Gerard Gallagher reflects on the importance of WYD and the “amazing events that have helped to shape a generation in faith”
The road to Krakow
Category: Opinion
O’Connell’s path is now more important than ever
Mary Kenny
A national holiday has now been “tainted with the memory of a heinous atrocity against innocent families”, writes Mary Kenny
Brexit: an echo of the English Reformation
Greg Daly
Greg Daly considers how the UK’s Anglican heritage leaves it uneasy in Europe
Secularists want to make faith a private hobby
David QuinnChristians are caught in the middle of a clash between radical Islam and secularism, writes David Quinn
What kind of president do we want?
Courtney McGrailDear 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…
It needs servicing but EU isn’t a banger
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…
Let’s all be thankful for missionaries
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…
Liturgy jaw-jaw better than war-war
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…
A moment for us all to treasure
Dear Editor, Text may be the substance of a newspaper but a picture is still worth a thousand words. So thank you for the beautiful photograph you published on page 2 last week (IC 14/7/16) of the newly-ordained Fr Conor McDonough OP giving First Holy Communion to his nephew, James, while his parents looked on.…
Cavalier approach to the Constitution
Dear Editor, What are we to make of the cavalier approach of our parliamentarians to Bunreacht na hÉireann in the matter of the Eighth Amendment? The Attorney General has expressed her opinion that the legislation proposed is contrary to the Constitution and thus illegal. Would not the civilised thing to do be to tease the…