The death of Savita Halappanavar did not justify repeal of the Eighth Amendment, writes David Quinn The road to the repeal of the Eighth Amendment was paved by hard cases, often know by letters like ‘X’ or ‘C’ or ‘D’. The most famous was that of Savita Halappanavar who died in tragic circumstances in Galway…

Martin McDonagh’s new film confronts us with the ultimate reality that each and every one of us will die, writes Michael Kelly It’s hard not to be touched by the marvellous beauty on display in The Banshees of Inisherin, which opened at cinemas at the weekend to critical acclaim. This article is not intended to…

Polish society has been transformed forever by the number of refugees it’s accepted from neighbouring Ukraine, writes Jason Osborne A stroll around the streets of most Polish cities now will see your ears pick up nearly as much Ukrainian as they do Polish. In my case, the city of Szczecin in Poland’s north-west, a walk…

by Cindy Wooden Saying it is committed to “respectful dialogue” with China’s communist government and to “fostering the mission of the Catholic Church and the good of the Chinese people,” the Vatican announced it has renewed its agreement with China on the appointment of bishops. In the past four years only six bishops have been…

by Jonah McKeown A study that claims to be the largest national survey of Catholic priests conducted in more than 50 years has found that despite relatively high levels of personal well-being and fulfilment among priests as a whole, a significant percentage of priests have issues with burnout, distrust in their bishop, and fears of…

Over the past two weekends, I had the opportunity to celebrate Vigil Masses. Hardly unusual or particularly newsworthy, were it not for the fact the Masses were in Spain! I left Tubbercurry at 3.20am and celebrated evening Mass at 5pm, in a hotel function room in Torremolinos. I returned home, in both cases, the following…

It’s an old saying that ‘England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity’ – and an entirely understandable one given our mutual history. Too often Britain ignored the woes of Ireland and their responsibilities towards those woes: Ireland often had to take whatever opportunities were available. But in these days, I rather wonder if the phrase should be…

The View It’s the media’s job to report bad news about the Church. For decades, they were too deferential. They should continue to highlight the truth about the Church, particularly the unpleasant truths. Yet it is not unreasonable to wish for some balance. It would be pleasant to occasionally see a good news story about people…

Moral choiches are not always as clear-cut as we might like them to be, writes David Quinn I remember it very well. I was in junior school at the time and our teacher, Mrs O’Leary, was very excited when she told us the news that victims of a plane crash in the Andes had been found…