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Category: Opinion
Contradictions of life and death
My husband was very unwell a few weeks ago – not eating, sleeping all the time. I thought perhaps he was moving towards the departure lounge of life. He’s an Anglican and we had spoken, in the past, about ‘end of life’ situations. His views were the same as mine. You don’t kill people off;…
It’s too early to assess ‘Archbishop Brown’s hierarchy’
Pastoral success is the measure of a bishop, writes David Quinn
Vatican reforms will see the curia streamlined
The changes in Rome will signal a shift in the balance of power between cardinals
My journey with Stephen Fry
It must have been some eight years ago since Stephen Fry, accompanied by his then-young boyfriend, a hair stylist, very kindly drove me from Oxfordshire to London on a late summer afternoon. We had been attending a barbecue party given by the late Mel Smith, the actor and comedian, and Mr Fry and his companion…
Victims of the Troubles should not be lost in times of austerity
The British government has a moral duty to ensure that sufficient funding is made available to deal with the problems of the Troubles.
Six reasons why I think Stephen Fry is wrong – Fr Brendan Purcell
We shouldn’t mix up bad experiences with evil, writes Fr Brendan Purcell
Parents are resistant to the handover of Catholic schools
Ireland may be less Catholic, but parents still like Catholic schools, writes David Quinn
We are sleepwalking into accepting priestless parishes
Dear Editor, In answer to Fr Oliver Skelly’s letter, “Confusion between Mass and Communion” (IC 29/01/2015), I remember my first ‘experience’ of a Communion service in a hospital chapel where I had entered to attend Mass. The Communion service consisted of the Liturgy of the Word – then the Our Father was recited and Communion…
Headlines multiplying like rabbits
Dear Editor, Pope Francis gave an interview on an airplane again and that means one thing: several media outlets waiting in the wings, like piranha in a tank, for morsels of ambiguity or concession on moral teaching, usually relating to sexual morality, to spin into sensational headlines. The holy father gave a vigorous defence of Humanae Vitae,…

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