David QuinnPersecution of religion is still not getting the attention it deserves, writes David Quinn
Category: Opinion
Europe’s troubling identity crisis
Michael KellyMichael Kelly reflects on Pope Francis words on “elderly and haggard” Europe
Mixed feelings on the Church’s role in 1916 commemorations
Mary Kenny“You’d be forgiven for thinking that 1916 has now become a brand”, writes Mary Kenny
The Church needs to separate decision-making from ordination
Nuala O’LoanDespite Pope Francis’ appreciation of “the feminine genius”, women still have not been granted “a proper place in decision-making in the Church”, writes Nuala O’Loan
Reconciliation is the sacrament of ‘new life’
Courtney McGrailWhile we may not be able to change the past, we can learn from our mistakes, writes Dominic O’Reilly
Displacing ego and narcissism
Fr Ronald RolheiserThe Buddhists have a little axiom that explains more about ourselves than we would like. They say that you can understand most of what’s wrong in the world and inside yourself by looking at a group-photo. Invariably you will look first at how you turned out before looking at whether or not this is a…
How Baptism is celebrated
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that Confirmation and the Eucharist are the ‘summit’ of Christian initiation, writes Cathal Barry
Restrictions on hospital visits an example of aggressive secularism
Dear Editor, Your recent article about “red tape gone mad” preventing priests from visiting their parishioners in hospitals throughout the country, seems like a further inroad from aggressive secularism (IC 08/10/2015). Hospital mission statements, framed and prominently displayed in out patient’s waiting areas, make much of patients’ rights to courtesy and proper respect from hospital…
Free choice of individual separates them from sacramental life
Dear Editor, Austen Ivereigh writing about the current Synod on the Family (IC 08/10/2015), quite rightly states that the backdrop to the synod is “the massive collapse across the western world of support for the Christian understanding of marriage in culture and now law – as Ireland, and most of our families have witnessed at…
Lack of compassion in comments on same-sex couples
Dear Editor, The year 2015, with the referendum for same-sex marriage, for good or bad, has marked a key turning point in the history of Ireland. As a Christian, I confess that on a number of occasions over the course of the referendum, and since, I have been both deeply shocked and saddened by some…