Dear Editor, In relation to the article ‘Solidarity with persecuted Christian minorities’ (IC August 14), Trócaire is gravely concerned about the suffering being endured by Christians and other religious minorities across northern Iraq and Syria. Trócaire has committed humanitarian aid to respond to the urgent needs of civilians from minority communities in northern Iraq, including…

Dear Editor, I read with amazement the letter from Fr John McCallion (Letters, August 7) about the need for hospital chaplains. I agree that the provision of chaplains and pastoral care can be a great comfort for patients and their families. I am a secondary school teacher who in the past has worked in Ireland…

Dear Editor, At the recent Memorial Mass for the Irish men who died in World War I, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said they had pursued an ‘ideal’. How can this ideal possibly be consistent with the non-violent teachings of Jesus and thus the Will of God? The Pope at the time, Benedict XV, said to the…

Dear Editor, Over the past number of years the Christian communities in many countries such as Nigeria, Iraq, Bangladesh and others have been enduring severe persecution. The terrible plight of the Christian community of the town of Quaraquosh in Iraq at present is but the latest example of that persecution. It is estimated that 50,000…