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…
Category: Opinion
Injustices of the Murphy Report
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…
Liturgy gives comfort in darkness
Michael KellyMichael Kelly on the power and beauty in ancient ritual
The freedom within our faith
Cathal BarryThe Church’s declaration on religious freedom Dignitatis Humanae teaches that to be human, “man’s response to God in faith must be free: no one therefore is to be forced to embrace the Christian faith against his own will”. “God calls men to serve him in spirit and in truth,” the document continues, “hence they are…
Comfort of community and ritual
Respond to fear with faith
Embassy re-opening is good news
Michael Kelly welcomes Government U-Turn
Holy days and Catholic schools
Dear Editor, Mary Brien’s letter (IC 16/1/14) raises interesting questions about the desirability of Catholic schools opening on Holy Days. As a former Catholic secondary school principal it was my responsibility to advise our board of management on school holidays. With the support of the Catholic school community, which we served, our school always opened…
Reforming Ireland
Greater transparency is a vital step in national renewal, writes Lucinda Creighton
What the new cardinals tell us about the future
Michael Kelly assesses the Pope’s recent ‘red hat’ choices
Building a new nation
Great work is being done in South Sudan