Dear Editor, Fr Gabriel Daly OSA (Letters, 12/12/13) writes about elusion on the grounds of narrow minded and arbitrary rules of Catholics who look for conformity to the rules and regulations imposed by one party in the Church. Then having declared that Cardinal Levada had no right to accuse Fr Flannery of heresy, Fr Daly…
Month: January 2014
Finding space for the People of God
Michael KellyPope Francis challenges us to move from old complacency
Quotes of the Week January 2
Paul Keenan“We must start off with the right question. It is not, ëIs there a government interest in not recognising alternative types of relationships as marriage?í, but rather, ëIs there a public interest in societal recognition and regulation of the only kind of relationship that brings children into the world?í Every human society in history has…
A year for being young, Irish and Catholic
Maura Garrihy looks at Youth Ministry in 2013
Priest’s conviction overturned
A priest who found himself at the heart of a major child abuse probe in America has had his child endangerment conviction overturned on appeal. Monsignor William Lynn, 62, a former secretary for clergy in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was convicted in June 2012 for his role in reassigning an abusive priest, Fr Edward Avery,…
Al Qaeda in Iraq blamed for Christmas bombings
Al Qaeda militants are being blamed for the deadly Christmas bombings in Iraq which claimed at least 37 lives. The Christian community in Baghdad was targeted on Christmas Day in three near-simultaneous bombings at St John’s Catholic church, where 26 died, and at a marketplace in the nearby Assyrian Christian district. The car bomb at…
America ‘out of love’ with the death penalty
More Americans than ever are opposed to executions, writes Paul Keenan
We need to learn from past mistakes
Dear Editor, I would like to point out to Hilda Nelson (Letters IC 19/12/13) that I have always accepted priests who have “paid the price” for their child sexual abuse crimes should be allowed to move on with their lives. Also that any wrongful accusation of priest or lay person is devastating to that individual…
We need more celebrities like Donncha O’Callaghan
Dear Editor, I was delighted to read Cathal Barry’s interview with the impressive Donncha O’Callaghan in the Christmas edition of the paper (19/12/13). It was a joy to read of the pride the Munster rugby player has for his faith and the “inner peace” prayer brings him. I was pleased to read that the fame…
Religious violence rises in CAR
Religious leaders in the Central African Republic (CAR) are working to thwart attempts by some to use violence as a spark for further violence there, the United Nations has reported. Following an intervention in December by French troops and UN peacekeepers to counter the violent rule of Seleka rebels in the CAR, UN monitoring teams…