“Within the Church people often feel vulnerable and feel forced to hide behind the cloak of anonymity”, writes Editor Michael Kelly
Category: Comment & Analysis
Queen Elizabeth is a surprising ecumenist
“Elizabeth has achieved a form of ecumenism simply by faithfully adhering to her own Christian faith”, writes Mary Kenny
UN abortion ruling given undeserved credence
Government only taking ruling seriously because it adds weight to demands for repeal of the Eighth Amendment, writes David Quinn
Sacramentals
The Church teaches that certain blessings have a lasting importance, writes Cathal Barry
What exactly do we mean by a ‘pluralist society’?
In much of Western civilisation, we have arrived at a juncture where questions of the Churches’ identity and political relevance need to be examined and discussed in a serious and fresh way.
Political protests of Trump visit just ‘virtue signalling’
The people of Doonbeg seem to have no objection to Mr Trump’s visit as a businessman
A reluctant transformation
Greg Daly experiences Lough Derg for himself
Bias still a problem in the Irish media
The Church needs to stand up for itself more in the media, for the morale of beleaguered Catholics
Mixed marriages and disparity of cult
In marriages with disparity of cult the Church insists that the Catholic spouse has a particular task
Sensitivity and suffering
Pain will flow into us more deeply when we take God seriously not because God wants it or because pain is somehow more blessed than joy

Michael Kelly
Mary Kenny
David Quinn
Cathal Barry


Greg Daly


Fr Ronald Rolheiser