Mags GarganDear Editor, When Sr Mary McGlynn talks about women deacons and the Orthodox Church (Letters, IC 25/09/2014), she is talking through her wimple (if she wears one). She says: “The Orthodox Church restored the office of deacon for women in 2005.” The Orthodox Churches, not having a Pope like the Latin-rite Church, make up their…
Category: Opinion
Christian view on life’s many questions needed
It’s difficult to think of many philosophers articulating a publicly consumable Christian perspective on life’s meaning
Humanist weddings are a challenge for Church
Mary KennyRise in Humanist weddings is a challenge for the Christian Churches to up their game
Robust debate is welcome but such a lack of balance is wrong
Cathal BarryCollege is a place where all viewpoints should be respected, writes Cathal Barry
Time for Church leaders to help students who have been silenced in our colleges
David QuinnUniversities are becoming cold places for pro-life students, writes David Quinn
True reform comes from the margins
Austen IvereighPope Francis is entirely convinced that diverse points of view, freely expressed, can produce real reform writes Austen Ivereigh
Issue of remarried Catholics is about more than mercy
Dear Editor, It seems from both the pronouncements of Pope Francis and the submissions made to him and the bishops’ synod on defending traditional marriage and family, that there is a real sense that a new dispensation of mercy is on the agenda of this pontificate. Clerical celibacy might be described as the low-hanging fruit…
Jesus, Israel and the law
From the beginning of Jesus' public ministry, certain Pharisees and partisans of Herod together with priests and scribes agreed together to destroy him. Because of certain acts of his expelling demons, forgiving sins, healing on the Sabbath day, his novel interpretation of the precepts of the Law regarding purity and his familiarity with tax collectors…
Taking sacred permission to be human
Fr Ronald RolheiserThe Bible gives us sacred permission to feel the way we feel sometimes
Evangelisation has to start with with primary school children
Dear Editor, The Irish Catholic of Sept 18 carried an interesting feature titled “Faith formation is key”, about Archbishop William Slattery in regard to the South African Church’s approach to evangelisation. The quote that interested me was: “We can lose people to the other (‘6,000 independent Churches in South Africa’) unless we put a tremendous effort into the…