The Church’s whole purpose is to unite humanity with God, writes Cathal Barry

On the banks of the beautiful River Danube in Budapest there is a poignant memorial. I stumbled upon it during a recent visit to the Hungarian capital. Known simply as Shoes on the Danube Bank, it is 60 pairs of old-fashioned shoes, the type people wore in the 1940s, cast in metal. There are women’s…

Much of the criticism directed at Popes is unchristian and has a common thread, writes Michael Kelly

When we consider Pope Francis’ remarks about it being rather selfish not to have children, we have to see it in the context of Italy today. Italy’s low birth rate is catastrophic. The famously child-loving Italians currently have their lowest rate of births since 1870, with just 8.5 babies born for every 1,000 of the…

Lucinda Creighton, The View

The Children and Family Bill shows this Government no longer believes in marriage, writes David Quinn

Child safeguarding remains a vital part of the Church’s ministry, writes Greg Daly

My husband was very unwell a few weeks ago – not eating, sleeping all the time. I thought perhaps he was moving towards the departure lounge of life. He’s an Anglican and we had spoken, in the past, about ‘end of life’ situations. His views were the same as mine. You don’t kill people off;…

Pastoral success is the measure of a bishop, writes David Quinn

The Church teaches that it was Jesus’ task to accomplish God’s plan of salvation, writes Cathal Barry