Dear Editor, I was unsettled this week to hear the coverage of the murder of a young Dublin man whose body was found in County Meath. Not only is this a new low in Irish crime, but the coverage of the story by some of the media sources is (in my view) a symptom of the disregard that currently exists in Ireland for some people…
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Touring relics are ‘unchristian’
Dear Editor, In the last few weeks, relics of St Anthony of Padua have been brought around Ireland on a tour, visiting many parishes. This is unchristian, unbiblical and has no place in a Christian Church. It has nothing to do with the teaching of Jesus Christ and is offensive to God. Why can’t more…
The Bishops’ first duty is to the flock
Dear Editor, Archbishop Eamon Martin stated on RTÉ that the Church needs to learn how to deal with the media. The Church is the body of Christ why would he need to learn how to deal with the media? If the archbishop means the hierarchy, why would they wish to learn to deal with the…
From Facebook to page one of The Sunday Times
Michael KellyMark Twain, the famed American author once said “Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, unless you can’t think of anything better”. The thought struck me when I read a report in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times at the weekend with the headline ‘Trinity woman tipped as cardinal’.…
If we are to have female cardinals, let’s pick an ordinary woman
Justice, radicalism, humility and getting your hands dirty is the real work of the Church, writes Sarah Carey
The Church wants your opinion about the family
Catholics should ponder this questionnaire carefully and offer their responses, writes David Quinn
Stages of Revelation
Cathal BarryCathal Barry explores the stages at which God reveals himself to humanity
Now it’s time to hate the nuns
Mary KennyMary Kenny expresses her views on the new film Philomena
From Facebook to page one of The Sunday Times
Mark Twain, the famed American author once said “Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story, unless you can’t think of anything better”. The thought struck me when I read a report in the Irish edition of The Sunday Times at the weekend with the headline ‘Trinity woman tipped as cardinal’.…
Rejecting a life of ‘bling’
‘Glitter’ and ‘Bling’or ‘Mud’ and ‘Poverty’, which would you chose? In this world of instant everything, many of us reach out for the former but there are some amongst us who make choices in life which carry them away from certainty and comfort to walk the challenging road with those whom society keeps in poverty.…