Courtney McGrailDear Editor, While I am enthused by Pope Francis’ recent calls during World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation, for environmental destruction to be classified as a sin, I do wonder if a more nuanced perspective is required. Is it right to classify certain behaviours that cause ecological harm as sin, if there is…
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An admirer of Saint Teresa
Dear Editor, I read with interest David Quinn’s article (IC 8/9/16) on the critics of Mother Teresa who have been so vocal in recent days. Strange though it may sound Mother Teresa did have one rather unlikely admirer. In his autobiography written some years ago, Bob Geldof speaks very favourably of Mother Teresa. The work is…
Well done, Mary Kenny on coverage of abortion issue
Dear Editor, Well done to Mary Kenny for dissecting the claim that a trip to an abortion clinic is ‘so very ordinary’ with details of some of the horrors of the abortion industry. She gives Minister for Health, Simon Harris a mention too. I wrote to the Irish Times questioning Minister Simon Harris’ congratulations to…
The bias of RTÉ’s programming
Dear Editor, RTÉ recently gave great prominence to anti-Catholic programmes; Last Orders denigrated the religious orders and Legion of Christ on the disgrace of the founder of the Legionaries of Christ. These programmes were well flagged and advertised in advance and given a prominent slot after the 9pm news. However, the pro-Catholic programme on Bishop…
Searching for a world without limits
Fr Ronald RolheiserWhen I was a child there was a popular song whose chorus repeated this line: “Everyone is searching for Utopia.” And we all are. Every one of us longs for a world without limits, for a life where nothing goes wrong, for a place where there’s no tension or frustration. But it never happens. There’s…
Young Catholics need vibrant communities
Young Catholics need like-minded peers in order to survive a “toxic”, “antic-Catholic” environment writes Bro. Conor McDonough
Moves to ban the burkini are excessive and counterproductive
David QuinnThe row is a flashpoint between conflicting values, writes David Quinn
Faithfulness is no barrier to compassion
Dear Editor, Over the past couple of weeks, I have read numerous articles in relation to the recent controversy surrounding Maynooth seminary. These have included speculation regarding the priesthood and what form it should take in this time. There are some who believe that our more recently ordained priests are of a more traditional mindset…
Denying environmental degradation akin to ‘flat Earth’ devotion
Dear Editor, Interesting that there exists in many countries branches of an organisation known as: The Flat Earth Society. They believe that it is possible to fall off the edge of the world and vanish into emptiness. They base their belief it seems, at least in part, on the Gospel instruction where the Lord commanded…
Rehousing the Central Catholic library
Dear Editor, Peter Costello has written a fascinating article (Preserving the Catholic Library for another Century IC, 25/8/16) about the Central Catholic library. I have a long association with the library (indeed, I was one of the many UCD students who availed of the library’s treasures in the 1960s and 1970s). Although I am not now…