Paul Keenan“When that first ‘domino’ falls, everything that is good, true, and beautiful, which is rooted on the natural family, is seriously threatened. In striking down the constitutional amendment in our state which protects marriage, the court has, once again, shaken one of the most precious and essential building blocks of our civilisation.” Bishop Robert Morlino…
Month: June 2014
Church must show compassion to divorced and remarried
Cathal BarryChurch needs to move beyond the constraints of canon law – expert
Missionaries slam ‘excessive and wasteful’ World Cup
‘The money could easily be reallocated to housing, education and healthcare’
Weekday Masses face being axed
The issue was addressed by the bishops at their summer meeting in Maynooth last week.
Homeboys’ hero
Fr Greg Boyle SJ works among the gangs of Los Angeles
Media the real villains over Tuam
Dear Editor, More than any other event in Ireland in recent memory, the story of the Tuam mother and baby home demonstrates so clearly the bias against the Church at the heart of the modern secular media. From a story made possible by already existing records – as confirmed by Dr Lindsey Earner-Byrne in your…
Coverage of the Tuam babies story
Dear Editor, I thought David Quinn’s piece on the Tuam story (‘Dealing with the issue of unwanted children’ IC 12/6/14) greatly helped to keep things in perspective. While there’s no question that the uncovering of the mass grave was shocking and disturbing, I feel as if the media was quick to sensationalise the story without…
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