Christian de Cherge, the Trappist Abbott who was martyred in Algeria in 1996, told this story of his first Communion. He grew up in a Roman Catholic family in France and on the day of his first Communion he said to his mother: “I don’t understand what I’m doing.” She answered simply: “It’s okay, you…

Abuse of children by other children is an issue increasingly being reported, writes Greg Daly

We need to make time in our busy lives to follow the way of Christ, writes Nuala O’Loan

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

‘Dialogue and respect’ is the foundation for a successful Church, writes Michael Kelly

Controversial campaign aims to challenge gender issues in the Church, writes Mary Kenny

Sometimes mercy and the truth seem to be at loggerheads, writes David Quinn

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