Fr Ronald Rolheiser‘The Eucharist is a far-reaching mystery with multiple depths and levels of meaning’ writes Fr Ron Rolhesier
Category: Opinion
How different are Francis and Benedict?
John L. Allen Jr.Similarities and differences in the Pontifical politics
Christianity is not dead
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, When Archbishop Michael Neary says that we are hearing the “death rattle” of Christendom (IC 13/11/2014), he is clearly not saying that disbelieving secularism has defeated the Church. Dr Neary describes Christendom as a “shared set of assumptions about life and its purpose, reflected in use of language, in culture and in the…
Grounding concepts of the ‘real’ Church
The real Church is ‘a place of conscience and spirit inside a person’, writes Fr Ron Rolheiser
A message we needed to hear
“A great struggle… has been fought. And… we have lost.”– Archbishop Michael Neary, November 9, 2014
The future of the Catholic Church in Ireland is not bleak
Dear Editor, How horrifying it was to read in The Irish Catholic (13/11/2014) Archbishop Neary’s contention that the Catholic Church has lost the battle with secularism and that Ireland is witnessing the death rattle of Christendom. What has happened to “…this is my rock and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”? So…
Not Church’s mission to battle secularism
Dear Editor, One would have to concur with Archbishop Neary that the Church has lost the battle with secularism (IC 13/11/2014). However, one would have to ask is it or was it the mission of the Church to do battle with secularism? I would suggest that the Church’s mission is to spread the Gospel and…
A lack of compassion or irresponsibility?
Dear Editor, How uplifting to read Philip Johnson’s story of his diagnosis of terminal brain cancer and his hope of ordination to the priesthood (IC 13/11/2014). What a comparison with that of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard who ended her life because of a similar diagnosis. All life is fragile and worth living but, unfortunately, not always…
A comparison that can’t be denied
Michael KellyIf making an argument it’s important to remember it, writes Michael Kelly
Archbishop Neary should listen to Christina Gallagher
Dear Editor, The story on Archbishop Michael Neary in The Irish Catholic of November 13 makes for grim reading: “Church has ‘lost the battle’ with secularism”. Sadly, one would have to agree with his assessment. It’s such a pity that our Church leaders did not take heed of our Blessed Mother’s request to have the rosary…