Courtney McGrailDear Editor, How can we live in a society where a man like Donald Trump is permitted to berate the world with his bigotry, let alone run for presidency of a so-called ‘superpower’? Trump reminds me of the drunk who torments punters down the local, spouting out nonsense and ignorance that nobody wants to hear.…
Category: Opinion
Let the sound of church bells ring out
Dear Editor, Two questions for those who consciously or unconsciously have a pro-abortion mentality in general: 1. Why do you want to kill an unborn child? 2. What basically constitutes the bottom line between a child one second before birth and being born? Answer (without any intention at trivialisation): Location, location, location. No other element…
Shameful treatment of Ardoyne priest
Dear Editor, When I first looked at the front page of my latest edition of The Irish Catholic and saw the photograph of the ‘Ardoyne priest verbally abused during marching protest’, I was at first unmoved by what I incorrectly viewed as an unsurprising example of loyalist bile directed towards Catholic Fr Gary Donegan. How…
Contemplative prayer
Fr Ronald RolheiserContemplative prayer, as it is classically defined and popularly practised, is subject today to considerable scepticism in a number of circles. For example, the method of prayer, commonly called Centring Prayer, popularised by persons like Thomas Keating, Basil Bennington, John Main, and Laurence Freeman, is viewed with suspicion by many people who identify it with…
Synod on youth is a vital opportunity
“Each new generation and culture requires the imagination of everyone to develop and present the message of the Gospel”, writes Gerard Gallagher
Being the face of God for others
Fr Martin Delaney reflects on an inspiring true story of how the kindness of ordinary people can have such an impact on the lives of others
‘Repeal the Eighth’ campaigners want to hide behind a slogan
Michael Kelly“Campaigners who are pushing abortion should be honest about what they want”, writes Michael Kelly
My alternative suggestions for saving the planet
Mary KennyMary Kenny gives her opinion on how we could live more healthy and environment friendly lives
Pope wants the Church to be both a teacher and a pastor
David Quinn“Pope Francis takes a different view as to how Jesus’s teaching should be applied in very particular cases”, writes David Quinn
Inappropriate Government dictatorship regards religion
Dear Editor, Why this terrible change in attitude of both Government and leading national media regarding the Catholic Church? Once sympathetic and harmonious, they are now aggressively hostile, not missing the slightest opportunity to make the ‘swipe’. I resent Children’s Minister Kathleen Zappone dictating we go ‘fast track’ in transferring our schools away from religious…