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, 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, Many people in Ireland, for various reasons, no longer practice the Catholic faith. Others are lukewarm or gone private. They are ashamed to speak out or defend their religion except with people of like-mind. ‘Normality’ today is anything but – it is a new culture driven by powerful advertising, maybe, better recognised as…

Dear Editor, Dr Janina Lyons (Letters 11/06/2015) mourns the result of the same-sex marriage referendum and observes that of those who voted yes surely a number were older Mass-going Catholics. She believes that many did so because they thought it was a kind and loving thing to do for their gay family members and friends,…

Dear Editor, I echo the demand for the truth made by the priests calling for the British government to release documents and order an independent investigation in to state collusion in killings in the North (IC 18/06/2015). It is now generally accepted that collusion did happen, but was it actually a government strategy and just…

Dear Editor, Thank you for the consistent, clear and courageous leadership that was given to your readers during the referendum campaign. This was certainly not granted by everyone. Yours etc., Mrs Judith Leonard, Raheny, Dublin 5.