Mary Kenny“This is the time for Ireland to step up to the plate, show leadership and assume a greater role within the councils of Europe”, writes Mary Kenny
Ireland should be broker between the UK and EU
Category: Opinion
Time for a mature Church-State relationship
Greg Daly
Proposals for religious orders to help tackle the housing shortage may hint at improved relations between Church and State, writes Greg Daly
Brexit shows lack of solidarity
Dear Editor, Despite support for continued EU membership in London and Liverpool, the recent Brexit vote seems to suggest a huge gap between English Catholics and Church leaders. Polls show that almost 60% of voters who self-identify as Christians voted to leave the EU, strikingly disproportionate to the 52% of the general population who did…
Brexit and the future of the European project
We must not allow the decision of English voters to destroy what Europeans have built over 70 years of patient statesmanship, writes John Bruton
Needlessness of abortion referendum
Dear Editor, The call for a referendum, presumably to legislate in favour of abortion and to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, is based on a flaw. The Republic of Ireland despite its constitutional provisions of equality between the unborn and (with due regard) the mother, does in fact permit abortion. Abortion is permitted…
In the image of God
Cathal Barry
The Church teaches that the human person participates in the power of the divine Spirit, writes Cathal Barry
Baptism’s fundamental link to salvation
Dear Editor, I had a delayed reaction to the article ‘Baptism: A golden opportunity’ (IC 02/06/2016). The article makes good points about connecting anew with those present at the ceremony who may or may not be practicing. Its primary view of baptism is that it initiates a life-long process of “obtaining the image of Jesus”.…
Putting ourselves first goes against the Gospel
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
“I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world.” Socrates wrote those words more than 2,400 years ago. Today more than ever these are words which we would need to appropriate because, more and more, our world and we ourselves are sinking into some unhealthy forms of tribalism where we are…
Priority should be hospices, not forum charade
Dear Editor, The letter you published from Henry Quirke (IC 16/06/2016)) is very unfair to Mary Stewart. She did not “demonise” Ken Curtin, or accuse him of “condoning murder”. She simply pointed out that Mr Curtin should not have been surprised at the Church’s reaction (removing him from the rota of readers at Mass) to…
A letter to a new priest
“I’m more and more convinced that the most important task of a priest is to be an agent and minister of God’s compassion and mercy”, writes Father Martin Delaney