Dear Editor, With the relations between the two main Christian Churches in Ireland so much improved over the last century, may I make a suggestion as to how this happy situation might be commemorated in a practical way in this centenary year? I suggest that those two greatest historic Dublin monuments, Christ Church and St…
Dear Editor, What was not highlighted in the story of 1916 was the strong vibrant faith of the Irish volunteers. The Rosary was recited by all in the GPO and other rebel locations. Confessions were heard every day. The spiritual needs of the leaders were well cared for before execution by the Capachin priests. There is a great…
Dear Editor, As the Seanad election ballots arrive in our post box, as a registered voter I have taken the time to read through the lot. My husband and I graduated from different universities so we have the full range of issues on which each candidate is campaigning. Equality is high on the list of…
Dear Editor, While political parties in the Republic struggle to form a government, let’s remember that next month sees elections to the Assembly in the North. Of course, under the Good Friday Agreement the parties are in a mandatory power-sharing coalition, but voters must choose wisely. The push for abortion from so-called human rights organisations…
There is grave concern about the future of the diocese and the damage to priestly morale caused by the ongoing controversy, writes Michael Kelly The priests of the Diocese of Ossory are currently involved in a ‘listening process’. Facilitated by three priests of the diocese, the process is designed for Bishop Séamus Freeman to get…
President Higgins’ view of post-independence Ireland is a caricature, writes David Quinn How should we remember 1916? What does justice to all the different strands of the Easter Rising? President Michael D. Higgins has spoken of the need for “ethical remembering”, by which he means a form of remembering that takes account of all the…
The synod journey has been unfamiliar territory and there has been a sense of adventure, writes Bishop Brendan Leahy Since we began our synod process, as far back as December 2014, I’ve often been asked – why did I call a synod? The most immediate reason was that when I became Bishop of Limerick, I…
The freedom that the 1916 rebels fought for is not being extended to asylum seekers, writes Eugene Quinn The centenary celebrations of 1916 have prompted a reflection on where Ireland is one hundred years on, challenging us to reimagine what it means to be Irish and what we value as a society. April 10 marks…
How successful the dream of the Rising has been realised can only be measured in terms of what kind of society we have now, writes Archbishop Diarmuid Martin Earlier this year RTÉ transmitted a television series about 1916 called Rebellion. It was a fictional re-enactment of the dramatic events of Easter Week 1916. It included…
We need to think about and pray for our brothers and sisters suffering and dying for what we take so casually for granted, writes Fr Martin Delaney Recently I returned to my alma mater, the Irish College in Rome. Some years ago the college chapel was extensively renovated by the Slovenian Jesuit artist, Mark Rupnik.…
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