A good part of our lives are taken up with daydreams, though few of us admit that and even fewer of us would own-up to the contents of those fantasies. We’re ashamed to admit how much we escape into fantasy and we’re even more ashamed to reveal the content of those fantasies. But, whether we…

This year, there are two small but heartening signs of encouragement for religious life

It must have been some eight years ago since Stephen Fry, accompanied by his then-young boyfriend, a hair stylist, very kindly drove me from Oxfordshire to London on a late summer afternoon. We had been attending a barbecue party given by the late Mel Smith, the actor and comedian, and Mr Fry and his companion…

The British government has a moral duty to ensure that sufficient funding is made available to deal with the problems of the Troubles.

We shouldn’t mix up bad experiences with evil, writes Fr Brendan Purcell

Ireland may be less Catholic, but parents still like Catholic schools, writes David Quinn

In Scripture, we find a host of interrelated images and figures of the Church, writes Cathal Barry

Most of us worry about aging, especially in how it affects our bodies. We worry about wrinkles, bags under our eyes, middle-age fat and losing hair where we want it only to find it on places where we don’t want it. So every now and then, when we look in a mirror or see a…

Celebrating World Day for Consecrated Life

The changes in Rome will signal a shift in the balance of power between cardinals