The Church teaches that because of Christ, Christian death has a positive meaning, writes Cathal Barry

Everyone longs to know something that’s secret, to know something that others don’t know, but that you know, and the knowledge of which gives you some insight and advantage over others who are outside the inner-circle of that secret. It has always been so. Historically this is called ‘Gnosticism’, which forever makes an appearance in…

“Love requires an engagement of the head as well as the heart”, writes Senator Rónán Mullen

The Church brings us all together in the unlikeliest places, writes Fr Martin Delaney

“gay people are surely part of God’s plan too”, writes Mary Kenny

There was much to learn from the ‘gruelling campaign’, writes Breda O’Brien

It is more important than ever that the Church teaches with clarity, writes David Quinn

Encounters with the risen Christ characterise the Christian hope of Resurrection, writes Cathal Barry

The renowned spiritual writer Henri Nouwen made no secret about the fact that he was emotionally over-sensitive and that he suffered, sometimes to the point of clinical depression, from emotional obsessions. At times, he, a vowed celibate, was simply overpowered by the feeling of being in love with someone who was hopelessly unavailable that he…

Yes vote forces Church to re-evaluate teaching on human sexuality, writes Michael Kelly