David QuinnOur pro-life law is under tremendous domestic and international pressure, writes David Quinn
How foreign money is being used to campaign against our abortion law
Category: Opinion
Poles apart: attending Mass in Ireland
Katarzyna Gmerek reflects on differences between liturgy in Ireland and Poland
Preserving the Catholic Library for another Century
Peter Costello
The Central Catholic Library has found itself in the news headlines. Many people, especially those outside Dublin, may like to learn a little more about this venerable institution, its history, and the difficulties it faces today. The Central Catholic Library was founded in January 1922 — so it is actually as old as the State…
God, games and remembering what really matters
Dear Editor, Thank you so much for your coverage of the Olympics in recent weeks, and especially in the issue of August 18. The Irish Catholic should be commended especially for its focus on the faith dimension of the games, something too often overlooked. In other years this might be understandable, but it is hard…
The road to Hell is paved with a plethora of bad intentions
Dear Editor, Fr Rolheiser in a convoluted article (IC 4/8/16), has given us his version of Hell, and on reading it I am wondering are we both in the same Church. Much of what he has written is contrary to what I had always believed. For clarification I turned to the Catechism of the Catholic…
Human life isn’t an arbitrary value
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, All human life is sacred. The child in the womb is human life. Therefore the life [of the child] in the womb is sacred. The above piece of simple logic is the reason why I and many, many others believe that abortion is always wrong. It is the reason why we believe that…
Literature worth reading is worth sharing
Dear Editor, There was a time when Catholics would read magazines or pamphlets and having been impressed by what they read would leave the article at the back of the church for others to read. Now some parish priests clean out their churches once a week so that there is nothing to pick up or…
A picture worth a thousand words
Dear Editor, The photo of the four young women accompanying Greg Daly’s article (‘Keeping your range of university options open’, IC 18/08/2016) is a probably unintentional but appropriate illustration of a modern phenomenon in higher education – the vanishing male university student. Yours etc., Hugh Gibney, Athboy, Co Meath.
Dangers of demonising Irish people
Dear Editor, Hard working Irish families pay huge taxes many of them used to pay for the problems caused by our government, a lot of them to pay for benefits for people claiming to be refugees and asylum seekers, but not all are genuine. When they are refused this status there is a long legal…
Defending Archbishop Diarmuid
Dear Editor, I wish to voice my total and absolute support for Archbishop Diarmuid Martin with regards to Maynooth. He is perfectly right to remove his seminarians even if there are only three. He cannot and should not take any risk that could affect the formation of these three men to the priesthood. These allegations…