Deliberately setting out to lead a life that will have few demands placed on you is selfish, writes David Quinn Pope Francis has landed himself in hot water after suggesting that some people might selfishly prefer pets to children. He was speaking at his usual Wednesday general audience at the Vatican and was specifically discussing…
Hindu nationalists falsely accuse missionaries of exploiting the vulnerable to win converts, writes David Quinn Mother Teresa is one of the most loved figures of the 20th Century, and in the eyes of millions of Catholics, a saint. It’s probably for this reason that she also comes under continual attack. The most famous of the…
For almost two years now, and probably for months to come, our lives have been dominated by the pandemic and the restrictions it has placed on us. It has catapulted doctors, scientists and public health experts generally into positions of pre-eminence where their word can barely be questioned. Such an eventuality was predicted decades ago…
The vast network of monasteries helped to lay the foundations of the welfare state we are now so familiar with by helping the poor in organised ways writes David Quinn Back in 1986 a movie called The Name of the Rose went on release internationally. It was based on the book of the same name…
Chinese newspapers across the country declared the Legion to be an anti-revolutionary, subversive organisation in 1951, writes David Quinn In 1956, Ignatius Kung, the Catholic bishop of Shanghai, was brought before a crowd of thousands in the local dog racing stadium, bound and dressed by his captors in a pajama suit. He had been arrested…
It is time to breathe new life into the traditional concept of the common good, writes David Quinn During the abortion debate we all became familiar with the slogan, ‘my body, my choice’. It is the ultimate expression of personal autonomy. Pro-lifers have always responded that the slogan is misapplied to the abortion debate because…
Narrating the past is really about controlling the present direction, writes David Quinn Is it a good or a bad thing to be nostalgic about the past? If the latter, then the Irish need not worry, because we are one of the least nostalgic countries in the world about our history according to a new…
We can help culture by showing people just how much pain treating one another as disposable has caused, writes David Quinn Emily Ratajkowski is one of the most famous models in the world today. She shot to fame in 2013 when she appeared topless in a video for the hit song ‘Blurred Lines’ by Robin…
For many years, I have taken part in debates about the family. In all that time, I have focused on the importance of both mothers and fathers being closely involved in the raising of their children. It is why I have always argued for the importance of marriage, because marriage has evolved in practically all…
Left-wing pressure groups are lining up to push Ireland in an even more liberal direction, writes David Quinn For many years, various United Nations (UN) bodies exerted pressure on Ireland to abolish the Eighth Amendment. Moves are now on to cajole us into making our present already very liberal abortion law even more permissive. Ireland…