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…

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,…

Dear Editor, Actor Liam Neeson’s film career is thriving, so one must conclude that his voice-over endorsement of the Graham Linehan pro-abortion video reflects his personal position on the Eighth Amendment debate (David Quinn, IC 29/10/2015). One wonders how he can square this stance with his position as ‘celebrity supporter’ of UNICEF whose motto is…

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…

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…

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…

Dear Editor, It was very heartening to read of the initiative in Moyross parish in Limerick, which is helping to introduce young people to the workplace by approaching local businesses for student summer work (IC 05/11/2015), and thus answering a need in the community. This is exactly the practical, hands-on approach to parish outreach that…

Dear Editor, how do we help out children to grow in Christ? In the past, our Catholic schools helped greatly in this regard. Alas, that environment has slipped away from us. The young teacher is no longer the committed Christian of past years. The home environment of the young pupil is invaded by technology to…

Dear Editor, Your newspaper has carried many reports and opinion pieces in recent weeks regarding the issue of Holy Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics. It is a challenging question, and my heart goes out to all who have experienced relationship breakdown. I feel that the broader question of worthiness to receive Jesus in the…

Dear Editor, The decline in vocations to the priesthood and religious life in western Europe and the US during the last 30 years is cause for serious concern. The situation in Ireland in this regard is no different from that in the rest of the western world. The main solution adopted to deal with this…