Aubrey MaloneThere are a mixed bag of releases on show at the moment, as often happens as the ‘silly season’ grinds to a halt and the autumn schedule kicks in with a vengeance. American Ultra is one of those comedies about lazy people who don’t realise they contain superpowers within themselves. It’s only when the timid…
Month: September 2015
Refugee crisis coverage a difficult balance
Brendan O’ReganBrendan O’Regan analyses what is worth viewing as the ‘chilly autumn settles in’
Safeguarding reports reveal real progress
Greg DalyDefinite progress is clear in the safeguarding of children in Ireland’s Church, according to the head of the national safeguarding board. Speaking in connection with the publication of 43 reports of orders whose safeguarding procedures have been audited by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (NBSCCCI), Teresa Devlin, NBSCCCI CEO said…
Primate appeals to North’s MPs to oppose Assisted Dying Bill
Mags GarganEvery human life is worthy of our “utmost care and protection to its natural end”
Research rejects idea RE is indoctrination
Persistent claims that religious education is tantamount to indoctrination have been rejected as groundless by experts. Mary Immaculate College’s Dr Daniel O’Connell, one of the authors of the new ‘Grow in Love’ primary school course, says “children like religion because you can ask life’s big questions”, dismissing the idea that religious education is simply a…
PLC tackles ‘lamentable’ council vote on abortion
Paul KeenanThe Pro-Life Campaign (PLC) has described Dublin City Council’s forthcoming vote on a repeal of the 8th Amendment as “lamentable”. Reacting to news that a motion tabled by Councillor Michael O’Brien of the Anti-Austerity Alliance is to face a vote on September 7, Cora Sherlock of the PLC called on pro-life supporters to contact their…
Planned Parenthood silence
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, The international abortion provider Planned Parenthood has been caught on camera, by investigative reporters, offering aborted baby body parts for sale. By any measure, this massive human rights scandal is a news story. Not in our Irish media it seems, who have studiously ignored and buried Planned Parenthood’s activity. The Irish Family Planning…
Priests saved from Hiroshima blast lived Fatima message
Dear Editor, In the article on Hiroshima in the August 13 edition of The Irish Catholic (World of Books), I was disappointed that the miracle which saved the group of priests who were in Hiroshima when the bomb was dropped was not mentioned. The presbytery was demolished, but the priests were not affected and suffered no…
It’s not all bad news for Catholics
Dear Editor, I am going on 95 years and looking at the sad stories that are being discussed in our world today, I want to remind Catholics of our wonderful past over 2,000 years and the dictators that tried to undermine our Church. In my time Stalin got into power and immediately got rid of…
Educate Together schools discriminate against Catholics
Dear Editor, Educate Together CEO Paul Rowe claims that giving preference to children who live in a school’s catchment area could be unfair to non-Catholic children from further away (IC 27/08/2015 ‘Divesting Catholic schools could result in segregation’). Does he not see the irony in this? ‘First come, first served’ admission policies, as favoured by…