The new presidency bodes ill for the Church, writes Paul Keenan

The beatitude we are promised, according to the Church, confronts us with decisive moral choices, writes Cathal Barry

We live in a world wherein most everything over-stimulates our grandiosity, even as we are handed less and less tools to deal with that. Several years ago, Robert L. Moore wrote a very significant book, Facing the Dragon. The dragon that most threatens us, he believes, is the dragon of our own grandiosity, that sense…

“each and every story of a difficulty experienced during pregnancy is heart-wrenching, precisely because the gift of a new child is such a beautiful thing”, writes Michael Kelly

“without knowing fully what was going on – people can become actors in their own fantasy lives”, writes Mary Kenny

The saints did not fall into the modern trap of letting particular worldly experiences ‘measure doctrine’, writes Editor Michael Kelly

“This is the time for Ireland to step up to the plate, show leadership and assume a greater role within the councils of Europe”, writes Mary Kenny

Proposals for religious orders to help tackle the housing shortage may hint at improved relations between Church and State, writes Greg Daly

We must not allow the decision of English voters to destroy what Europeans have built over 70 years of patient statesmanship, writes John Bruton

The Church teaches that the human person participates in the power of the divine Spirit, writes Cathal Barry