Dear Editor, In response to a letter, ‘Catholics, faith and the Francis effect’, (IC 16/1/14), the doubt was expressed, would people fall away from their faith when Pope Francis dies and is replaced by someone with perhaps different abilities. There is little doubt that Pope Francis’ powerful charisms have the ability to touch both Christians…
Category: Opinion
Marriage and the failure of pastoral care
David QuinnThe Church is failing in its teaching on marriage
Spreading kindness is better than self-denial
Doing something for others is always the right move
Quitting my chocolate treat for Lent
Mary KennyI’m looking at my jar of Organic Chocolate Spread and asking – ‘Can I really give this up for Lent?’ Organic Chocolate Spread, I might explain, is the nearest thing to ambrosia – that Greek notion of the food of the gods – that I have ever tasted in my life. There was a time…
Vatican Embassy must not be extension of Church-State relations
Michael KellyGovt. must decide what it wants of ties with the Vatican
The journey of Lent
Cathal BarryThere is much more to Lent than just fasting and abstinence, writes Cathal Barry
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
The faith of all Christians rests on the Trinity, writes Cathal Barry
Christians will need a thick skin
Is anti-Catholicism ‘the last acceptable prejudice’?
The human struggle with sexual energy
Fr Ronald RolheiserThere is tension between fulfilment and piety
Speaking up on late-term abortion
Dear Editor, The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will soon have to address the issue of late abortions, answering a written question submitted last January 31. Britain is particularly targeted following the revelation that each year, 60 foetuses survive after a late abortion for several minutes, and sometimes for several hours. They are left to…