The final days of Pope John Paul II had a profound effect on me, writes Michael Kelly
Category: Opinion
Check list for marriage
Dear Editor, Mags Gargan ( IC 27/2/14) is to be congratulated upon her timely and useful guide for couples getting married; it contains much which will aid, I feel, to the importance of the occasion. One of those useful guides was the month, weekly and finally daily, check list of what to do; however, with one…
Defending Mother Teresa
Dear Editor, Fr Rolheiser’s article on Mother Teresa, God’s purity arrives in the darkest of nights (IC 20/3/14) was hard to take. In my life I have struggled with my own weaknesses to try to follow the way of Jesus Christ. I have found him to be my companion and guide but I also recognise…
Praying for life this Lent
Dear Editor, I am writing to you about the 40 days for life prayer and fasting campaign continuing to Easter Sunday outside the Marie Stopes abortion referral centre on Berkeley Street Dublin 7. This is the fourth year that we have held this event and it has proved to be a very successful spiritual occasion.…
The Church’s message on relationships and sex is tough but also fulfilling
Who is shaping our norms, asks Breda O’Brien
The end (if it ever existed) of Irish liberalism
The ‘anything goes’ ethos is facing a real test, writes David Quinn
Society’s latest buzzword – ‘Autonomy’
Almost everything we do affects someone else
Accountability is key to the success of new Vatican body
The new safeguarding body will face challenges
Apathy towards the needs of prisoners
There is a silence around what is happening in our prisons. Earlier this month the Department of Justice published four reports on prisoners who had died while on temporary release. The reports describe very vulnerable individuals who have been failed by society, by social services, education services and the prison service. Did you see anything…
Our deeper way of praying
All life has inner pressures not easily thwarted

Michael Kelly
Breda O'Brien
David Quinn
Mary Kenny
Fr Ronald Rolheiser