Dear Editor, The absence of a response to the call by Pope Benedict for a National Mission in the Irish Church (IC 3/5/14) may be indicative of an unwillingness to confront the spiritual malaise which afflicts us. A young German theologian who studied at the Milltown Institute a number of years ago described the Irish…
Category: Opinion
Would you pay a price for what you believe?
Standing up to opponents just got harder
Recalling John Paul II’s love for young people
Assessing the late Pope’s impact
The work of the Holy Spirit
God created the world according to his wisdom, writes Cathal Barry
We need a truly pro-life party
Dear Editor, Fine Gael candidates will undoubtedly suffer a backlash in the upcoming Local and European Elections due to the outrageous and contemptible behaviour by Enda Kenny and the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party in forcing through and allowing for abortion in cases of suicidal ideation especially as it was proven beyond all reasonable doubt that…
The real Passion of the Garden
A moral, not physical, drama played out in Gethsemane
Recognising the Vatican’s ‘soft power’
Dear Editor, What an interesting week for those turning their eyes to Rome. In quick order Pope Francis received America’s President Barack Obama and then Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The former, via his backing for abortion in America as evidenced in his ‘Obamacare’ reforms, is surely no friend of the Church. On more friendly terms,…
Sorry to disappoint: the Pope really is Catholic
The media views Pope’s actions as earth-shattering, writes Martin Browne OSB
The Bishops have snubbed Pope Benedict
Dear Editor, I read with dismay the article in the Irish Catholic of April 3 that there are, as yet, no concrete plans to establish a nationwide mission to renew the Irish Church. For nothing to have happened, or even to have been planned, four years after Pope Benedict's call is bewildering. Are we to…
Faith reduced to sentiment putting young people off
Young people want to be treated as intelligent figures