If a man was interested in riches, the priesthood is probably the last road he’d choose to take. So, it’s a good job that priests understand their role as a call from God rather than a profitable way of life. Priestly remuneration is often shrouded in secrecy – especially in Ireland. Elphin is alone among…
There’s a haunting text in the Book of Revelations where poetic image, for all its beauty, can be dangerously misleading. The author there writes: “So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and cut the earth’s vintage. He threw it into the great winepress of God’s fury.” A fierce angel cleansing the world! God…
Gerard Gallagher reflects on the importance of WYD and the “amazing events that have helped to shape a generation in faith”
A national holiday has now been “tainted with the memory of a heinous atrocity against innocent families”, writes Mary Kenny
Greg Daly considers how the UK’s Anglican heritage leaves it uneasy in Europe
Christians are caught in the middle of a clash between radical Islam and secularism, writes David Quinn
Dear Editor, There is a lot of discussion at present as to whether President Michael D. Higgins will – or indeed should – seek a second term as Uachtarán na hÉireann. Indeed, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is 16 years older than the President is now and shows no sign of slowing down. Pope Francis is…
Dear Editor, Paul Gracey (IC 14/07/2016) writes that describing the EU as a stable and accountable body is “like passing off a broken-down old Volkswagen as a Rolls Royce”. It’s an amusing image, but even if it were fair, it doesn’t for one moment tackle how post-Brexit Britain is preparing to embark on a journey…
Dear Editor, Your stories of July 14, ‘Irish nuns defy danger to stay in South Sudan’ and ‘Dublin football star praises ‘powerful’ work of priests’, were welcome reminders of the continuing and vital work of missionaries to Africa. Far from being a thing of the past, as we are often led to believe, the reports…
Dear Editor, It was refreshing to read the thoughtful comments of Fr Hugh Kennedy and the Latin Mass Society’s Michael O’Donovan in response to Cardinal Robert Sarah’s call for priests to celebrate the Mass facing East (‘Back to the Future?’ IC 14/07/2016). Too often debate on these matters has a kneejerk character that’s dogmatic in…
Michael Kelly
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Mary Kenny
Greg Daly
David Quinn
Courtney McGrail