP and CNN report that The Vatican has suspended a Roman Catholic bishop in southern India after he adopted a 26-year-old woman (NEW DELHI, India)
CNN - News - AP reporter

Pope suspends Kerala bishop - SIFY - October 23, 2008

'Adoption' bishop gets suspended - BBC - October 24, 2008

Vatican suspends Kerala bishop over adoption issue - The Times of India - October 24, 2008 Back to top>>



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Saturday 25 Oct 2008
 Jack Charlton says greatest memory of Italy was conversation with Pope

Irish Independent report

"I think the greatest memory of Italy was the conversation I had when we had an audience with Pope John Paul...I am not a Catholic person but..."
 Irish Independent - National News - Shane Hickey and Colm Kelpie Back to top>>



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Saturday 25 October 2008
 Priest's great passion for social justice

Irish Times on Fr Austin Flannery

The Irish Times' Religious Affairs Correspondent PATSY McGARRY, reports that there was an "unlikely alliance ... between Dominican priest Fr Austin Flannery and the late general secretary of the Communist Party of Ireland, Michael O'Riordan."
 The Irish Times - Ireland - PATSY McGARRY Back to top>>



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Friday 24 Oct 2008
 "DPP move feeds into trial by media"

Justice under attack?

John Waters writes in The Irish Times: "THE MEDIA consensus that greeted the announcement that the DPP will provide the families of victims of fatal crimes or accidents with written explanations for decisions not to proceed with prosecutions is symptomatic of the difficulty we have in getting the media to treat with objectivity issues affecting a media interest."
 The Irish Times - Opinion - John Waters Back to top>>



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Friday 24 Oct 2008
 "Equal airtime in referendums to be reviewed"

Democracy under attack?

In this Irish Times article (positioned at the bottom of an inside page) Fiona Gartland reports that
"The Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitution said yesterday as part of its review it would examine the Supreme Court decision in the Coughlan case, in which the court ruled that both the Yes and No campaigns in any referendum must be allowed the same airtime."
She also reported that
"It will examine whether referendums are constitutionally required or if a supra-majority of both Houses of the Oireachtas could change the Constitution"(emphasis added)

 The Irish Times - Ireland - Fiona Gartland Back to top>>



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Friday 24 Oct 2008
 Apple publicly supports gay marriage

Main story - Apple home page

From the Apple home page:
"No on Prop 8
Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees' same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person's fundamental rights -- including the right to marry -- should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8."
 www.apple.com - Top Stories - Apple

Major Holders for Apple Inc Back to top>>



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Wednesday 22 October 2008
 'Abortion and the Catholic vote'

Catholics "blamed" for reluctance of Westminster to extend 1967 Abortion Act to Northern ireland

From the New Statesman: "As MPs are denied the opportunity to debate abortion reforms, Diane Abbott points the finger at Catholic political influence, reports Katy Taylor" !!
 New Statesman - Law and Reform - Katy Taylor Back to top>>



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Wednesday 22 Oct 2008
 Campaigner Fr Austin Flannery dies, aged 83

Irish Times

Fr Austin Flannery OP has died. His translation of the documents of Vatican Council II became the standard English-language version.
In this Irish Times report, Fr Flannery 's successor as president of the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, the Rev Terence McCaughey is quoted as saying of Fr Flannery ?He was an awfully good, gentle man. He was marvellous at getting people to work together."
In the words of the report "He was also involved in the ecumenical movement, being a founder of the Glenstal ecumenical conference and a member of the council of the Irish School of Ecumenics.
"His commitment to encouraging better artistic standards in churches was recognised when the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland offered him a place on the church?s advisory committee on church art and architecture."

 The Irish Times - Ireland - MARY MINIHAN Back to top>>



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Tuesday 21 Oct 2008
 Aid worker, Gayle Williams, killed 'for spreading religion'

Irish Examiner (Kabul, Afghanistan)

TALIBAN gunmen killed a Christian aid worker in Kabul as she walked to work, reports Irish Examiner
 Irish Examiner - News - Amir Shah

Kabul aid worker's murder highlights risks for Christians - Pat Ashworth - Church Times - October 24, 2008

'I don't walk outside and certainly not on my own' - Jamie Terzi - The Guardian - October 25, 2008

British female aid worker shot dead in Kabul had moved over security fears - Tom Coughlan - The Times - October 21, 2008 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 21 Oct 2008
 "'No God' slogans for city's buses"

BBC report

The British Humanist Association (BHA) is behind plans to put atheist slogans on buses. The slogans will read "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life."
 BBC - News - Back to top>>



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Monday 20 Oct 2008
 Church Leaders ask MPs to vote against abortion amendment

Church Leaders issue joint letter to all MPs (catholicbishops.ie)

"The leaders of the four main churches in Ireland have asked all Westminster MPs to vote against a proposed amendment to the human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill due to be debated in the parliament this week which would extend the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland."
 www.catholicbishops.ie - Press Releases - Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference Back to top>>



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Monday 20 October 2008
 "Move to extend abortion to North may fail"

Stormont 'March for Life' - Is this another negative twist to a good news story

Reading between the lines: an Irish Times report on the effectiveness of cross-party opposition to abortion in Northern Ireland. The October 18 Stormont 'March for Life' is mentioned briefly
The Irish Times - Ireland - FRANK MILLAR Back to top>>



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Monday 20 October 2008
 Cleraun Media Conference

"Coverage of North fostering 'spoilt' attitude in politicians"

Reporting on the Cleraun Media Conference, the Irish Times notes loyalist David Adams' concerns that there is too much media coverage for Northern Ireland. This, Mr Adams believes, is fostering a "self-regarding, self-centred and spoilt with attention" attitude.
 The Irish Times - Ireland - RONAN McGREEVY Back to top>>



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Sunday 19 Oct 2008
 'Awash in a tide of affluence and wealth'

Will a new age of austerity make us reflect on the values of the Celtic Tiger

Tom McGurk asks: "Could it be that a new age of austerity will bring us to re -examine and reflect on the values of the Celtic tiger?" ... Studio guests: Fr Michael Bennett, Des Geraghty, Gerry Keane, Gina Menzies
 RTE Radio One - Spirit Moves - Tom McGurk Back to top>>



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Saturday 18 Oct 2008
 'Brand' of humour?

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross make on-air abusive phonecall to Andrew Sachs

Only a joke - Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross make on-air abusive phonecall to Andrew Sachs

 BBC Radio 2 - The Russell Brand Show - Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross

Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's 'offensive' calls: transcript - Guardian - October 27, 2008

Watchdog to investigate Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross's phone prank - Guardian - October 28, 2008

BBC suspends Ross for 12 weeks over Sachs phone calls - The Irish Times - October 30, 2008 Back to top>>



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Thursday 16 Oct 2008
 'Today with Pat Kenny' ignores Partial Birth Abortion question in US election debate

McCain's quizzing of Barack Obama over support for partial birth abortion ignored by Irish media


Despite a lengthy analysis of last night's American presidential debate, Pat Kenny and his guests ignore the very pointed question Senator John McCain addressed to Barack Obama about Sen Obama's support for Partial Birth Abortion.
When the US Supreme Court, last year, upheld (by 5 votes to 4) a law banning Partial Birth Abortion outright, Senator Obama described it as "a sad day for women"
 RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny

McCain goes on the attack in final debate - MSNBC - Oct 16, 2008

McCain goes on the attack in final debate - MSNBC - Oct 16, 2008

'See no evil' - Inadeqaute coverage of U.S. partial-birth abortion ruling - May 10, 2007

'Demo-cracy? Or ?Media-cracy? ? - RTE?s New Censorship Policy - FMA

After Objectivity: What moral norms should govern news reporting? Kenneth L. Woodward, Contributing Editor, Newsweek Magazine. - a paper delivered to the Cleraun media Conference - October 22, 2006 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 14 Oct 2008
 SAT-7 viewers living in Iraq send text messages asking for urgent prayer for violence in Mosul to stop

Iraqi Viewers Plead for Prayer

Iraqi Christians have been texting the Christian satellite station, SAT-7 requesting urgent prayer. One wrote (translated from Arabic), "Please pray for Christians in Iraq because they are killing all the Christians that are walking in Mosul." Another wrote, "In the name of Jesus pray for Christians in Nineveh province. We're under the weight of killings and displacement.
 SAT-7 - - Back to top>>



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Tuesday 14 Oct 2008
 "Walking with Jesus" in mental illness

Risin Time - Living Word

"Walking with Jesus" - In an uplifting start to the day, on Maxi's Risin Time, Pat Carr shares a testimony about his life with mental illness
 RTE Radio One - Rising Time - Maxi Back to top>>



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Monday 13 Oct 2008
 The Year Of Vocation

Feature about two young women who have entered an enclosed order"

"Seoige features an exclusive interview with two young women who have given up their careers and entered a closed monastery."
 RTE One - Seoige - Grainne Seoige and Sile Seoige Back to top>>



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Sunday 12 Oct 2008
 'Has liberalism become totally intolerant of anyone holding traditional values?'

Spirit Moves

John Waters and Paschal Mooney are among Tom McGurk's guests, as they parse the media attacks on Sarah Palin
 RTE Radio One - Spirit Moves - Tom McGurk Back to top>>



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Tuesday 7 October 2008
 Talking Chastity on Today FM

'How the Irish Have Sex'

Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
Sean Ascough and Maura Garrihy of Youth 2000 and Pure in Heart appear on tonight's TV3 documentary 'How the Irish have Sex': 9-10pm. Here they talk with Ray D'Arcy of Today FM (Apologies for the poor sound quality)
 Today FM - Ray D'Arcy Show - Ray D'Arcy

How the Irish Have sex - TV3 - 7 Oct 08 Back to top>>



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Tuesday 7 October 2008
 Does Ireland need Priests?!

"Without priests, Ireland will be just fine" - David Keating, Irish Times
The Irish Times - Opinion (Rite and Reason) - David Keating Back to top>>



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Monday 6 October
 "Do not put your trust in riches"

Pope Benedict on the pursuit of wealth

'Pope criticises pursuit of wealth' - reports BBC
'The global financial crisis is proof that the pursuit of money and success is pointless, Pope Benedict XVI has told a meeting of bishops in Rome. ...'
 BBC News Channel - News - Back to top>>



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Wednesday 1 October
 "An incredibly generous response"

President McAleese praises Knights of Columbanus

Feast of St Thérčse of Lisieux -
In an interview with Derek Mooney, President Mary Mcaleese praises the Knights of Columbanus for their "incredibly generous response" in dealing with the problem of abuse at a time when society was slow to accept its reality (17 mins 45 secs into broadcast)
 RTÉ Radio One - Mooney - Derek Mooney Back to top>>



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Tuesday 30 September
 New Technologies, New Relationships. Promoting a Culture of Respect, Dialogue and Friendship - Theme for World Communications Day 2009 (Italian)
 Vatican Website - News - Mons. Claudio Maria Celli Back to top>>



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Friday 26 September
 "Palin got blessing to protect from 'witchcraft'" - Irish Examiner
Irish Examiner - News - Back to top>>



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Friday 26 September
 Marriage crises have a flip side - They Can Be Secret to a Deeper Love - "share ... hope with those who have lost it"..."trust in face of despair" - Pope Benedict XVI (speaking to the Retrouvaille marriage counselling group at an audience in Rome coinciding with the group's international convention
 Zenit - News - Back to top>>



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Wednesday 24 September
 Movie star Eduardo Verastegui has recorded a special video message to encourage Hispanic voters in the U.S. to put an end to abortion and to expose the radical abortion position of presidential candidate Barack Obama.
 Catholic News Agency - News - Back to top>>



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Wednesday 24 September
 Catholic priest stabbed in throat by man obsessed with
'The Da Vinci Code'
Sky - News - Nick Pisa Back to top>>



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Wednesday 24 September
 Broadcasting Bill 2008
Bishops call on Oireachtas to consider amending
Section 41 restrictions on religious advertising
Catholic Ireland - News - Back to top>>



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Wednesday 24 September
 The internet is an "awesome tool of communication"
and "the single most revolutionary communications medium of modern times," -
Dr Sean Brady, Primate of All Ireland
Irish bishops launch new internet site
Catholic Ireland - News - Back to top>>



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Monday 22 Septembe
 "Fr Maximilian Kolbe:
gave his life to save another prisoner in Auschwitz"
The Irish Times - An Irishman's Diary - Back to top>>



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Monday 22 September
 ('Evil will be called good') Involuntary Euthanasia!
Baroness Warnock claims elderly with dementia have a "duty to die"
Lifesite News - News - Hilary White Back to top>>



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Monday 22 Septembe
 'girlsagainstporn' launch campaign
against inflight internet pornography -
Airlines Not Filtering New On-board Internet Service
Girls Against Porn - Girls Against Porn - Girls Against Porn Back to top>>



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Monday 22 September
 Father Tomislav Vlasic, OFM. -
Faculties removed for serious reasons
"totally independent of Medjugorje"
Children of Medjugorje - - Back to top>>



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Monday 22 September
 "I now feel, 10 years after the publication of my book, that his
(Pope Pius XII's) scope for action was severely limited and
I am prepared to state this"

Hitler's Pope author John Cornwell modifies his views
The Bulletin - News - John P. Connolly Back to top>>



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Monday 22 September
 Opera stars are 'unsung heroes' - Media ignoring Irish classical opera stars while Irish models become household names, claims Celine Byrne
 Irish Examiner - News - Allison Bray Back to top>>



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Monday 22 September
 contemporary art exhibition portrays the hidden world of Catholic religious orders in Ireland - Vatican Radio
(Former fashion photographer Jackie Nicholson)
Vatican Radio - News - Back to top>>



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Thursday 18 September
 'Pope defends WWII pontiff's role'
 BBC News Channel - News - Back to top>>



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Wednesday 17 September
 Google Settles Out Of Court after Being Sued for Refusing Pro-Life Ad
Lifesite News - News - Thaddeus M. Baklinski Back to top>>



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Tuesday 16 September
 Irish College of Psychiatrists
call for ban on alcohol advertising -
"It said that it was possible that
the media was being influenced
in its coverage of drink related issues
by its desire not to upset the industry" !! -
Sharon Gaffney, RTE News At One (6 mins into broadcast)
RTE Radio One - News at One - Sean O'Rourke Back to top>>



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Tuesday 16 September
 There are times when, if we pay attention to the media, it would seem
that the world is full of nothing other than tragedy and despair? and
yet?
Sadness turned to joy

Pause for Prayer - Reflection - Sr Janet Fearns Back to top>>



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Monday 15 September
 'Pope leads thousands of Irish in prayer' - Irish Examiner
 Irish Examiner - News - Carole Landry Back to top>>



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Friday 12 September
 'The decline of religion in Ireland' -
a discussion on The Tubridy Show
with Prof Patricia Casey

RTE Radio One - The Tubridy Show - Ryan Tubridy Back to top>>



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Wednesday 10 September
 The sexualisation of children -
Discussion on Today with Pat Kenny

RTE Radio One - Today - Pat Kenny Back to top>>



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Tuesday 2 September
 'Looking for a Miracle'
The 150th anniversary of the apparitions in Lourdes -
RTE - 'Would You Believe' special
10:40 pm (52 mins)

RTE One - Would You Believe - Back to top>>



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Monday 1 September