Accommon soldier dies without fear, yet Jesus died afraid. Iris Murdoch wrote this and that truth can be somewhat disconcerting. Why? If someone dies with deep faith, shouldn’t he or she die within a certain calm and trust drawn from that faith? Wouldn’t the opposite seem more logical, that is, if someone dies without faith…

The Church teaches that marriage between baptised persons is a true sacrament, writes Cathal Barry

“We shouldn’t be surprised that people want the World Meeting of Families to be more than just a Catholic come-all-ye”, writes Editor Michael Kelly

“Lethal injection is the usual method of execution, and it’s surely a perverse application of medical science”, writes Mary Kenny

Next month’s national pro-life gathering takes place at an absolutely critical time for unborn babies and their mothers, writes Cora Sherlock

If there is genuine public demand for something politicians will hear ordinary members of the public raise it, writes David Quinn

The Church teaches that man and woman were created for one another, writes Cathal Barry

A seminarian I know recently went to a party on a Friday evening at a local university campus. The group was a crowd of young, college students and when he was introduced as a seminarian, as someone who was trying to become a priest and who had taken a vow of celibacy, the mention of…

“Christ’s body was real, his suffering was real. We might say that humanity left its mark on him, and the human condition took its toll”, writes Editor Michael Kelly

The Programme for Government provides plenty of challenges, writes David Quinn