Where now for the Catholic Church? Colm Tóibín at the Melbourne Writers Festival 2013
7.2K views · Feb 4, 2015 · Science & Technology
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@LGBTQII · 5 years ago
Platitudes by Tóibín
@BeguiledandBothered · 7 years ago
To start it off Colm Toibin sounds like a shrugging lay (Catholic) preacher, with a warning to everyone lol
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@seancoleman5021 · 8 years ago
I hit the thumbs down within seconds. Tóibín starts off with Seamus Heany, 'Famous Seamus', and goes on to talk about the need not to sacrifice your own spirituality when directing your anger at the Church. What anger? Why? The next speaker didn't improve things and the third was just as bad. Ten minutes and nobody has said anything worth listening to yet. If anyone has got to the end he might let me know what I missed. I am bailing out here at 12 minutes.
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