Courtney McGrailDear Editor, I read with interest Martin O’Brien’s interview with Mary McAleese in your November 12 edition. He was high in his praise and admiration of her. We all admired her many good qualities, her courage and determination, her intelligence, her eloquence and not least her commitment to build peace between the two communities she had such…
Category: Opinion
Preaching on Pope’s Laudato Si’
Dear Editor, How many priests in Ireland have preached about the Pope’s encyclical, Laudato Si’? How many bishops have urged the priests in their dioceses to speak about the encyclical? How many parishes have devoted time to reflecting on and acting on Laudato Si’? Just curious. Yours etc., Fr Joe McVeigh, Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh.
Thanksgiving and praise
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that the Eucharist is the memorial of Christ’s Passover, writes Cathal Barry
Overpowering light can seem like darkness
Fr Ronald RolheiserWhen I first began teaching theology, I fantasised about writing a book about the hiddenness of God. Why does God remain hidden and invisible? Why doesn’t God just show himself plainly in a way that nobody can dispute? One of the standard answers to that question was this: If God did manifest himself plainly there…
A creative pioneer of the media
“For Gerry Reynolds, the unity of the Churches was nothing less than sharing the Body of the Lord at the common table”, writes Fr Brendan McConvery
The deep financial woes of Veritas
Greg DalyA household name faces an uncertain future, writes Greg Daly
There is no room for self congratulation in new deal
Nuala O’Loan‘People may have died because their paramilitary killers were allowed to go on killing’, writes Nuala O’Loan
Fear of fresh initiatives is holding the Church back
Michael KellyA radical vision is not always popular but is necessary for renewal and progress, writes Editor Michael Kelly
Mother Teresa’s dark night of the soul
As with many who went on to become saints, Mother Teresa also experienced darkness and suffering, writes Andrew O’Connell
Aspiring to hope in dark times of modern world
Mary Kenny“some of us are thankful that we remember rather more optimistic times”, writes Mary Kenny