Fr Ronald RolheiserAs a young boy, I longed to be a professional athlete but I had to soon accept the unwelcome fact that I simply wasn’t gifted with an athlete’s body. Speed, strength, coordination, instinct, vision… I got by in ordinary life with what I had been given of these, but I wasn’t physically robust enough to…
Category: Comment & Analysis
Lessons from Scripture studies
Courtney McGrailOnline chatter about the Republican National Convention has focused less on the coronation of Donald Trump than on his wife Melania’s speech. For some, the speech was notable for its so-far unexplained nod to 1980s singer Rick Astley, with Mrs Trump declaring of her husband that: “He will never, ever, give up. And, most importantly,…
Our obsession with youth
“You know the culture is broken when adults consider ‘adult’ a compliment”, writes Chris Altieri
Busting myths around priestly pay
Michael Kelly
If a man was interested in riches, the priesthood is probably the last road he’d choose to take. So, it’s a good job that priests understand their role as a call from God rather than a profitable way of life. Priestly remuneration is often shrouded in secrecy – especially in Ireland. Elphin is alone among…
Brexit: an echo of the English Reformation
Greg Daly
Greg Daly considers how the UK’s Anglican heritage leaves it uneasy in Europe
Secularists want to make faith a private hobby
David QuinnChristians are caught in the middle of a clash between radical Islam and secularism, writes David Quinn
Sources of morality
Cathal Barry
It’s an error to judge the morality of human acts by considering only the intention that inspires them, writes Cathal Barry
Angels with sickles and God’s fury
There’s a haunting text in the Book of Revelations where poetic image, for all its beauty, can be dangerously misleading. The author there writes: “So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and cut the earth’s vintage. He threw it into the great winepress of God’s fury.” A fierce angel cleansing the world! God…
The road to Krakow
Gerard Gallagher reflects on the importance of WYD and the “amazing events that have helped to shape a generation in faith”
O’Connell’s path is now more important than ever
Mary Kenny
A national holiday has now been “tainted with the memory of a heinous atrocity against innocent families”, writes Mary Kenny