A new film on the sex abuse crisis fails to tell the bigger story, writes Phil Lawler
Courtney McGrail
May they rest in peace
November is the traditional month to remember and pray for the dead. Here we publish the names of priests who have died over the last 12 months in remembrance,thanksgiving and commendation of their souls to Almighty God.
Vatican News
Congregation denies mismanaging property The Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples has denied accusations of cronyism in renting out properties in Rome. Responding to news reports that Vatican-owned apartments were rented far below market value, with several owned by the congregation being rented at nominal rates to politicians, entertainers and Vatican employees’ relations, the congregation issued a statement…
Healthcare for all not a breach of freedom
“Everyone should have access to health care and health coverage”, America’s bishops have said in a submission to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, describing as “a laudable statutory goal” the prevention of sex discrimination in health programmes and activities. However, the comments filed by the General Counsel of the U.S. Conference of…
Praying for the victims of Paris atrocities
Scientists scoff at religion while presenting laughable theories
Dear Editor, For many Christians the name Richard Dawkins has become akin to an agent of Satan. However, as I viewed the professor chatting to Gay Byrne the other night I listened to the reasonable arguments of an open-minded man who didn’t attempt to dance on other people’s beliefs. His bottom line seemed to be…
Why do we have to pay a TV licence?
Dear Editor, At a recent talk in Knock, a speaker mused aloud that given the ideological bent of Sunday newspapers, and most of the media in Ireland, it could be seen that we are complicit with evil by supporting them. It is likewise for the TV licence to RTÉ given its constant churning out of…
Amnesty’s founders would be saddened by abortion campaigning
Dear Editor, I am appalled at Amnesty International’s reversal of basic human rights in many areas. Originally founded to protect the vulnerable and defenceless, it now promotes abortion in Ireland on both sides of the border. One of its targets is the removal of the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, democratically passed in 1983 after…
Faith schools tend to perform better
Dear Editor, I noticed recently that the best results in the UK’s GCSE or whatever it is called now were achieved in Northern Ireland. I suspect that the majority of schools in the North are what might be called ‘faith’ schools. That in turn suggests that, regardless of the practice of faith of any kind,…
Mary McAleese should consider converting to a faith that shares her beliefs and values
Dear Editor, When I was received into the Church last year after a lifetime as a practising Anglican, I made a profession of faith which committed me to “believe and profess all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God”. This profession is the standard one for converts to…