Dear Editor, Christmas seems to be assaulting the senses even earlier each year as the media begins promoting the season as soon as the summer months wane. Shops begin stocking festive wares and decorations slowly begin to appear in public places a little bit more prematurely every year. “It’s far too early,” many will say,…
Category: Opinion
Faith as Gaeilge?
Dear Editor, The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference no longer seems to care about the Irish language and catering for Irish speakers and those trying to cater for the Irish language community in parishes throughout the country. It is very difficult to find leaflets in the Irish language with the Sacraments of Baptism or Penance. It…
Adultery will still be a sin
Dear Editor, The continuing speculation that divorced and remarried Catholics might be allowed receive Holy Communion is pointless and tiresome. The Church cannot ‘unsin’ adultery. Yours etc, Patrick Cooney, Athlone, Co. Westmeath.
A sour note on seminaries
Dear Editor, Michael Higgins’ ‘Letter from America’ (IC 25/09/2014) on reform of seminaries seems to me to strike a sour note. He is, of course, entitled to his opinion, but is it really fair to complain about seminarians because they are young, enthusiastic and pious? Personal holiness is surely a basic of seminarian formation. And…
Australia’s Mel Gibson has nothing to offer us
Dear Editor, That was surely a sad reflection on the standard of journalism for The Irish Catholic to regurgitate the day dreams of Andrew O’Connell in the September 18 issue (IC Notebook). It is beyond belief that his conclusion about the state of Catholicism in Ireland should base itself on such a premise as a…
Boycott those parts of the media with a pro-abortion attitude
Dear Editor, Pro-life business people, individuals or companies should now boycott pro-abortion Irish media by withdrawing advertising from print or broadcast media, whose writers or editors drive the pro-abortion agenda. The products of manufacturers or companies who support pro-abortion media should also be boycotted and told why. The tragic Savita case illustrated how the pro-abortion…
The unhappy cost of resentment
Our need to cut down someone else is an infallible sign of our own jealousy and bad self-image
Jesus and the Temple
Jesus scandalised the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners, writes Cathal Barry
Paul VI beatification highlights the importance of dialogue
Pope Paul VI will be remembered as a man who loved the Church
Dialogue is not always an easy road to travel
Sr Rebecca Conlon SSC describes her mission in Pakistan