Michael KellyIt’s 35 years ago this week since Pope St John Paul II visited Ireland.
Category: Opinion
Innocent until proven guilty
Mary KennyMary Flaherty, the CEO of Children at Risk in Ireland has called on former President Mary McAleese to name, publicly, the cleric who, she said, laughed at her when asked to reveal details of sexual abuse in the Church in Ireland. The cleric should certainly be identified since he is now being judged guilty without…
The focus should be on what deacons are, not what they do
How has a bishop implementing a decision of Vatican II become controversial, asks Bro. Martin Browne OSB
Making the Church fit for mission
The work of the Irish bishops’ conference is in need of some reform, writes Michael Kelly
Pressure is on to repeal our pro-life amendment
David QuinnChanging our Constitution will introduce a permissive regime of abortion, writes David Quinn
Clergy on the field of play
Appearances were sometimes surreptitious with modified surnames
‘State-funded’ description of schools is misrepresentation
Mags GarganDear Editor, In the light of current media concerns with education in the State, some elementary facts need to be outlined. 1. Most Catholic schools were built on land donated by Catholics; the capital costs of building these schools were borne by Catholics 2. The maintenance and running costs of these schools is partly met…
Everyone needs the Father’s blessing
Fr Ronald RolheiserAnthropologists tell us that a frustrated desire to be blessed by our own fathers, is one of the deepest hungers in the world today
Leave judgment and mercy to God
Dear Editor, Your front page headline of September 4 (‘Bishop demands answers from SVP on gay donation’) speaks volumes about what the Church as an institution has done to the Gospel message and personal revelation of Christ Jesus. The joy of the Gospels (constantly referred to by Pope Francis) is in fact the sheer joy…
The temptations of Jesus fulfil israel’s vocation
Cathal BarryJesus’ temptation reveals the way in which the Son of God is Messiah, writes Cathal Barry