Fr Ronald RolheiserArt too has its martyrs and perhaps our greatest pain is that of inadequate self-expression. That’s an insight from Iris Murdoch and it holds true, I believe, for most everyone. Inside of each of us there’s a great symphony, a great novel, a great dance, a great poem, a great painting, a great book of…
Category: Opinion
A time to stay awake among the sleeping
Courtney McGrailFr Martin Delaney John Shea, the great Christian storyteller, relates the following Advent reflection. When God was making the trees, he gave a gift to each species. But first he set up a contest to determine which gift would be most useful to whom. He told them: “I want you to stay awake and keep…
Sadly, cosy consensus is pushing people into hands of extremists
Michael Kelly“It’s hard not to have the impression that the move is really designed to crush dissenting voices”, writes Michael Kelly
Mistaken view of ‘modernity’ discourages breast-feeding, not the Catholic Church
Mary KennyMary Kenny defends the Catholic Church against accusations it has contributed to the fall of breast-feeding in Ireland
Papal visit can be a chance to reawaken faith
“For many Irish people, being Catholic no longer means to them what it meant in 1979”, writes Michael Kelly
It’s not Cuba, but Venezuela, that is Michael D’s Achilles heel…
“…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
Dear 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…