Mags GarganDear Editor, The €45,000 SVP grant pay-out to Galway LGBT will shock the many loyal, faithful Catholics who have supported the SVP and the poor with their money for decades. The LGBT lobby group is currently campaigning for same-sex marriage in Ireland, with men marrying men, women marrying women and same-sex adoption of children as…
Category: Opinion
Abortion legislation is misguided
Dear Editor, In pregnancy, Irish medicine has a long-held tradition of treating both patients: the expectant mother and her developing child. In the recent case of the young woman who was raped and became pregnant, she has suffered greatly. However, it is wrong to think that an abortion would solve the problem. Having an abortion…
Catholic schools are very welcoming towards Muslims
David QuinnAllowing Muslim girls to wear a headscarf respects their beliefs while in no way compromising the ethos of a Catholic school, says David Quinn
Putting ‘fresh heart’ into the Church
Cathal BarryThe task of bringing the encouragement of faith to modern Ireland belongs to all believers, says Archbishop Eamon Martin
The new Primate is facing many daunting challenges
The Vatican’s swift acceptance of Cardinal Brady’s resignation signals a determination to see a new era in the Church, says David Quinn
Our timidity in the face of God’s abundance
Fr Ronald RolheiserA mindset of scarcity rather than of abundance debilitates us in several ways
The mysteries of Jesus’ infancy
Christ’s whole life was lived under the sign of persecution, writes Cathal Barry
Priests are afraid to engage youth
Dear Editor, David Quinn’s article of August 28, “We won’t reach young people without being evangelical”, made important points about the importance of prioritising youth ministry. As a young person back in the 1980s, it was the work of young and not so young dynamic priests that influenced me most in terms of living the…
Appalled at Galway bishopís attitude towards SVPís donation
Dear Editor, I am appalled and deeply saddened by your headline in last week’s paper (04/09/2014) “Bishop demands answers from SVP on gay donation”. I feel we have stepped back into the 1950s when we had the Magdalene laundries, and the shame and disgrace heaped on the heads of the girls and families who found…
Church should cherish all equally
Dear Editor, In The Irish Catholic on 28/8/14, Archbishop Eamon Martin said “on matters relating to marriage and family, poverty and injustice etc, Irish Catholics must not be afraid to speak out with conviction in the public square”. I wish to say that surely Church teaching on marriage and family life includes parents loving and…