Mags GarganDear Editor, The €45,000 SVP grant pay-out to Galway LGBT will shock the many loyal, faithful Catholics who have supported the SVP and the poor with their money for decades. The LGBT lobby group is currently campaigning for same-sex marriage in Ireland, with men marrying men, women marrying women and same-sex adoption of children as…
Month: September 2014
Limerick city experiences less crime than Dublin
Dear Editor, I am totally outraged at Mary Kenny’s remarks about Limerick (IC 04/09/2014 ‘Embracing all causes’), calling it a place notorious for its crime rate – an outrageous and completely untrue comment. Obviously this lady knows nothing about Limerick, this year’s city of culture and a city so wonderfully served with many heritage sites,…
Unfair comment about Limerick
Dear Editor, Your paper of September 4 printed an article by Mary Kenny on Gardai in Henry St, Limerick, flying a flag as a gesture for support for gay people (‘Embracing all causes’). How uncalled for and offensive was Mary’s comment describing Limerick as a city “notorious for its crime rate”. The media has already…
The St Vincent de Paul have serious questions to answer about funding
Dear Editor, Serious questions now arise for the National Management Council of the Society of St Vincent de Paul following the revelation (IC 04/09/2014) that they appropriated substantial funds to an organisation (Amach! LGBT Galway) whose ethos furthers activities which are contrary to Catholic Church moral teaching. So far, the response from the SVP smacks…
The last of the great demagogues
Cathal BarryWe should give thanks for Ian Paisley’s conversion, says Fr Joe McVeigh
Catholics in Libya said to be ‘trapped and helpless’ in latest chaos
“There’s much lawlessness now, and we have no protection or security.”
‘Faith formation is key’
Archbishop William Slattery of Pretoria speaks to Cathal Barry about the South African Church’s approach to evangelisation
At the heart of the Church
Martin O'BrienMartin O’Brien meets the two co-directors of the Drumalis Retreat and Conference Centre, Sr Anna Hainey CP and Sr Margaret Rose McSparran CP
Paisley made peace after Catholic meeting
Michael KellyChurch encounter persuaded hardliner to work with Sinn Fein
Latin American families challenged by poverty, violence, social norms
Poverty, violence and changing social norms are causing the disintegration of the family structure across Latin America, church workers in the region said in advance of the October gathering of bishops in the Vatican to discuss pressures families face. From liberalising marriage laws and persistent domestic violence to migration trends sending a record number of…