Mary KennyCommunities suffer amid Western silence
Category: Opinion
My 10 Favourite Books of 2013
Fr Ronald RolheiserDe gustibus non est disputandum. That’s a famous line from St Augustine wherein he suggests that taste is subjective and that what one person fancies might not be to another person’s liking. Under that canopy I would like to recommend the following books to you. Among the books that I read in 2013, these 10…
A remarkable year for the Papacy
Michael KellyPope Francis faces a daunting task in coming months to bring about some much-needed reforms in the Vatican, writes Michael Kelly
Holy Spirit: Interpreter of Scripture
Cathal BarryCathal Barry examines what the Catechism says about the interpretation of Scripture
Finding a decent alternative to alcohol
Sobriety is fabulous, writes Mary Kenny
The wisdom of an Irish missionary
Missionaries have remarkable motivation and faith
Reasons to celebrate Christmas
There are good reasons for the rituals with which we surround Christmas
Christmas – Chequered origins and chequered sequence
God who wrote the original Christmas with crooked lines also writes the sequence with crooked lines, and some of those lines are our own lives, writes Fr Ron Rolheiser
Silencing discussion on women priests
Dear Editor, An article (IC 28/11/13), regarding women priests, read: “The reservation of priesthood to males, as a sign of Christ the spouse who gives himself in the Eucharist, is not a question open to discussion, but it can prove especially divisive if sacramental power is too closely identified with power in general.” I am…
Truth, justice and the Murphy Report
Dear Editor, I read the comments attributed to Marie Collins (IC 5/12/13). No one is trying to rewrite history or forget the sins of some priests but the Association of Catholic Priests and others are concerned about the truth and justice of any situation and rightly, as read in your paper, have real concerns that the…