Michael Kelly“For many Irish people, being Catholic no longer means to them what it meant in 1979”, writes Michael Kelly
Category: Opinion
It’s not Cuba, but Venezuela, that is Michael D’s Achilles heel…
Mary Kenny“…not to re-examine an original analysis of a situation is to perpetuate it”, writes Mary Kenny
A very bad start to the Citizens’ Assembly discussions on abortion
David QuinnThe latest sitting was far from neutral, writes David Quinn
Pope’s visit is a chance for healing
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, The confirmation from the Taoiseach that Pope Francis looks set to visit Ireland in 2018 for the World Meeting of Families is immensely heartening, even if it’s difficult to imagine what Pope Francis thought of his meeting with Mr Kenny. Five years ago the Taoiseach made a brief global name for himself through…
A minister unfit for purpose
Dear Editor, Mary Kenny is to be congratulated on her article when she asks the question: “Is Katherine Zappone fit for her Government job?”, and also to Elizabeth Twomey, in a follow up letter. Minister Zappone was a commissioner with the Irish Human Rights Commission (2002-2012) and has held leadership positions in the NWCI and…
The question of women priests
Dear Editor, Once more, the question of women priests in the Catholic Church has arisen (‘Green Party chief rejects Pope on women priests’ IC 20/11/2016). We still proclaim at Sunday Mass that the Church has four marks: she is one, holy, Catholic and apostolic. Why do we believe this? Because at the Last Supper, Christ…
Bemoaning the US presidential election
Dear Editor, I recently heard Fr Gerry O’Hanlon SJ on radio saying how dismayed he was at the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. The only alternative was Hillary Clinton. Does Fr Hanlon not know about her involvement in the destruction of Libya or the destruction of unborn life with Planned…
We need to find solutions for our under-pressure priests
Dear Editor, Greg Daly’s article, ‘Priests at risk: problems and practicalities’ (IC 24/22/2016), made for grim reading, as he quoted Fr Brendan Hoban at the Association of Catholic Priests’ annual conference, stating that he had no solution to the “depression and despair of priests”. As a practising Catholic I think we need to find solutions…
The perils of waking the dead
A 14-year old girl in the UK, dying of cancer, was awarded by court the right to have her body frozen after her death, so-called ‘cryogenic freezing’. The girl, who has since died, wants the possibility of being raised from the dead if science ever allows this, even if that is still hundreds of years…
Catholics should welcome Trump
Dear Editor, While some Catholics have expressed reservations about the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the US due to his brash campaigning style, I would argue that when it comes to policies rather than personality Mr Trump’s victory should come as a huge relief to practising Catholics. In contrast to the…