Dear Editor, I do hope that Fr Gabriel Daly’s attack on Cardinal Levada (IC Letters 12/12/13) will not go unanswered. It is not likely that Cardinal Levada will be reading the letters in your paper. But someone should point out that Fr Gabriel avoided any specific details as to why the cardinal did act as he…
Month: January 2014
On the dangers of defining ourselves
Fr Ronald RolheiserWe need to know our real centres, writes Fr Rolheiser
Reform Alliance steps forward
Michael Kellycould this be the political alternative we have been waiting for?
New bishops for Derry, Elphin imminent
Pope Francis is expected to shortly appoint new bishops
Parishes report surge in numbers attending Confession
Mags GarganNumbers attending Confession during Advent and Christmas increased
The people and the Fourth Estate
Peter CostelloDemocracy and Media Decadence, by John Keane (Cambridge University Press, €21.58 pb / £17.99)
Church safeguarding body appoints new chief
Paul KeenanInterim CEO moves to permanent role
Marking Twelfth Night
This week has seen the passing of Twelfth Night, on the eve of the Epiphany, the feast celebrating the visit of the Wise Men to the birthplace of Jesus. Traditionally this marked, not so much the realisation of Jesusís divinity, as the end of the long winter season, the first tremor of spring perhaps, the…
Between Heaven and mirth
Brendan O’ReganThe Bible mini-series was a joy, writes Brendan O’Regan
The horrors of captivity
Aubrey MaloneA affecting tale with a top-notch cast, writes Aubrey Malone