Breda O'Brien“It is no coincidence that the move to normalise buying and selling sex came from those who work as pimps”, writes Breda O’Brien
Category: Opinion
An opportunity for mercy
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, is it time for the Irish Church to revise its treatment of Bishop Eamon Casey? Yours etc., Pat Conneely, Dublin 11.
Abortion is not an issue of religious belief, but human rights
Austen IvereighOnce the law allows the killing of innocent beings for certain reasons, it crosses a line, writes Austen Ivereigh
The Church must keep just war theory
David QuinnPacifism only works when everyone adopts it, writes David Quinn
The celebration of Holy Orders
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that Christ himself chose the apostles and gave them a share in his mission and authority, writes Cathal Barry
First the rhythm method, now the algorithm method
Mary Kenny
“It’s wonderful the way that technology can come to the rescue of good ideas and update the way we look at things,” writes Mary Kenny Natural Family Planning (NFP) was encouraged by the Catholic Church after the publication of Humanae Vitae in 1968, and many couples who felt they needed to limit their families tried…
No hint of sectarianism in Rising leaders’ independence struggle
Dr Martin Mansergh
“It would be easy, but wrong, always to assume that all that matters is the faith that people die in,” writes Martin Mansergh The commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising has been uplifting, and has attracted wide public interest, support and enthusiasm. Fortuitously, its timing has filled a gap in public life created by the…
Good versus evil battles based on religious roots
Game of Thrones’ nihilism does not work because we need stories to have a just ending or moral purpose, writes David Quinn President Barack Obama is a fan. He got to watch the first episode of the new season ahead of almost anyone else. That, I suppose, is one of the perks of being the…
Israel’s efforts to make peace are constantly rebuffed
It is outrageous to draw a moral equivalence between terrorists and Israel acting to protect its citizens, writes Ze’ev Boker Ze’ev Boker It was with interest but also with disappointment that I read the opinion piece by Baroness Nuala O’Loan on Israel and the Palestinians in The Irish Catholic (Peace remains fragile in the Holy…
Holy Orders
The Church teaches that priests share in the mission that Christ entrusted to the apostles, writes Cathal Barry The Second Vatican Council teaches that the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders is conferred by episcopal consecration, that fullness namely which, both in the liturgical tradition of the Church and the language of the Fathers…