A presentation Brother died as I was preparing to write this week’s column. As in any family, when a member of a religious order dies there is a flurry of activity: the undertaker is called, arrangements are made, obituary details are assembled and a homily for the Requiem Mass is carefully penned. On this occasion…
Category: Opinion
Need for greater commitment to Christ
Greg DalyDear Editor, After the carnival (also described as ‘pentecostal’) celebration that marked the passing of the ‘yes’ vote in the recent referendum, it was interesting for me (who voted ‘no’) to react next morning feeling that nothing had changed – certainly for me. My views on homosexuality had in no way altered, nor was I…
Welsh ban shows that ‘the best is the enemy of the good’
Mary KennyWe humans find it difficult to reach perfection at all times, writes Mary Kenny
Physician-assisted suicide debate re-runs may be an abuse of democracy
The Scottish parliament’s 82-36 vote against the introduction of physician-assisted suicide won’t end Britain’s assisted dying debate, any more than did Holyrood’s previous 85-16 vote against it in 2010, or a succession of failed legislative attempts in Westminster and the Welsh assembly. Responding on Twitter to plans for further attempts to legalise assisted suicide, the…
What the transformation of Bruce into Caitlyn means
David QuinnThe world of sexual politics is getting more and more complicated, writes David Quinn
Reality check for the Church
Cathal BarryChristianity becomes compelling when it is refreshingly different from the surrounding culture, writes Thomas Casey SJ
Fr Vincent Kavanagh – The Novena Priest
One of Ireland’s best known priests, familiar to parishioners up and down the country, has passed away, writes Fr Brendan McConvery
Just how widespread is this ‘epidemic’ of bullying?
Amid claims of an ‘epidemic’ of bullying in the Methodist Church, Cathal Barry investigates whether the Catholic Church has the same issue
Killing is not Caring
A Dublin conference has heard that assisted suicide threatens the weakest among us, Greg Daly reports
We must move on with hope
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, I am thankful to Archbishop Martin and the clergy who endeavoured to guide and instruct us in the run up to the referenda. Unfortunately the result in the marriage referendum wasn’t what many of us would have liked. We must now go forward in hope and trust and pray for our beloved country,…