Fr Ronald Rolheiser‘Different notions about God and different ways of speaking about God do not mean that we’re speaking of a different God’ writes Fr Ron Rolheiser
Category: Opinion
The ever-present Irish sneer
Cathal Barry‘There’s too often a lazy, knee-jerk prejudice in the media against fee-paying schools’, writes Cathal Barry
One Church but a very different Catholicism
Michael Kelly‘The Church in the North, far from occupying a position of prestige, was the subject of deep suspicion by the political elite’, writes Michael Kelly
Let’s not forget the spirituality of 1916
Mary Kenny“Even though the official Catholic Church disapproved of rebellion, it was a profoundly Catholic event”
What Merton could teach us about solidarity
Michael W. Higgins: The View
Pro-choice movement fails women like Nicki Minaj
David QuinnThe pro-life movement is much more fully on the side of women than the pro-choicers, writes David Quinn
A voice in the wilderness on abortion
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, I was saddened to hear that Baroness Nuala O'Loan felt compelled to resign from the Medical Ethics Committee over its support for an extension of the British abortion law to Northern Ireland (IC 18/12/2014). What a loss to this important committee to lose a person of integrity, who appears to have been prepared…
Let people have weekday Masses
Dear Editor, I am disappointed with Fr Whelan's attitude on Communion services (‘Limit priestless Communion services, bishops are urged’ IC 11/12/14). Priests are struggling to offer weekday Masses for the few who want them, why not let lay people get involved if they are interested. Yours etc., Patricia McKenna, Navan, Co Meath.
Consult laity on priestless Communion services
Dear Editor, I am deeply disappointed at the approach of Frs Whelan and Mullaney to the perceived problem of priestless communion services (‘Limit priestless Communion services, bishops are urged’ IC 11/12/2014). It is so Vatican I – legalistic and top down, with little or no regard for the people most affected: daily communicants. Would it…
Lay Communion services should be used more
Dear Editor, The hope expressed by Fr Paddy Gleeson (IC Letters 18/12/2014) that the bishops will keep the pastoral care of the faithful, and especially the elderly, in mind in the area of keeping available the reception of Holy Communion in the situation where Mass is no longer available, is timely. The bishops are coming up…