Dear Editor, I think it is probably important that we mark the death of Canon Mark Diamond, who died on the feast day of Saint Muredach. At a time in the history of Christianity in Ireland which currently seems to be punctuated by a corrosive secular view of the dignity of mankind, he at alltimes…

Dear Editor, A recent article by Mary Kenny (IC August 14) discusses the just war theory of Thomas Aquinas and implores the prudence of our leaders about when to put it into practice. In such matters why don’t we refer such questions directly to Jesus himself? In one of the most solemn moments of his life before…

Dear Editor, I note Peter Costello’s faint praise of the noted Marian theologian, Fr Rene Laurentin with reference to Medugorje! “He is perhaps as reliable and as well informed a writer as can be found these days” but “what he says does not always carry conviction, as in the case of Medugorje”. Seemingly, he is…