Mags GarganThe same-sex marriage referendum is not about equality, but a radical change in the meaning of marriage, according to Bishop Kevin Doran. Speaking in Donaghmede parish in Dublin this week, the Bishop of Elphin said he was recently asked by a politician “what is so wrong about being nice to people who are equal to…
Month: February 2015
Obama’s unpopularity with Catholics no surprise
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, Your correspondent from America, Michael W. Higgins, makes some extraordinary statements (IC 19/02/2015) from the point of view of anyone who sees President Obama first and foremost as a champion of abortion right up to birth, who not only defends his position when and where called for, but forces others not so minded…
Bishop hits out at‘discrimination and prejudice’ against Christians
Michael KellyBishop Noel Treanor has insisted that laws forcing Christians to act against their conscience are a form of “prejudice and discrimination” that would not be tolerated against any other group in society. Dr Treanor led a Church delegation on Tuesday to meet members of the DUP and SDLP at Stormont in relation to a proposed…
Time to call out the media on abortion bias
This is an opportunity for a positive, but resolute challenge to the media, writes Cora Sherlock
Does it make sense to eliminate the real differences that exist between male and female, including in our understanding of marriage?
The Irish Catholic has asked an interdisciplinary team, which includes Prof. Eamonn Conway and Dr Rik Van Nieuwenhove, theologians at Mary Immaculate College University of Limerick, and Mr Patrick Treacy SC of Integritas, to consider and respond to the difficult questions we all face when deciding how to vote in the referendum.
A gangster state: The truth about Putin’s Russia
Red Notice: How I Became Putin’s No. 1 Enemy by Bill Browder (Transworld Books, £13.99)
Ten Commandments address global problems
Dear Editor, The violent deaths of so many people in Paris recently would not have happened if the ten commandments from the Bible were followed. In the Koran, there are concepts of God, Heaven and Hell akin to Judaeo-Christian beliefs, within recognition of Old Testament prophets. Moses, an Old Testament prophet, received the ten commandments…
Putting our God-given talents to good use
Fr Ronald RolheiserFor the past six months, while undergoing treatment for cancer, I was working on a reduced schedule. The medical treatments, while somewhat debilitating, left me still enough health and energy to carry on the administrative duties in my present ministry, but they didn’t allow me any extra energy to teach classes or to offer any…
More people are living to a ripe old age
Dr Kevin McCarrollMedical Matters with Dr Kevin McCarroll
91% say child best adopted by mums and dads
A new opinion poll conducted by Amarach Research on behalf of The Iona Institute has found that 91% of respondents believe that when a child is being placed for adoption, it is best to try and place the child with a man and a woman. The second preference was a woman on her own, followed…