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Category: Opinion
Pro-natalist policies require support for mothers
Mary Kenny“in so many… countries desperate for better fertility… the economic structure of society just doesn’t support mothers, fathers and families”, writes Mary Kenny
Caricaturing the Church’s teaching on birth control and family size
David QuinnThe Church is not involved in a numbers game, writes David Quinn
Pope must clarify Church’s position
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, I was amazed to read your front page story last week, declaring that ‘Divorced/remarried Catholics can now receive Communion’ (IC 15/09/2016). The story below the headline was scarcely less amazing. I appreciate that the circumstances under which the Argentine bishops envisage allowing some Catholics who have civilly remarried followed civil divorces to receive…
Don’t forget ‘morning after’ effect
Dear Editor, Recently it was reported that the number of Irish mothers going to Britain for abortions has dropped from 6,673 in 2001 to 3,451 in 2015. This was great news for all our pro-life charities, and hoperfully is for the right reasons such as chastity before marriage, fidelity within marriage, single mothers and others…
Place of women in the Church
Dear Editor, Women were always looking after Jesus’ needs while he was on earth. Mary, his mother, looked after him until he was 30, and later stood by the cross. On the first Easter the women went to anoint Jesus’ body but found his empty tomb, and a woman recognised him when he called her…
Headline ‘inaccurate’
Dear Editor, Your front page headline ‘Divorced/remarried Catholics can now receive Communion’ (IC 15/09/2016) is inaccurate and gravely irresponsible. A (leaked) private papal letter cannot overturn the Magisterium of 2,000 years and the words of Jesus Christ himself (Mt 5; 31-32, Mt 7:6, Mt 19:2-12, Mk 10:2-12; Lk 16:18). It is also uncharitable and unmerciful…
Auschwitz was not ‘in Poland’
Dear Editor, In an article on the visit of the relics of St Maximilian Kolbe to Ireland (IC 15/09/2016) you state that “the relic of the saint who was martyred to save the life of another prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland will be in Ireland for the first time in October”. I would…
Media double standards on abortion
Dear Editor, Last week, the media reported about a pro-life pregnancy counselling agency that is apparently giving women inaccurate advice in order to pressure them into not having an abortion. This was well covered by RTÉ, and a man from the agency in question featured on Liveline. He did not do the pro-life cause very…
The religious approach on abortion
Dear Editor, If one approaches the issue of abortion purely on a scientific and sociological basis, the answers seem to validate the religious approach. For example, the life that begins in the woman’s womb is a human life. That said, l object to capital punishment, a view shared by most liberal thinkers. If the human…