Pope Francis opens the ‘Holy Door’ to the Year of Mercy for Catholics all over the world, writes Michael Kelly

Why should so vital a civil institution as marriage drop the requirement of equal gender representation, viz. one man and one woman?

A new process is being developed to assist Catholic schools rediscover their distinctiveness, writes Cathal Barry

A ‘yes’ vote will deliberately deprive children of either a mother or a father, writes David Quinn

Changing the definition of marriage clearly affects children, a leading constitutionalist tells Greg Daly

Lay people are at the front line of Church life, writes Cathal Barry

An open letter to Catholic bishops

God has a great habit of surprising us, writes Andrew O’Connell

A number of subtle but intriguing amendments were made to the IHREC’s controversial policy statement, writes Cathal Barry

Editor’s Comment with Michael Kelly