There won’t be any change to core Church teaching, but the Pope wants a radical reform of approach, writes Michael Kelly

Parents know the Christian faith offers an alternative to the culture of self-absorption

Neither the Pope nor Church teaching is a battering ram to be used against those who we see as our rivals within the Church.

Many people don’t know or understand the Church’s moral standards, writes David Quinn

The synod has made the first bold steps towards welcome and healing, writes Austen Ivereigh

Our need to cut down someone else is an infallible sign of our own jealousy and bad self-image

Jesus scandalised the Pharisees by eating with tax collectors and sinners, writes Cathal Barry

Five times as many men as women are taking their own lives

Pope Paul VI will be remembered as a man who loved the Church

Sr Rebecca Conlon SSC describes her mission in Pakistan