‘People may have died because their paramilitary killers were allowed to go on killing’, writes Nuala O’Loan

A radical vision is not always popular but is necessary for renewal and progress, writes Editor Michael Kelly

“some of us are thankful that we remember rather more optimistic times”, writes Mary Kenny

Breda O’Brien analyses the apparent ‘deep-rooted bias’ of the ‘yes’ campaign

Peace on its own is not enough, an ‘Islamic democracy’ needs to emerge, writes David Quinn

The Church teaches that the Eucharist completes Christian initiation, writes Cathal Barry

We all have our own images of greatness as these pertain to virtue and saintliness. We picture, for instance, St Francis of Assisi, kissing a leper; or Mother Teresa, publicly hugging a dying beggar; or John Paul II, standing before a crowd of millions and telling them how much he loves them; or Thérèse of…

“When evil unleashes its darkness we reveal our radiance. We pray,” writes Fr Conor Cunningham

Mainstream newspapers have been complicit in shameful denial of basic justice to priests accused of abuse, writes Michael Kelly

Ireland’s tradition of ‘social intimacy’ may soften ‘the rough edges of difference’, writes Mary Kenny