Twenty years after the divorce referendum, David Quinn looks at what predictions came true
Category: Comment & Analysis
Thanksgiving and praise
The Church teaches that the Eucharist is the memorial of Christ’s Passover, writes Cathal Barry
Overpowering light can seem like darkness
When I first began teaching theology, I fantasised about writing a book about the hiddenness of God. Why does God remain hidden and invisible? Why doesn’t God just show himself plainly in a way that nobody can dispute? One of the standard answers to that question was this: If God did manifest himself plainly there…
A creative pioneer of the media
“For Gerry Reynolds, the unity of the Churches was nothing less than sharing the Body of the Lord at the common table”, writes Fr Brendan McConvery
After Paris: violence and the human condition
We can’t allow different agendas to deflect from the deeper questions about violence, writes Dr Con Casey
Religion being banished from all our screens
A new ‘secular prudery’ wants to ban religion from public view, writes David Quinn
The deep financial woes of Veritas
A household name faces an uncertain future, writes Greg Daly
There is no room for self congratulation in new deal
‘People may have died because their paramilitary killers were allowed to go on killing’, writes Nuala O’Loan
Fear of fresh initiatives is holding the Church back
A radical vision is not always popular but is necessary for renewal and progress, writes Editor Michael Kelly
Aspiring to hope in dark times of modern world
“some of us are thankful that we remember rather more optimistic times”, writes Mary Kenny

David Quinn
Cathal Barry
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Courtney McGrail
Greg Daly
Nuala O’Loan
Michael Kelly
Mary Kenny