The Prince’s historic visit is a great example of reconciliation writes Mary Kenny
Category: Opinion
Establishment using polls to create bandwagon effect on referendum
Age does not necessarily make a leader wiser or more mature, writes Martin Mansergh
‘Aspire not to have more but to be more’
Catholics across the globe greeted with joy the news that the heroic martyr, Archbishop Oscar Romero, is to be beatified this weekend. Since his murder in 1980, news of Archbishop Romero’s heroism and holiness has spread around the world. Long before his martyrdom made him a household name, Archbishop Romero had a deep connection with…
If he hadn’t been a martyr, he would still have been a saint
Archbishop Romero’s sanctity was evident to all whom he met, writes Fr Ciaran Ó Nuanain
Those Catholics supporting the ‘yes’ vote are ignoring the teaching of Jesus
Dear Editor, Writing as a Catholic theologian, may I express my astonishment and disappointment at those theologians and prominent Catholics who support a ‘yes’ vote. In every case that I have read or heard, none of these people has referred to the actual teaching of Jesus on marriage (see Mark 10:1-12). Jesus’ teaching is surely…
Legacies – it’s never too little or too late
Benjamin Franklin once said “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. While taxes are unpleasant, facing our own mortality is even more disagreeable, but it is an inevitability that we must all plan for or we risk leaving our family in a situation where a sudden death leaves…
Rediscovering the joy of Confession
Dear Editor, The article by Ben Conroy ‘There is nothing weird about going to Confession’ (IC 23/04/2015), struck me as being mature, authentic and lovely. He refers to young Catholics drifting away from Confession, but older Catholics have drifted away also partly, I would say, as a reaction against an earlier overemphasis on sin and underemphasis…
Transfigured by Love
Clichés about Romero’s theology could hardly be more wrong, writes Greg Daly
Vow of silence
A year and a half after the Mater Hospital agreed to comply with the Government’s abortion law, there is still no clarity on the Catholic institution’s position, writes Cathal Barry
Student union shouldn’t be pushing for ‘yes’ vote
Dear Editor, On March 24 all UCD students (over 20,000) opened their accounts to an email sent from the UCD Students Union with an invite to attend a celebratory pro-same-sex marriage wedding party. On top of this, there is nowhere on campus you can go without being confronted by ‘vote yes’ propaganda, which the Students…