Dear Editor, We have only to read the New Testament to see that its teaching never justifies the gratuitous exclusion of people from membership of the gathering of believers that we call the Christian Church. That is not the way in which Jesus behaved; nor should his followers. Cardinal William Levada had no right to…
Category: Opinion
Study the Gospels
Dear Editor, After reading last year that Pope Benedict XVI (now Emeritus) was encouraging everyone to read the Catechism during the Year of Faith, I saw an article in The Irish Catholic giving details of a website where people could sign up to receive daily emails with a question from the Catechism with commentary. For…
People await a renewed Church
Dear Editor, Regarding Andrew O’Connell’s remark concerning the Year of Faith (IC 28/11/13), I do not agree with him that “many people have lost faith in the possibility of God”. Many people have left the institutional Church but they still have a strong faith – they know God has not failed them and won’t. They…
Building on Mandela’s legacy
Nuala O’LoanThe great liberator’s achievements must now be built on, writes Nuala O’Loan
Church and State under Enda Kenny
David QuinnThe absent backlash over Government actions against the Church is remarkable, writes David Quinn
Divorce scenes are seldom edifying
Mary KennyThe celebrity cook Nigella Lawson attracted much general sympathy – as well as widespread media reportage – during accusations in court by her ex-husband that she had used cocaine and behaved badly to her daughter. Iíve met Nigella and she is a nice person: her brother Dominic Lawson, for whom I have worked, is one…
Why some people just don’t get Pope Francis
Michael KellyThe weekly news magazine Time was forced into an embarrassing clarification this week. By the time you read this, the magazine – which circulates more than 3 million copies per week – will have announced their ‘Person of the Year’. Among the short-listed candidates was, unsurprisingly, Pope Francis. Now, few could argue that since his…
Growth in understanding the Faith
Cathal BarryCathal Barry examines what the Catechism says about how the heritage of faith is able to grow in the life of the Church.
Interpreting the heritage of faith
Cathal Barry reflects what the Catechism of the Catholic Church says about the interpretation of God’s Word
One-sidedness in the gay marriage ‘debate’
Dear Editor, It was interesting to read recent letters published in national newspapers regarding same-sex-marriage. In one such letter the writer made reference to ‘logic’. This prompted me, as part of a letter I wrote to the relevant newspaper, to pose the following question: “Logically, can a union which doesn’t include sexual complementarity be identical…