The woman behind Crystal Swing talks faith and family with Paul Keenan

St Mary’s Cathedral in Kilkenny was suitably packed when it hosted on November 20 a concelebrated Mass of Thanksgiving to mark the recent retirement of Bishop Séamus Freeman, S.A.C., who served as Bishop of Ossory for almost nine years.  The celebration coincided with the Feast of Christ the King and the conclusion of the Extraordinary…

A new place of mission and evangelisation for young people in Ireland has been officially opened in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. The Papal Nuncio to Ireland, Archbishop Charles Brown, formally opened Holy Family Mission at Co. Waterford’s Glencomeragh House on Friday, December 2, saying it was an honour officially to launch such a…

Leading pro-life activist Obianuju Ekeocha speaks with Paul Keenan

Eminent Church historian Msgr Ambrose Macaulay speaks to Martin O’Brien

The Pope’s 2018 trip will be nothing like 1979, but that’s no bad thing, writes Michael Kelly

Greg Daly examines the State’s latest report into symphysiotomy

A new book aims to help people navigate parish ministry, writes Fr Bernard Cotter

Though we fear it, for Christians death is a necessary and even a welcome moment, writes Prof. Eamonn Conway

Jesus came to know for certain according to Leonard Cohen, that only drowning men could see him.  I was among those drowning back in 2009. As that year began I was diagnosed with a life-threatening tumour. An overwhelming tsunami of paralysing darkness invaded my life. I had experienced darkness before, but this was darker still.…