It is untenable for the Government to refuse to admit mistakes and we need a public inquiry, writes David Quinn Nursing homes in Ireland, whether private or HSE-run, look after about 30,000 elderly people. That comes to roughly 0.6% of our population. Yet these homes account for around 50% of all Covid-19 related deaths…
Political and ideological biases have often poisoned the facts, writes David Quinn Do you remember the case of Fr Kevin Reynolds? He was the priest RTÉ wrongly accused of fathering a child through rape, one of the most serious allegations you can make against someone. The allegation was made on an edition of Prime…
We shouldn’t take for granted the moral revolution that Christianity started in the world, writes David Quinn Sometimes you read something that really sticks in your mind. Recently I came across one of those facts, namely that the first hospital in Wuhan, the city in China where this coronavirus originated, was founded by an…
With all eyes on the threat of Covid-19, an even greater killer is given more access, writes David Quinn At a time when we are trying desperately to save lives, to the extent of effectively shutting us all in our houses, both parts of this island have just made it easier to deliberately kill…
In a strange way, this crisis could act as a moment of grace as well as of suffering, writes David Quinn With public Masses suspended, we find ourselves in unprecedented times. How many previously regular Massgoers will revert to their pre-crisis levels of attendance? That’s only one of the questions to be considered in…
The Lord provides us with the means to pass through the challenges that life provides, if we are willing to listen, writes David Quinn “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.” These…
MIC is there to inform on issues like this, David Quinn Mary Immaculate College in Limerick is one of the few Catholic teacher training colleges in the country. Given that more than 90%of primary schools in Ireland are still Catholic, and about 70% of secondary schools are also in this category, these colleges are…
How should the Catholic Church respond when a pandemic breaks out? What is the correct pastoral response? What kind of pastoral response best fits with medical best practice? Are priests generally good at a time like this? What should we as individual Christians do? It’s hard to know at this stage whether ordinary people have…
The world is better for their presence over the years, writes David Quinn The record of the nuns is under attack again. The latest accusation is one of racism against children of ‘mixed race’ who found themselves in Mother and Baby homes and other Church-run institutions. The last Mother and Baby home closed down several…
Amazonian exhortation points towards Pope’s real aim, writes David Quinn When Humanae Vitae was issued in 1968 by Pope Paul VI, it was greeted with dismay and anger by many people, including practicing Catholics, who expected the Church to relax its previous prohibition against the use of artificial means of birth control by Catholics.…