The Irish Catholic has asked an interdisciplinary team, which includes Prof. Eamonn Conway and Dr Rik Van Nieuwenhove, theologians at Mary Immaculate College University of Limerick, and Mr Patrick Treacy SC of Integritas, to consider and respond to the difficult questions we all face when deciding how to vote in the referendum.
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Uncovering Ireland’s first saint and scholar
Mags Gargan travels through the beautiful countryside of Co. Down following Saint Patrick’s Trail
The mystery of suffering
We bring much suffering and evil into the world by the abuse of our freedom, writes Prof. Eamonn Conway
Does it make sense to eliminate the real differences that exist between male and female, including in our understanding of marriage?
The Irish Catholic has asked an interdisciplinary team, which includes Prof. Eamonn Conway and Dr Rik Van Nieuwenhove, theologians at Mary Immaculate College University of Limerick, and Mr Patrick Treacy SC of Integritas, to consider and respond to the difficult questions we all face when deciding how to vote in the referendum.
On a mission of mercy to do God’s work
Thousands of people are due in Dublin this weekend for the Divine Mercy Conference, writes Greg Daly
Water is a lifeline in drought ravaged Ethiopia
Éamonn Meehan Over the coming weeks, over one million Trócaire boxes will be distributed the length and breadth of the island of Ireland. The face of Mahlet, the young Ethiopian girl on the front of this year’s box, will beam from homes, parishes, schools and businesses, as people join the annual campaign to support…
Is marriage between two people of the same sex a human right?
The Irish Catholic has asked an interdisciplinary team, which includes Prof. Eamonn Conway and Dr Rik Van Nieuwenhove, theologians at Mary Immaculate College University of Limerick, and Mr Patrick Treacy SC of Integritas, to consider and respond to the difficult questions we all face when deciding how to vote in the referendum.
Christ came to save people and the planet
Numerous groups and individuals today are challenging us in regards to our relationship to mother-Earth. From Green Peace, from various environmental groups, from various Christian and other religious groups, and from various individual voices, comes the challenge to be less-blind, less-unthinking and less-reckless in terms of how we relate to the Earth. Every day, our…
It’s not a long way to Tipperary
Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly tells Mags Gargan listening is key to ministry
What has same-sex marriage got to do with children’s rights?
The Irish Catholic has asked an interdisciplinary team, which includes Prof. Eamonn Conway and Dr Rik Van Nieuwenhove, theologians at Mary Immaculate College University of Limerick, and Mr Patrick Treacy SC of Integritas, to consider and respond to the difficult questions we all face when deciding how to vote in the referendum.

Courtney McGrail
Mags Gargan
Greg Daly
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