Politicking within the Church is nothing new, says Martin Browne OSB

We risk turning sex into a legal transaction, writes David Quinn

Cathal Barry presents an overview of Church teaching on liturgical celebration

Recently, at an academic dinner, I was sitting across the table from a nuclear scientist. At one point, I asked him this question: Do you believe that there’s human life on other planets? His answer surprised me: “As a scientist, no, I don’t believe there’s human life on another planet. Scientifically, the odds are strongly…

Vocation is not a test it is a call from God, writes Gavin Kerr

The Church teaches that when the faithful assemble in the same place, they are gathered to be ‘built into a spiritual house’, writes Cathal Barry

There are now more than seven billion people on this Earth and each one of us feels that he or she is the centre of the Universe. That accounts for most of the problems we have in the world, in our neighborhoods and in our families.  And no one’s to blame for this, save God…

Tough words could see Pope Francis following in the footsteps of John Paul II, writes Andrew O’Connell

“Public debates in Ireland are all-too-often marked by groupthink and a desire for conformity”, writes Michael Kelly

A history of suffering teaches us to have empathy for modern refugees, writes Mary Kenny