Person: Oliver Broderick

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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We need to invest more in crisis pregnancies

Note the headlines side-by-side on the editorial page ( Irish Examiner, September 22). “Abortion law is too strict, say farmers” and “We need to spend more money giving all children a better start”. It left me confused.

Pregnancy treatment

Pro-life supporters not lacking in compassion

The joy of algebra

Nobel pursuit

Church everlasting – despite its friends

Church should celebrate in sackcloth and ashes

YOU reported (August 24) the suggestion by Fr Iggy O’Donovan OSA that the 30th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ireland should be marked by a day of atonement and that “it would be inappropriate for the day to be one of celebration because of all that was happening in institutions at the time of the papal visit”.

Wed, 26 Aug, 2009

Liberal mindset induces total blindness on abortion

YOUR editorial (‘Ireland can’t dodge the big issues forever’, August 5) shattered my hopes.

Mon, 17 Aug, 2009

Case for a ‘loyal opposition’ within the church

WHILE not disagreeing with Gregóir de Buitléir (‘Battering the brothers’, Letters May 29), I must honestly state there was severe and excessive physical punishment in the two religious-run schools that I attended.

Fri, 05 Jun, 2009

Children’s rights campaign should be extended to include the unborn

APART from the pictures of hands with rosary beads accompanying a few of your reports, I have found myself generally agreeing with your coverage of the abuse revelations concerning the diocese of Cloyne, of which I am a fairly committed member. Like many ordinary Catholics I have been very upset by the revelations.

Wed, 28 Jan, 2009

Right to academic freedom is far below right to life

IN support of their case for destructive research on human embryos, Dr Tom Moore and Prof Tom Cotter make use of what they call ethical pragmatism.

Mon, 01 Dec, 2008

‘Subpersonal’ — rebirth of terrifying notion from last century

IN HIS letter (November 17), Con Hayes presents a well-argued case for permitting the killing of human beings at various stages of development. However, in my opinion there are several flaws in his argument:

Mon, 24 Nov, 2008

Atheism doesn’t need a Lourdes cure — it’s a legitimate belief system

DAVID RYAN’S reply (September 30) to my letter on Lourdes (September 24) upset me a little because of his suggestion that I regard atheism as an affliction that needs to be cured.

Thu, 09 Oct, 2008

Lourdes: magic cures and total indifference

WITH regard to Oliver Broderick’s letter (September 24) on Lourdes, I fail to see what point he is struggling to make.

Tue, 30 Sep, 2008

Lourdes has no cure for atheism

IN her report on Pope Benedict’s visit to Lourdes (September 16), Angela Doland sings one of the oldest refrains of the enemies of the shrine.

Wed, 24 Sep, 2008

Hoping for McCain

I READ with interest Oliver Broderick’s letter of July 28th in which he pointed out Barack Obama’s extreme pro-abortion record.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2008

Why Obama needs to find what he’s looking for before polling day

HAVING read your feature article (‘What Does Obama Believe?’, July 17), I am not too clear how he really stands in relation to religious faith.

Mon, 28 Jul, 2008

Stem cells: let’s draw a line between personal views and scientific fact

I THANK Oliver Broderick (Letters, May 13) for his engaging and questioning letter directed to me on stem cell research.

Tue, 20 May, 2008

Why bother to seek the views of others on stem cells only to dismiss them as vested interest?

I WISH to comment on the booklet from the Irish Council on Bioethics on stem cells and Dr Stephen Sullivan’s analysis (April 25).

Tue, 13 May, 2008

Abortion, evolution and use of the head

MICHAEL FUREY (Letters, February 25) seems to assume that anyone who disagrees with atheism does not “think with their heads”.

Mon, 10 Mar, 2008

Faith and evolution: an argument at cross-purposes with right on both sides

I WOULD like to offer a solution to the disagreement between Sean Fitzgerald (Letters, November 5) and Con Hayes (Letters, November 26) regarding the conflict or otherwise between faith and evolution.

Mon, 10 Dec, 2007

Smokescreen for the liberal agenda?

IN your editorial supporting same-sex marriage (November 3), you argue that everyone is entitled to have their human rights recognised and respected, and you seem to believe everyone should have the right to marry, even when that marriage is with someone of the same sex.

Mon, 19 Nov, 2007

We all take the road which best suits us

PLEASE allow me to reply to two recent letters (November 5).

Mon, 12 Nov, 2007

Catholic Church fails to face up to unpalatable historical truths

IN his letter headlined ‘The Godless delusion, flights of fancy and pointless questions’ (October 22), Oliver Broderick makes a dismissive reference to Hitler and the myth of his Catholicism.

Mon, 05 Nov, 2007

Where is the ‘evidence’ that one religion is right and all the others are wrong?

OLIVER BRODERICK (Letters, October 22) says he is going to ask Fr Con McGillicuddy for his bullet-proof vest to protect himself after his long dismissal of all Richard Dawkins’s “disciples” and the apparent lack of “evidence” to support Dawkins’s arguments.

Mon, 05 Nov, 2007