The Pope has sent a strong message that Church teaching is not open to change, reports Cathal Barry

The Church teaches that Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, writes Cathal Barry

Some years ago, I officiated at a wedding. As the officiating priest, I was invited to the reception and dance that followed upon the church service. Not knowing the family well and having church services the next morning, I left right after the banquet and the toasts, just as the dancing was about to start.…

Fr Martin Delaney reflects on the greatest irony- how we don’t appreciate something until it is gone

It seems that all shades of the Catholic world have descended on Rome this week, writes Michael Kelly

Mary Kenny reflects on the growing popularity of the ‘ghoulish’ and ‘macabre’ festival

We ‘have been bombarded by the cultural norms, which no longer include lifelong fidelity’, writes Breda O’Brien

We need a new creed on marriage and the family, writes David Quinn

The Pope’s outstanding charisma draws thousands to the streets despite America’s tightest security ever, writes Andrew O’Connell

What does it profit you if you gain the whole world but suffer the loss of your own soul? Jesus taught that and, I suspect, we generally don’t grasp the full range of its meaning. We tend to take Jesus’ words to mean this: What good is it if someone gains riches, fame, pleasure, and…