“On Christmas Eve, as though in some cosmic collaboration, we are all afforded a brief moment of stillness, peace and quiet”, writes Andrew O’Connell
Category: Opinion
Muslims too are our brothers and sisters
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, The Paris atrocities have been widely covered on media reports and rightly so since nobody wants to see innocent people being murdered. However, I hope that in future we will see more balanced coverage of the air strikes now taking place against ISIS. In the TV reports covering the French response we were…
Ireland’s military neutrality is a policy, and not an orientation
Dear Editor, Martin Mansergh (The View, IC 03/12/2015) states how “our military neutrality is a policy”. As such, it primarily concerns our interests. Yet our ideals or values arise as well. Bunreacht na hÉireann (Art. 29) mentions the “pacific (ie non-belligerent) settlement of international disputes”. Hence a constitutional endorsement of the “ideal of peace”. Historically,…
Devastated by deceit of false baptisms
Dear Editor, Only recently did I become aware of the decision of some non-practicing Catholics to have their children baptised in their local parish church. Why? Simply because they cannot get the child into the local school unless he/she has a baptismal certificate. Even though the parents and their adult family responded to all the…
Ger Brennan is a good example for young people
Dear Editor, I was extremely impressed by former Dublin footballer Ger Brennan in an interview which featured in The Irish Catholic recently. It was a real delight to read about how his faith journey developed alongside his footballing and professional careers. In our celebrity-mad world, young people ought to look to up to the likes…
The presence of Christ
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that it’s by the conversion of bread and wine into Christ’s body and blood that Christ becomes present in the Eucharist, writes Cathal Barry
Healthily integrating sexuality and spirituality
Fr Ronald RolheiserNo generation in history, I suspect, has ever experienced as much change as we have experienced in the past 60 years. That change is not just in the areas of science, technology, medicine, travel and communications; it is especially in the area of our social infrastructure, of our communal ethos. And perhaps nowhere is this…
Spiritual support and 1916
“Hopefully the centenary celebrations will find a space to remember the priests of 1916”, writes Archbishop Diarmuid Martin
Staying true to the ideals of 1916
Michael Kelly“It is impossible to understand the motivation of the rebels without reference to the deep Catholic faith which inspired them”, writes Editor Michael Kelly
Don’t forget that the 1916 proclamation began ‘in the name of God…’
Mary Kenny“the truth about 1916 is that it was an event deeply imbued with Christian and Catholic values, symbols, iconography and beliefs”, writes Mary Kenny