Peter CostelloWalking the Camino along the north shore of Spain to Santiago de Compostela has become perhaps the most active pilgrim route in the world. All kinds of people undertake the excursion, not all of them Christians by any means. This very personal book is an account of one such by a Catholic woman from Wexford,…
Month: April 2015
Ethics writer celebrates resignation of ‘a good man’
Courtney McGrailWriting at thedailybeast.com, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry – a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Centre in Washington DC – celebrates the resignation of Kansas City’s controversial Bishop Robert W. Finn, describing it as “a watershed moment in the history of the Catholic Church”. Open to the possibility that Dr Finn is “a good…
Christians must challenge globalisation of indifference
Christians should be concerned about the proposed free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, writes Jonny Hanson
Dad’s Diary
It’s springtime and “adventure” is the watchword in our house. We no longer walk to the playground, we “go on an adventure” to the playground, taking obscure and unnecessary paths through the woods, clambering over fallen trees and exploring hidden glades. We are already, under duress, planning summer camping trips to faraway adventure-filled lands such…
World champion boxer turns to God
Staff Reporter World champion Manny Pacquiao has turned to God in preparation for his highly anticipated fight to settle the debate about who is the world’s best pound-for-pound boxer. The Filipino fighter takes on Floyd Mayweather in what has been dubbed ‘the fight of the century’ in the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas…
Allowing more people access to marriage
Dear Editor, As a practicing Catholic gay man on the cusp of turning 40, I hope that I can face the next decade of my life in the happiness, security and protection of a civil marriage. I love my Church and the traditions and values it has blessed me and my family with, however I cannot…
Travelling down road to moral anarchy
Dear Editor, The claim by Minister Simon Coveney that every child does not have the right to a mother and father shows how far down the road to moral anarchy we have travelled. Citing the huge number of single parents (without alluding to the huge social and financial bill), he says it would be impossible…
Many groups are lobbying for ‘no’ vote
Dear Editor, I refer to the article by Greg Daly, ‘Church must be free to teach marriage stance – Bishop Doran’, (IC 09/04/2015). In the last paragraph of the article it is said that Mothers and Fathers Matter is the only campaign group calling for a ‘no’ vote. If one looks up SIPOC’s ‘Register of…
Call for action on destruction of ‘No’ referendum posters
Mags GarganCampaigners for the ‘no’ side have called for action from the Government and ‘yes’ advocates, against an unlawful nationwide campaign of destruction of their marriage referendum posters. ‘Yes’ activists have posted videos and photographs from across the country of ‘no’ posters being defaced, torn down and destroyed, and a Dublin hotel has offered a 50%…
Children’s charity thanks readers’ generosity
Thai Children’s Trust Ireland has sent a message of thanks to readers of The Irish Catholic for their generous response to its Lenten appeal to help feed orphaned and abandoned children on the Thai-Burma border. The Feed a Future campaign asked people to support its nutrition programme by giving a €40 donation, or €1 a…