Dear Editor, Thank you so much for your coverage of the Olympics in recent weeks, and especially in the issue of August 18. The Irish Catholic should be commended especially for its focus on the faith dimension of the games, something too often overlooked. In other years this might be understandable, but it is hard…
Dear Editor, Fr Rolheiser in a convoluted article (IC 4/8/16), has given us his version of Hell, and on reading it I am wondering are we both in the same Church. Much of what he has written is contrary to what I had always believed. For clarification I turned to the Catechism of the Catholic…
Dear Editor, All human life is sacred. The child in the womb is human life. Therefore the life [of the child] in the womb is sacred. The above piece of simple logic is the reason why I and many, many others believe that abortion is always wrong. It is the reason why we believe that…
Mary Kenny considers how a life changing event can be summarised in a 140 character tweet
Dear Editor, There was a time when Catholics would read magazines or pamphlets and having been impressed by what they read would leave the article at the back of the church for others to read. Now some parish priests clean out their churches once a week so that there is nothing to pick up or…
Fr Conor McDonough OP Brothers and sisters, just a few weeks ago, I had the joy of being ordained a priest along with seven other men, all of us members of the Dominican Order – eight new priests for the eighth centenary of the order, since it was in 1216 that the Church gave official approval to St…
Dear Editor, The Maynooth controversy was a missed opportunity for Catholic catechesis. Secular media interest in things Catholic lends itself to skilful use to spread the Word, not endanger it. The said media approached their usual ‘go-to’ people, including a small band of similarly minded priests who conjure up a ‘wise in their eyes’ Church,…
Dear Editor, About six weeks ago I was happy to sign a petition for kneelers in the Basilica in Knock in the belief that kneeling was a fundamental part of Catholic devotion and worship. However, after visiting Knock Shrine during this summer I have softened this view. The basilica, in my opinion, now bears little…
Dear Editor, Religious irregularities are always an appetizing discussion topic for the media. The recent claims about our national seminary in Maynooth are no different. Pope Francis, with his bishops and priests, are in general, hard-working, diligent people of honesty and integrity. Human nature being what it is, the Church similar to most institutions will…
Dear Editor, I would like to thank Fr Rolheiser for his article about Hell (‘Our fear of Hell is a creation all of our own’ IC 04/08/2016). The reason for my thanks is that the subject of Hell is rarely written or spoken about. This is surprising given that in the Gospels, Jesus warns us…
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