Greg DalyGreg Daly considers how the UK’s Anglican heritage leaves it uneasy in Europe
Brexit: an echo of the English Reformation
Category: Opinion
Giving youth its due
Dear Editor, How wonderful to know that 1,500 young Irish Catholics are preparing to depart for World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland with Pope Francis. The secular media are very quick to tell us stories that reflect badly on young people. Let’s hope the papers will be happy to report on this news. At least…
O’Connell’s path is now more important than ever
Mary Kenny
A national holiday has now been “tainted with the memory of a heinous atrocity against innocent families”, writes Mary Kenny
Secularists want to make faith a private hobby
David QuinnChristians are caught in the middle of a clash between radical Islam and secularism, writes David Quinn
What kind of president do we want?
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, There is a lot of discussion at present as to whether President Michael D. Higgins will – or indeed should – seek a second term as Uachtarán na hÉireann. Indeed, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is 16 years older than the President is now and shows no sign of slowing down. Pope Francis is…
Sources of morality
Cathal Barry
It’s an error to judge the morality of human acts by considering only the intention that inspires them, writes Cathal Barry
It needs servicing but EU isn’t a banger
Dear Editor, Paul Gracey (IC 14/07/2016) writes that describing the EU as a stable and accountable body is “like passing off a broken-down old Volkswagen as a Rolls Royce”. It’s an amusing image, but even if it were fair, it doesn’t for one moment tackle how post-Brexit Britain is preparing to embark on a journey…
Angels with sickles and God’s fury
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
There’s a haunting text in the Book of Revelations where poetic image, for all its beauty, can be dangerously misleading. The author there writes: “So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and cut the earth’s vintage. He threw it into the great winepress of God’s fury.” A fierce angel cleansing the world! God…
Let’s all be thankful for missionaries
Dear Editor, Your stories of July 14, ‘Irish nuns defy danger to stay in South Sudan’ and ‘Dublin football star praises ‘powerful’ work of priests’, were welcome reminders of the continuing and vital work of missionaries to Africa. Far from being a thing of the past, as we are often led to believe, the reports…
The road to Krakow
Gerard Gallagher reflects on the importance of WYD and the “amazing events that have helped to shape a generation in faith”
