Dear Editor, Your comments on the Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s interview with Gay Byrne on The Meaning of Life (IC 26/6/14) was an excellent summary of the Taoiseach’s poor understanding of his faith. That the Taoiseach taught religion and is a regular Massgoer begs the question, does the Taoiseach misunderstand his faith or has he lost…
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The failings of our Church leaders
Dear Editor, The recent episode of The Meaning of Life with Enda Kenny was significant in that his lack of knowledge and belief of the primary things which Jesus taught us through his parables and in the prayers he gave us. This lack of knowledge of the basic tenets of Christianity by Mr Kenny (a…
Holding off on judgement
Dear Editor, The Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s TV interview with Gay Byrne may well be an example of ‘muddled Catholicism’ (IC, 29/6/14) but, having viewed it a couple of times, I’m not so sure that most of us are not just as muddled. Certainly the Taoiseach did demonstrate some of the ‘à la carte’ Catholicism that…
Our Taoiseach is a confused ‘Catholic’
Dear Editor, Michael Kelly’s article on Enda Kenny’s interview with Gay Byrne on the Meaning of Life is spot on. It’s a sad day when a country’s leader, a deeply confused ‘Catholic’ (but non-Catholic Taoiseach) says he doesn’t believe in a personal God but instead believes in a kind of ‘force’ or ‘energy’ throughout the universe. The…
Speaking nonsense on faith
Dear Editor, Regarding ‘Taoiseach’s Muddled Catholicism’ (IC 26/6/14 ), clearly Enda Kenny has no more interest in the Catholic faith than he has in the North. Can one ever imagine Dev. or Cosgrave speak such nonsense about the Faith? Yours etc., Fr Sean McManus, Washington DC, USA.
An understanding of reconciliation
Dear Editor, Reading Fr Rolheiser’s article ‘On not being stingy with God’s mercy’ (IC 19/6/14) was a real occasion of breakfast heartburn because of its deficient sense of reconciliation. It was Jesus himself who said “those whose sins you forgive they are forgiven, those whose sins you retain they are retained” (Jn 20:23) when he…
Changing case: Enda Kenny and his ‘god’
Dear Editor, What a considered, thoughtful piece by Michael Kelly about the Taoiseach’s interview with Gay Byrne on the topic of Enda Kenny’s faith (IC 26/6/14). However, it might have been more appropriate to use a small ‘g’ for the word ‘god’ in the Taoiseach’s quote about his faith being in “my God, and my…
Ireland’s dangerous silence on abuse
A true understanding of sexual abuse is a long way off, writes Shane Dunphy
How the world’s media misreported the Tuam story
There is a willingness to believe the worst about Catholic Ireland
Catholics must grow in real confidence to share the Faith
Perhaps a revival of traditions would help us find our identity again

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