Pádraic Grant meets a politician inspired by the example of Pope Francis

In the third of a five-part series Greg Daly continues his journey on the Camino to Santiago

In the second of a five-part series Greg Daly continues his journey on the Camino to Compostela

In a five-part series Greg Daly takes his first faltering steps on the road to Santiago De Compostela

Argentine missionary Natalia Fassano shares her story

With just 26 letters, Chester Beatty Library’s latest exhibition has seemingly captured the creative essence of human history. ‘Chester Beatty’s A-Z: from Amulet to Zodiac’ takes visitors on a journey through rare pieces from the library’s collection in Dublin. Each artefact corresponds to a letter in the alphabet and they come from all over the…

Prof. Richard English has charted the North’s painful history

We’ve become used to speaking of a ‘vocations crisis’ in Ireland. It’s a challenging era for many religious communities, but Silverstream Benedictine Priory in Co. Meath has a unique challenge: “We don’t have any room to accept the many new candidates we’re getting vocation inquiries from,” Dom Mark Daniel Kirby says. There are currently five…

Alexandra Keery discovers that a quiet place on a Belfast street is the answer to prayer for people of all faiths

God assumed a human nature to accomplish our salvation, writes Cathal Barry