Greg DalyThe Scottish parliament’s 82-36 vote against the introduction of physician-assisted suicide won’t end Britain’s assisted dying debate, any more than did Holyrood’s previous 85-16 vote against it in 2010, or a succession of failed legislative attempts in Westminster and the Welsh assembly. Responding on Twitter to plans for further attempts to legalise assisted suicide, the…
Category: Comment & Analysis
Synod is chance for grassroots
Michael Kelly‘Dialogue and respect’ is the foundation for a successful Church, writes Michael Kelly
Feminine God push is a move to recapture Marian element
Mary KennyControversial campaign aims to challenge gender issues in the Church, writes Mary Kenny
Jesus the Pastor is the same as Jesus the Teacher
David QuinnSometimes mercy and the truth seem to be at loggerheads, writes David Quinn
The State is still failing abuse victims
Abuse of children by other children is an issue increasingly being reported, writes Greg Daly
How we live our faith will affect the extent to which others embrace our beliefs
Nuala O’LoanWe need to make time in our busy lives to follow the way of Christ, writes Nuala O’Loan
Dying in Christ
Cathal BarryThe Church teaches that because of Christ, Christian death has a positive meaning, writes Cathal Barry
The deep wisdom we need all to grasp
Fr Ronald RolheiserEveryone longs to know something that’s secret, to know something that others don’t know, but that you know, and the knowledge of which gives you some insight and advantage over others who are outside the inner-circle of that secret. It has always been so. Historically this is called ‘Gnosticism’, which forever makes an appearance in…
Lessons to learn from marriage referendum
Courtney McGrail“Love requires an engagement of the head as well as the heart”, writes Senator Rónán Mullen
A ‘reality check’, but which kind?
It is more important than ever that the Church teaches with clarity, writes David Quinn