Michael KellyIt seems that all shades of the Catholic world have descended on Rome this week, writes Michael Kelly
Category: Opinion
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Fr Martin Delaney reflects on the greatest irony- how we don’t appreciate something until it is gone
Hallowe’en celebrations showing a greater emphasis on death
Mary KennyMary Kenny reflects on the growing popularity of the ‘ghoulish’ and ‘macabre’ festival
Healthy families help to form a healthy Church
Breda O'BrienWe ‘have been bombarded by the cultural norms, which no longer include lifelong fidelity’, writes Breda O’Brien
Synod must find new ways to present Church teaching
David QuinnWe need a new creed on marriage and the family, writes David Quinn
Looking through the lens of mercy
Austen IvereighThe synod’s bishops will grapple with the realities of modern marriage, writes Austen Ivereigh
Managing expectations on outcome of synod
Cathal BarryThe Pope has sent a strong message that Church teaching is not open to change, reports Cathal Barry
Sneers against the synod will not help reform
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, Mary McAleese has received plenty of coverage for her most recent attacks on the Synod of Bishops, just as last year when she claimed the idea of the Church’s bishops advising the Pope on family life was “completely bonkers”. Her sneers at the idea of the Pope seeking the advice of celibate males…
Disturbed by response to abuse scandals
Dear Editor, While the dust may have settled somewhat on the paedophile scandals, and while praise is given to some Church leaders as to how they handled the matter, I myself remain disturbed. I am looking at this matter from the religious point of view only. In all I read or heard I found a…
Older form of the Mass largely unchanged
Dear Editor, It was encouraging to see Cathal Barry’s column on liturgical diversity in the Church (IC 01/10/2015). Indeed, our Church is very rich in its liturgical traditions, to the point where we even have married priests in some of our eastern Churches and in the personal Ordinariate for former Anglicans. However, Cathal failed to…