Dear Editor, A Labour Party flier has been posted to my home. It reads ‘The Constitution should treat everyone equally’. There is truth here. Under God and State, all women and men are equal and are due equal respect and consideration. Now it is also true that every one of us has different gifts and roles…

Dear Editor, When faced with a choice, I tend to ask “What would Jesus do today?” Sometimes, he was strict about the law in the Old Testament; at other times he offered alternatives to the laws. He instructs the healed leper to go to the priest as per the law as gracefully as he heals…

Dear Editor, Success in the referendum for the proposal to introduce same-sex marriage in to the Irish Constitution would profoundly change the definition of marriage, a definition of an institution treasured by religious and non-religious people alike. It is important that the anomalies and ramifications integral to such a change be very carefully considered. Among…

Dear Editor, In Greg Daly’s article ‘A David and Goliath Fight’ (IC 23/04/2015), the headline has it right. Think of that classic phrase sequence biblically. It is never written, or recalled, as the “Goliath and David” fight. David, who had so little, was the victor, when so much was stacked against him. So, we have…

Dear Editor, Your banner headline on “reaching out” (‘Parishes are urged to reach out to ‘lapsed Catholics’ IC 16/04/2015) could not have been more timely for us here in Arklow parish, as it is an affirmation of the major visitation project our Parish Pastoral Council has just concluded with the help of Legion of Mary…

Dear Editor, As a practicing Catholic gay man on the cusp of turning 40, I hope that I can face the next decade of my life in the happiness, security and protection of a civil marriage.  I love my Church and the traditions and values it has blessed me and my family with, however I cannot…

Dear Editor, As per Twitter’s intervention in the referendum – perhaps it proves that capitalist gilt will be allowed play more of a part in the debate rather than supposed Catholic guilt.   Yours etc., Brid Fitzpatrick, Terenure, Dublin 6W.

Dear Editor, I refer to the article by Greg Daly, ‘Church must be free to teach marriage stance – Bishop Doran’, (IC 09/04/2015). In the last paragraph of the article it is said that Mothers and Fathers Matter is the only campaign group calling for a ‘no’ vote. If one looks up SIPOC’s ‘Register of…

Dear Editor, As a married man, father of two small children, and a minister in the Catholic Church, I will be voting Yes on May 22. At the heart of the debate for me is whether a same-sex relationship can be placed on a par with a heterosexual one. For me, as for many people,…

Dear Editor, I too was haunted by the images of African migrants sinking to their deaths off the coast of Libya. (‘Irish people must raise voices for more humane EU immigration systems IC 23/04/2015) It was heartening to hear the emergency summit of EU leaders had agreed to triple the funding of its search and…