Austen IvereighOnce the law allows the killing of innocent beings for certain reasons, it crosses a line, writes Austen Ivereigh
Category: Comment & Analysis
The Church must keep just war theory
David QuinnPacifism only works when everyone adopts it, writes David Quinn
The celebration of Holy Orders
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that Christ himself chose the apostles and gave them a share in his mission and authority, writes Cathal Barry
On the side of God, peace and the poor
Fr Ronald RolheiserBefore you get serious about Jesus, first consider how good you’re going to look on wood! Daniel Berrigan wrote those words and they express a lot about who he was and what he believed in. He died at the weekend aged 94. No short tribute can do justice to Dan Berrigan. He defies quick definition…
The nuns who mapped the stars
Courtney McGrail“Up until recently, the women were no more than nameless nuns whose image has long been preserved in a black and white photograph… now their identities have been pulled out of obscurity”, writes Carol Glatz
Danger of Church colluding in false abuse impression
Michael Kelly
“I sometimes also wonder about the centrality and prominence that safeguarding has taken in the life of the Church”, writes Editor, Michael Kelly The watchdog set up to monitor the Church’s adherence to stringent child protection rules has published a new set of ‘standards’. Amongst other things, the document aims to redress a perception that…
First the rhythm method, now the algorithm method
Mary Kenny
“It’s wonderful the way that technology can come to the rescue of good ideas and update the way we look at things,” writes Mary Kenny Natural Family Planning (NFP) was encouraged by the Catholic Church after the publication of Humanae Vitae in 1968, and many couples who felt they needed to limit their families tried…
No hint of sectarianism in Rising leaders’ independence struggle
Dr Martin Mansergh
“It would be easy, but wrong, always to assume that all that matters is the faith that people die in,” writes Martin Mansergh The commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising has been uplifting, and has attracted wide public interest, support and enthusiasm. Fortuitously, its timing has filled a gap in public life created by the…
Good versus evil battles based on religious roots
Game of Thrones’ nihilism does not work because we need stories to have a just ending or moral purpose, writes David Quinn President Barack Obama is a fan. He got to watch the first episode of the new season ahead of almost anyone else. That, I suppose, is one of the perks of being the…
Israel’s efforts to make peace are constantly rebuffed
It is outrageous to draw a moral equivalence between terrorists and Israel acting to protect its citizens, writes Ze’ev Boker Ze’ev Boker It was with interest but also with disappointment that I read the opinion piece by Baroness Nuala O’Loan on Israel and the Palestinians in The Irish Catholic (Peace remains fragile in the Holy…