Five years ago, Diarmuid Martin, the archbishop of Dublin and a certified friend of Bono, said that Irish Catholicism had “to move from being a doing church to being a listening church.” He continued, “We must never be obsessed with doing...” for “there must always be an element of abandonment in our activities, of seeking first the kingdom.” Noting that the Irish c (...)
March 27, 2009
Books
With Open Ears
Praying for EnglandPriestly Presence in Contemporary CultureEdited by Samuel Wells and Sarah CoakleyContinuum, $29.95, 208 pp.
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