Dear Editor, According to recent press reports, Mary McAleese said that homosexuality is not something that is perceived as something that is intrinsically disordered nowadays, and that things written by figures such as former Pope Benedict are contradictory to the understanding of most Catholics today. Mary McAleese must surely be aware that the Catholic Church…

Dear Editor, I am surprised to read in The Irish Catholic an article by Ben Conroy, ‘Youth Space’ that seems to make the case for homosexuality.  The writer informs us that a percentage of practising Catholics support same sex marriage.  He goes on to enlighten us that the Catholic Church and presumably, those of us…

Dear Editor, Tom O’Gorman is a tremendous loss to the intellectual fabric of our country. He was a highly educated, religious, peaceful and very good humoured man who did crucial work for, among others, The Iona Institute and the Pro-Life Campaign, behind the scenes and never sought the limelight. I first encountered Tom O’Gorman when…

Dear Editor, Reading the Book Reviews (IC 9/1/14) it was good to see Peter Costello discuss the new book Unheard Story: Dublin Archdiocese and the Murphy Report. It is very important that we all read it carefully to further understand how the Church comes under unjust fire in this Report and by many of the media and…