Fr Ronald RolheiserWhat does it profit you if you gain the whole world but suffer the loss of your own soul? Jesus taught that and, I suspect, we generally don’t grasp the full range of its meaning. We tend to take Jesus’ words to mean this: What good is it if someone gains riches, fame, pleasure, and…
Category: Opinion
Liturgical diversity
Cathal BarryThe diverse liturgical traditions have arisen by very reason of the Church’s mission, writes Cathal Barry
Ensuring your voice is heard
Courtney McGrailSynod delegate Rosemary O’Connor tells Cathal Barry that thousands of people have been involved in the listening process to date
Mapping the road ahead
The synod in Limerick will deal with pastoral concerns through a range of proposed concrete actions, writes Fr Eamonn Fitzgibbon
Are some journalists slow learners or following their own agenda?
Dear Editor, The standard of reporting on religion in the media is appalling (your own newspaper is, thankfully, an honourable exception). I find myself time-and-again having to go to the original source of a story to get beyond the silly media spin to the truth. Pope Francis is a case in point. Repeatedly, he is…
Govt’s salvation claim is quite laughable
Dear Editor, The Taoiseach’s claim that Fine Gael and Labour have saved Ireland is hilarious. Prior to the economic crash there were few enlightened warnings from the Opposition benches. The late Brian Lenihan, while terminally ill, took courageous steps to stave off disaster and his policy has been followed since. On the other hand, Labour…
Subterfuge at the Vatican?
Dear Editor, It seems a secret dossier is being circulated in the Vatican by clerics opposed to Pope Francis’s recent decision to “liberalise” the process of marriage annulments. While Pope Francis goes out to the whole world proclaiming the Gospel, some at home in Rome are plotting against him. Better to be a missionary of…
‘Just a little’ is going in wrong direction
Dear Editor, The news that there is an increase in the sale of abortion pills in Ireland was followed immediately by yet another demand for widening the provisions for legalised abortion here. Unfortunately, however, just as with the GAA and the amateur status, we cannot have ‘a little’ payment of players; and no country has…
Resettlement not displacement was the driver
Dear Editor, Mary Kenny seems at sea with the details of the displacement of Germans from eastern Europe at the end of the Second World War and its aftermath (IC 17/9/15). Whereas many Germans and people of other nationalities fled red army advances towards the war’s end and immediately afterwards, the Allies decided to resettle…
Left out of the picture
Dear Editor, Thank you for your report on visitors to Longford Cathedral by Mags Gargan (IC 10/09/15), but I was disappointed that there was no mention of the ‘miraculous’ picture of the Holy Family which survived the devastating fire. At this time of satanic attacks on Catholic families, how heartening to know that The Holy…