Dear Editor, Mary Kenny’s piece on blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis, of Zimbabwe, was very interesting (IC 18/02/2016). She says: “Mr du Plessis, aged 39, was born with serious tumours in his head, and it was predicted at birth that he could only live for a brief time. But he survived, had medical care…
Dear Editor, In this Year of Mercy I think it would be a good idea if the bishops of Ireland would set aside a Sunday of atonement for all the sexual, physical, emotional, spiritual, and psychological abuse carried out within our Church. How can we expect individuals to seek mercy if we the Church don’t…
Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Transition Year student María Salto Galdón from Alexandra College on her excellent article – ‘The Pope Francis effect on youth’ (IC 18/02/2016). This is a very well-written piece and I recommend that schools take it for discussion at senior level. Our youth need to be encouraged to own their faith and Pope Francis’ leadership is a good way…
It’s vital that pro-life voters set tribal loyalties aside and are willing to stand up for life, writes Editor Michael Kelly The results of the General Election are somewhat of a curate’s egg. On the one hand, we have seen the election of many deputies who are pugnacious and unapologetic about their support for the…
“Conscience has to be understood more widely than the mere deification of feelings or obedience to a dominant orthodoxy”, writes Editor Michael Kelly By the time most people read this, the general election will be over. At least the vote-casting part of it. All but a few seats will be decided, and it will be…
“It’s good to see the Catholic Church laying claim to this heritage of caring for creation”, writes Mary Kenny I heard a sincere and impassioned sermon in Dublin at the weekend in which the priest spoke about defending the environment: this, he said, was following in the footsteps of Pope Francis and St Francis himself.…
Dear Editor, As someone who takes an interest in American politics I was surprised at the cynical and dismissive tone adopted by Michael W Higgins towards any candidate who expresses faith in God in his latest article (IC 18/02/2016). The USA, like Ireland, has become a cold place for people of faith, in particular Catholics,…
Three issues are discernible as agenda items in the new Dáil; educational patronage, divorce and abortion, writes Martin Mansergh It would not be every day that I would be invited to attend a religious ceremony in St Mel’s Cathedral, Longford. Last month, the Ireland 2016-Longford Committee sponsored an ecumenical service with Fr Tom Murray “to…
The outbreak of Zika virus in Brazil is being used to justify eugenics, writes David Quinn On the flight home from his trip to Mexico last week, Pope Francis spoke to journalists, which is now a papal practice dating back to St John Paul II. Francis has, however, taken it to a new level. He…
Fr Donal Neary SJ Catechesis on the Eucharist is needed, writes Fr Donal Neary SJ The recent document It is Good for us to be Here (Veritas 2015) from the National Liturgy Centre raises important and relevant concerns about the practice of weekday liturgy when a priest is legitimately absent. Much work over the past…
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