Courtney McGrailDear Editor, Ireland is a wee country, led by a wobbly Government loaded with the domestic and social problems of a post austerity regime. Isn’t it strange to imagine a referendum to change the definition of marriage to permit two people of the same sex to marry one another, should already be gathering momentum among certain…
Category: Opinion
Difference between died and passed
Dear Editor, I do not contradict Andrew O'Donnell's "Notebook" (IC 01/01/2015), but I do not like, in his first paragraph, that he said that Brian Farrell had "passed", when he meant ‘died’. That word is often used nowadays, with the implication that nobody ever dies, but only passes from one life to another. Of course,…
Symbols of the Spirit
Cathal Barry takes a look at the some of the symbols of the Holy Spirit in the Bible
Why our differences should be understood and appreciated more
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
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”
Heartbreaking case highlights difficulties
Greg Daly
The tragic case of the deceased pregnant woman ought not to have come before the courts, writes Greg Daly
Women are not breeding machines
Women’s wombs are not up for rent, writes Mary Kenny
Looking to a New Year with hope
Breda O'Brien
‘People have a natural disposition towards optimism or pessimism, but it can be changed’ writes Breda O’Brien