tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751954239917722860.post2205503090025543704..comments2023-09-26T05:57:15.801-07:00Comments on Iona Catholic: Fr Vincent Twomey refuses to debate at UCCUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751954239917722860.post-16604085562805627272010-05-28T08:28:19.268-07:002010-05-28T08:28:19.268-07:00Fr. Twomey has proven by his many brilliant contri...Fr. Twomey has proven by his many brilliant contributions on T.V. & Radio ( usually comprised of the standard " packed " panel - one loony liberal ; one loony feminist ; one less than objective chairman ; & Fr. Twomey providing the voice of rationality/common sense ) that he is more than willing to debate with the un-informed/knee-jerk mob. On this ocassion he was absolutely correct in not giving credence to a spurious/infantile debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751954239917722860.post-7633484148529110392009-02-25T07:11:00.000-08:002009-02-25T07:11:00.000-08:00Speaking this week in Toronto, Archbishop Chaput s...Speaking this week in Toronto, Archbishop Chaput said: <BR/><BR/> "I like clarity, and there’s a reason why," began the archbishop. "I think modern life, including life in the Church, suffers from a phony unwillingness to offend that poses as prudence and good manners, but too often turns out to be cowardice. Human beings owe each other respect and appropriate courtesy. But we also owe each other the truth -- which means candor."<BR/><BR/>http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2009/02/denver-archbishop-warns-against-spirit.htmlBrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11137669025213543871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6751954239917722860.post-38693660137646220272009-01-26T00:57:00.000-08:002009-01-26T00:57:00.000-08:00Fr Twomey, the Former just prefers to lecture as h...Fr Twomey, the Former just prefers to lecture as he once did at Maynooth.<BR/>Whatever happened to Vatican II's call to dialogue with the 'modern' world? Or fortitude and standing up for the good and the true? Is this refusal to debate at UCC a brave act of principle or a craven act of cowardice? We can't know his subjective motivation in this instance.<BR/><BR/>His repeated espousal of 'prudence, prudence' was never anything more than a codeword in his lexicon for silence in the face of opposition. In my opinion, he was always an apologist for cowardice and silence especially when the occasion demanded that he speak up.<BR/>Where are all the priests that he taught, publicly standing up for the truth of the Gospel in Ireland today? They aren't exactly jamming the airwaves and filling up the TV stations of RTE and TV3.<BR/><BR/>Instead of open debate, Fr Twomey always preferred to surround himself instead with similar minded flunkeys - who can hear, repeat and do what he says. So propagating the same clique culture in turn.<BR/>Maybe I'm wrong but that is my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com