Dear Editor, Regarding Andrew O’Connell’s remark concerning the Year of Faith (IC 28/11/13), I do not agree with him that “many people have lost faith in the possibility of God”. Many people have left the institutional Church but they still have a strong faith – they know God has not failed them and won’t. They…
Category: Opinion
Building on Mandela’s legacy
Nuala O’LoanThe great liberator’s achievements must now be built on, writes Nuala O’Loan
Church and State under Enda Kenny
David QuinnThe absent backlash over Government actions against the Church is remarkable, writes David Quinn
Divorce scenes are seldom edifying
Mary KennyThe celebrity cook Nigella Lawson attracted much general sympathy – as well as widespread media reportage – during accusations in court by her ex-husband that she had used cocaine and behaved badly to her daughter. Iíve met Nigella and she is a nice person: her brother Dominic Lawson, for whom I have worked, is one…
Why some people just don’t get Pope Francis
Michael KellyThe weekly news magazine Time was forced into an embarrassing clarification this week. By the time you read this, the magazine – which circulates more than 3 million copies per week – will have announced their ‘Person of the Year’. Among the short-listed candidates was, unsurprisingly, Pope Francis. Now, few could argue that since his…
Growth in understanding the Faith
Cathal BarryCathal Barry examines what the Catechism says about how the heritage of faith is able to grow in the life of the Church.
Freedom from the prison of bitterness
Nelson Mandela encapsulated ‘forgiveness’, writes Andrew O’Connell
Staying Awake
Fr Ronald RolheiserWe need regular spiritual rituals, writes Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Unity must not be confused with uniformity
Dear Editor, We have only to read the New Testament to see that its teaching never justifies the gratuitous exclusion of people from membership of the gathering of believers that we call the Christian Church. That is not the way in which Jesus behaved; nor should his followers. Cardinal William Levada had no right to…
Every tear brings the Messiah closer
Real Love is born through patience, writes Fr Ronald Rolheiser