At any given time most of the world believes that death isn’t final, that some form of immortality exists. Most people believe that those who have died still exist in some state, in some modality, in some place, in some Heaven or Hell, however that might be conceived. In some conceptions, immortality is seen as…

The Irish State must have ‘the maturity to acknowledge and indeed celebrate the contribution of religious men and women’, writes Fr Martin Delaney

The Church teaches that Baptism is the sacramental entry into the life of faith, writes Cathal Barry

There is no such thing as pure objectivity, a view that is free of all bias. Yet that’s the claim often made by non-religious, secular thinkers in debates about values and public policy. They argue that their views, unlike those who admit that their views are grounded in religious principles, are objective and free from…

All married couples will struggle, but a strong faith can be empowering, writes Andrew O’Connell

“The Pope is asking Catholics to be able to live with tension. He is asking us to be able to understand that life is complex”, writes Editor Michael Kelly

Despite social divisions,”everyone has to make an effort to change” in order for everyone to have the respect they deserve, writes Mary Kenny

The Synod of Bishops was an attempt to capture different viewpoints, writes Cathal Barry

The three-week-long Synod of Bishops on the Family has finally wrapped up its work with bishops voting on a final document which has been given to Pope Francis.  After much deliberation, a ten-man commission produced a final report of 94 paragraphs, which they endorsed unanimously.  The synod then voted on the document paragraph by paragraph,…

While much attention is focused on Communion for the divorced, the bigger news is a significant pastoral shift, writes Austen Ivereigh