Some years ago, I was challenged by a bishop regarding an article I’d written. We were talking in his office and the tone eventually got a little testy: “How can you write something like that?” he asked. “Because it’s true,” was my blunt reply. He already knew it was true, but now, realising that, he…
Category: Comment & Analysis
The challenge of the Year of Mercy
Showing mercy may not always be easy but we must show mercy as God calls us to do, writes Andrew O’Connell
Overpowering light can seem like darkness
When I first began teaching theology, I fantasised about writing a book about the hiddenness of God. Why does God remain hidden and invisible? Why doesn’t God just show himself plainly in a way that nobody can dispute? One of the standard answers to that question was this: If God did manifest himself plainly there…
A creative pioneer of the media
“For Gerry Reynolds, the unity of the Churches was nothing less than sharing the Body of the Lord at the common table”, writes Fr Brendan McConvery
Religion is vital to understanding an extremely complex world
“religion is an important fact of life in the world and that Marian devotion is a central part of the faith of many believers”, writes Editor Michael Kelly
Europe must protect the Christian foundations of its civilisation
“Religion is meant to inspire mankind to the highest purposes, not to lead to their diabolical perversion”, writes Dr Martin Mansergh
Who got it right on divorce?
Twenty years after the divorce referendum, David Quinn looks at what predictions came true
Thanksgiving and praise
The Church teaches that the Eucharist is the memorial of Christ’s Passover, writes Cathal Barry
After Paris: violence and the human condition
We can’t allow different agendas to deflect from the deeper questions about violence, writes Dr Con Casey
Religion being banished from all our screens
A new ‘secular prudery’ wants to ban religion from public view, writes David Quinn