Courtney McGrailDear Editor, Cathal Barry (‘Some Catholic teachers feel “intimidated” in faith schools’, IC 22/10/2015) reports that some young teachers feel intimidated or fearful sharing their views on their Catholic faith in Catholic schools. I hope these teachers will take some solace from the words of Cardinal Basil Hume in his book To Be a Pilgrim,…
Category: Opinion
Hallowe’en decorations a ghoulish step too far
Dear Editor, Each year we see Hallowe’en decorations and merchandise in shops and even restaurants and hotels something similar to the garlands and lighting for Christmas, usually in orange and black and looking as ghoulish as possible. “Hallowe’en” means “hallowed (or holy) evening” (even = e’en) as it preceded All Saints Day on November 1,…
Ordination does not confer any power
Dear Editor, Nuala O’Loan is very well aware of the important roles that women have played in the history of the Church, as can be seen in her article under The View (‘The Church needs to separate decision-making from ordination’ IC 22/10/2015). However, she still would like to see women holding more ‘prestigious’ places in…
The Sacrament of Confirmation
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that the baptised are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit by the sacrament, writes Cathal Barry
The place inside the heart where everyone is met
Fr Ronald RolheiserAt any given time most of the world believes that death isn’t final, that some form of immortality exists. Most people believe that those who have died still exist in some state, in some modality, in some place, in some Heaven or Hell, however that might be conceived. In some conceptions, immortality is seen as…
Let’s say thanks properly, before it is too late
The Irish State must have ‘the maturity to acknowledge and indeed celebrate the contribution of religious men and women’, writes Fr Martin Delaney
Irish Catholics and belonging without believing
Michael Kelly“Doubt goes hand-in-hand with faith, but it is the approach to the doubt that leads to spiritual growth”, writes Editor Michael Kelly
A republic should represent the values of the majority
Mary KennyIt is important to examine the definition of a ‘secular’ republic and vote on it if need be, writes Mary Kenny
World War I had disastrous consequences sadly still with us
Dr Martin ManserghMartin Mansergh examines Irish attitudes to an ‘imperialist war’ that divided lives and changed the world forever.
Theological liberalism is tearing Christianity apart
David QuinnThe wrong kind of synodality risks the Catholic Church fracturing like Anglicanism, writes David Quinn