Eternity has more kinds of rooms than this world does. This is a thought inside the head of Marilynne Robinson’s fictional character, Lila, in Robinson’s recent novel. Lila has reason to think that way, that is, to think outside the box of conventional religious piety because her story is not one that fits piety of…

At no point did the IRA ever claim solace from any version of Catholicism.

We shouldn’t overburden Pope Francis with unrealistic expectations

A pleasant young man was handing out leaflets last Sunday, outside St Teresa’s Church in Clarendon Street, Dublin, calling on people to ‘Stand Against Media Bias’ at a protest outside Dáil Éireann this week. The slogan is “33 to 1” – because, in the space of a recent fortnight, 33 articles appeared in the national…

Pope Francis wants us to return to the very roots of our Faith, writes Breda O’Brien

The spontaneous trust in the process of electing Pope Francis was moving, writes Michael Kelly

Pope Francis challenges each one of us to cast away our fear, writes Nuala O’Loan

It’s clear Pope Francis wants the teachings of the Church applied with mercy, writes David Quinn

Although he doesn’t mean to, it’s the Pope’s willingness to offend that makes him so authentic, writes Cathal Barry

There won’t be any change to core Church teaching, but the Pope wants a radical reform of approach and debate, writes Michael Kelly