Persecution of Christians is not a fashionable cause

Some remain ‘deaf and blind’ to Church safeguarding efforts

When Archbishop Diarmuid Martin appeared on Today with Sean O’Rourke last week, O’Rourke asked him whether or not he believed in Hell. The context for the question was a recent warning by Pope Francis to the Mafia that unless they changed their ways they were in danger of going to Hell. Archbishop Martin answered: “I…

Rome would be prudent to delay any papal trip here

The late Pontiff began a process of renewal

We have now lost the plot

Standing up to opponents just got harder

Universe’s origin a religious question

The ‘anything goes’ ethos is facing a real test, writes David Quinn

The Church must avoid both moral rigorism and laxism, writes David Quinn