David QuinnWill Enda Kenny treat traditional-minded voters with respect in next year’s marriage referendum or will he heap more contempt on them?
Category: Opinion
Obey all the rules
Mary KennyMigrants should be acquainted with the law – it’s common sense
United against militants
Paul KeenanMuslim leaders have responded to Pope Francisí call on extremism, writes Paul Keenan
The Church cannot deny Communion to the faithful
Courtney McGrailDear Editor, The shortage of priests, already a reality, is no excuse for denying the Sacrament of Holy Communion to the faithful. Indeed the Code of Canon Law seems clear (Canon 918). It is most strongly recommended that the faithful receive Holy Communion in the course of a Eucharistic celebration. If, however, for good reason…
The Church offers plenty of pastoral help
Dear Editor, Margaret Hickey in her letter (IC 20/11/2014), commenting on the apparent confusion on the synod and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s comment on the “longing for certainties”, asks for “the greatest charity from bishops to instruct the faithful in their faith”, saying that the issue is that of “teaching and fidelity to teaching”. I have…
Replacing the God of power and might
Dear Editor, three years ago, the new more correct translation of the Novus Ordo Mass was introduced. Many of the changes have been accepted and commonly used here in Ireland. But it is so sad to see that the Irish generally have not been willing to give up the frightening image of a God of power…
Praying to win at sport
Dear Editor, in relation to your article on the female boxer Katie Taylor (‘Katie Taylor thanks God for world boxing title, IC 27/11/2014), are we to believe that God takes side in boxing competitions? That Christ approves the idea of girls punching the face off each other? To pray to God to win in any sport…
Religious education in schools worked
Dear Editor, Politicians that suggest schools are not appropriate places for teaching religious education are not worthy of their positions. To maintain more time be spent on science, maths and languages, just to respond to economic demand, at the expense of their spiritual needs, is a very naïve mode of thought. Between the age of…
Ireland is no longer a Catholic country
Dear Editor, Archbishop Michael Neary has been the subject of some unwarranted criticism regarding his homily to the Association of Papal Orders in Ireland (IC 13/11/2014). He spoke not of the death rattle of Catholicism or of Christianity in Ireland, but the death rattle of Christendom in Ireland. The end of that “shared set of…
Ireland is experiencing a spiritual famine
Dear Editor, I think it is the unspoken pain of Archbishop Michael Neary’s recent homily to the association of Papal Knights that prompted me to write this letter (IC 13/11/2014). I would like to draw his attention to the heavenly message given to the Irish people at Knock, Co. Mayo in 1879 during a time…