We should not “treat churches merely as community halls”, writes Andrew O’Connell

The more things change, the more they stay the same. That axiom still holds true for our understanding of suicide. Despite all the advances in our understanding, there are still a number of stigmas around suicide, one of which pertains to how we write the obituary of a loved one who dies in this way.…

The Church teaches that the sacraments are both ever-living and life-giving, writes Cathal Barry

The current retreat from politics means that the bishops have no vision of the common good writes David Quinn

Why Saverio Bellante was taken off medication is the enduring mystery, writes Michael Kelly

In life “you must put your dreams aside and count your blessings instead”, writes Mary Kenny

Being a priest often calls you to be with people in the darkest of hours, writes Fr Martin Delaney

Difference in law on adoption and donor-conception shows hypocrisy, writes David Quinn

It would seem for Amnesty that there are lives which are worthy of life and lives which are not, writes Fr Seán MacGiollarnáth

It’s wrong of campaigners to use same-sex marriage as a springboard for abortion, writes Niall Guinan