Greg DalyDear Editor, I was appalled at the attitude of Junior Minister, Aodhán O Ríordáin to changing the laws that help preserve the ethos of denominational schools of all religions. This is the man who once said that civil servants should not give any undue deference to churchmen. His cynical plan is to make the law…
Category: Opinion
Thank you for referendum coverage
Dear Editor, Thank you for the consistent, clear and courageous leadership that was given to your readers during the referendum campaign. This was certainly not granted by everyone. Yours etc., Mrs Judith Leonard, Raheny, Dublin 5.
We should discuss married priests and female deacons
Michael KellyIt’s an idea worthy of consideration, writes Michael Kelly
We need to face widespread rejection of Church teaching
Dear Editor, Fr Mannion (Letters, 28/05/2015) fails to notice the clear teaching of Jesus in Mark 10 that marriage is a natural union of male and female, substituting instead the ideas that men and women share equal dignity and “the ideal of marriage as a commitment for life”. Logically, his interpretations do not exclude the…
Seeing a ‘new mind’ in Sarajevo
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…
Need for greater commitment to Christ
Dear 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