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…
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…
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…
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…
When 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 like-minded peers in order to survive a “toxic”, “antic-Catholic” environment writes Bro. Conor McDonough
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.
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…
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…
It’s funny where you can learn a lesson and catch a glimpse of the divine. Recently, in a grocery store, I witnessed this incident: A young girl, probably around 16 years of age, along with two other girls her own age, came into the store. She picked up a grocery basket and began to walk…
Courtney McGrail
Fr Ronald Rolheiser