Dear Editor, Dr Eamonn Conway’s reflection (IC 25/06/2015) on the tragic circumstances at Berkeley was perfect in its encapsulating of the current malaise concerning the expression of faith, especially that of the Catholic variety. That it took Enda Kenny the day after to even mention that dirty word, prayer, illustrates this!   While society is…

Dear Editor, Notwithstanding the euphoria following the marriage referendum result on May 22, and the approval of this expressed by some writers in your letters page, and leaving aside specifically religious considerations, I believe any truly objective observer of the debate which preceded the vote would agree that the result was a victory for emotion…

Dear Editor, RTÉ News very briefly carried the tragic story of the young Irish woman who in 2012 died after an abortion carried out at a London clinic. Three abortion clinic staff – a doctor and two nurses – were being charged in court with manslaughter and negligence. Subsequently other media ignored this woman’s tragic…

Dear Editor, The recent statement from Amnesty International, as reported in the national media, seems to be calling for the legalisation of human abortion in the Irish Constitution. This is, in my view, contrary to the aims, role and missions of Amnesty i.e. to protect and support the human rights of the people, especially members…

Dear Editor, Now that Catholicism and all that it stands for has been ‘panned’ in this island, we are being treated to a feast of gushing words from those same clergy who stayed dumb as the ‘yes’ campaign steamrolled on. How many Masses or ceremonies were held prior to the referendum to support the ‘no’…

Dear Editor, For decades Amnesty International championed and supported the weak and vulnerable throughout the world. It courageously challenged despots and tyrants. A truly commendable organisation. Alas, the Irish section is not so. It has made a complete volte-face and now advocates the killing of babies, in outright opposition to the Fifth Commandment of God,…

Dear Editor, With regards to the proposed “reality check” that the Roman Catholic Church may or may not need to take, depending on your point of view, permit me to throw the following observations into the mix. Firstly the general population’s understanding of the nature of marriage, sexual intercourse, contraceptives and homosexuality has changed dramatically…

Dear Editor, In your June 4 edition you publish an advertorial in support of the Mater Hospital Foundation’s “Make Your Will Week”. The excellent work of the medical, nursing and other staff of the hospital are described in the advertorial and it may be that some readers of The Irish Catholic will be moved to offer…

Dear Editor, I was very impressed by the pictures of the Corpus Christi processions in Millstreet and Templemore in The Irish Catholic on June 18. But where are the processions from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s? Why did they stop? The same goes for Marian processions and the traditional practice of the crowning of a statue…

Dear Editor, The Amnesty International report, which calls for the repeal of the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution (which recognises the equal right to life of mother and baby) and for the decriminalisation of abortion, is further proof that the organisation is no longer a human rights defender. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration…