Dear Editor, Mary Kenny is quite right to be sceptical about the theory of global warming. Hers is a most natural and thoroughly human reaction. After all, what if it should turn out to be true? When eminent scientists, led by the Surgeon General of the United States, many years ago propounded the then revolutionary…
Category: Opinion
Letter on Pope Francis was most unfair
Dear Editor, Dr John Murray is being totally unfair to Pope Francis (‘Pope Francis and the common good’, IC Letters 3/10/13). Long ago the Church in Ireland was not forthright enough in speaking of social justice and the right of men and women to a living wage. Pope Francis does not minimise the importance of…
Politicians should not be Eucharistic Ministers
Dear Editor, I write in response to the controversy created by Derek Keating TD and his position as Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist. Within the Catholic Church there is a ban on clergy becoming involved in party political activities. This is because such activity would be likely to be divisive within the community. A…
Savita: Will the media apologise?
Dear Editor, As well as seeking accountability and changes from the HSE are we going to see some accountability from the secular media in Ireland, who rushed to judgment in the aftermath of Savita Halappanavar’s death and propagated the line that Mrs Halappanavar died because she “was denied an abortion”? We now know, thanks to…
Actions have consequences for pro-abortion TDs
Cathal BarryChurch teaching on Ministers of the Eucharist is clear
Giving Communion to remarried Catholics
David QuinnIf the current Church ban is lifted, it must be true to the teaching of Jesus, writes David Quinn
A frightening picture of failure
Breda O'BrienPro-life advocates are vindicated in the ‘Savita report’, writes Breda O’Brien
What liberal’s don’t report about mental health
Mary KennyWe have just seen a campaign for Mental Health Week, which will surely be a help and a support to anyone experiencing the affliction of depression, or of conditions like bi-polar disorder. These illnesses can be treated, and there should be no cause for shame or stigma. But sometimes such campaigns fail to distinguish between…
TDs, Communion and the Church
Michael KellyDoes the Derek Keating case raise questions about faith formation?
We should welcome a chance to decide
Why did so few vote in the Seanad Referendum, asks Sarah Carey