An open letter to Catholic bishops

God has a great habit of surprising us, writes Andrew O’Connell

Pope Francis opens the ‘Holy Door’ to the Year of Mercy for Catholics all over the world, writes Michael Kelly

Why should so vital a civil institution as marriage drop the requirement of equal gender representation, viz. one man and one woman?

Editor’s Comment with Michael Kelly

Back in the 1880s, Lord Randolph Churchill (father of Winston Churchill) fiercely opposed Irish Home Rule warning that  “if Ireland goes [leaves the Union], the rest will follow”. It has taken 130 years for that prediction to materialise, but the late Lord Randolph would be alarmed indeed to see the rise and rise of Scottish…

The marriage referendum is not about equality, writes Breda O’Brien

Each bishop must have concern for the whole Church, especially to the poor, writes Cathal Barry

We judge ourselves, we punish ourselves and we put ourselves in various forms of hell

Being a visible young religious in public can feel a bit like being a panda in a zoo