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Michael Kirke is a freelance writer, a regular contributor to Position Papers, and a widely read blogger at Garvan Hill (www.garvan.wordpress.com). His views can be responded to at mjgkirke@gmail.com.
Fr D. Vincent Twomey is a member of the Divine Word Missionaries and professor emeritus of moral theology, Pontifical University, Maynooth. Among his published works are: The End of Irish Catholicism? (Dublin, 2003), and Benedict XVI. The Conscience of Our Age: A theological Portrait (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2007). This article is adapted by the author from a longer version which appears in the missiological quarterly
Fr Patrick O’Donohue serves at the apostolate of the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter in Reading, UK, and holds a Licentiate of Sacred Theology.
The Rev. Patrick G Burke is the Church of Ireland rector of the Castlecomer Union of Parishes, Co Kilkenny. A regular contributor to Position Papers, he was formerly a broadcast journalist with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Network. He blogs at http://thewayoutthere1.blogspot.ie/
Andrew Larkin is a teacher, musician and music critic based in Dublin. He is also a director of Family Enrichment Ireland.
This article first appeared at: www.wordonfire.org. Bishop Robert Barron is an author, speaker, theologian, and founder of Word on Fire, a global media ministry. This article has been reprinted with the kind permission of the editors.
