Dear Editor, David Quinn’s article “Time for Church leaders to help students who have been silenced in our colleges” (IC 09/10/14), highlights the apparent intolerance for pro-life or Catholic views in our universities among student unions and the student body, and calls for Church leaders to support Christian students. To be openly Christian in universities…
Category: Opinion
Adults can lead by example at Mass
Adults can lead by example at Mass Dear Editor, For thousands of people who were never taught good catechesis, the Catholic Church is assessed by how they see its members (including priests) behaving in the ordinary living of life. The Church is also judged by the quality of honour, adoration and meaningfulness associated with…
It’s always better to take the difficult road
Dear Editor, As scripture says, “the road that leads to perdition is wide and spacious, and many take it, but it is a narrow gate and a hard road that leads to life and only a few find it. (Matt 7:13-14). All the Catholic Church can do is light up the narrow road that leads…
Vocations are finally on the agenda
Michael KellySome dioceses are doing relatively well when it comes to vocations, others haven’t had a candidate in years
Natural law exists for a good reason
Mary KennyThe pollution of the water supplies is affecting birds and fish
False mercy increases human suffering
David QuinnIts not only the Church that has to balance mercy and standards properly, writes David Quinn
Dignity is being denied
Not filling vacant chaplaincy posts has a number of serious implications, writes Kathleen O’Connor
Christ’s role in God’s plan of salvation
Cathal BarryCathal Barry examines the Church’s teaching that Jesus’s death freed humanity from sin
Everybody struggles in different ways
Fr Ronald RolheiserAll of us struggle, and we struggle in three ways. First, sometimes we struggle simply to maintain ourselves, to stay healthy and stable, to stay normal, not to fall apart, not to have our lives unravel into chaos and depression. It takes real effort just to maintain our ordinary health, stability and happiness. But, even…
Why bother remembering the Lateran basilica?
Nothing earthly can retain its importance for ever, writes Fr Martin Henry