It’s 35 years ago this week since Pope St John Paul II visited Ireland.

We need to look behind the headlines to see the real story behind abortion polls, writes Cora Sherlock

Secular individualism is the biggest threat to religious life in Ireland, writes David Quinn

Many Catholics don’t understand what the Church teaches about marriage, writes Kieron Wood

With growing speculation that Pope Francis will visit Ireland, Michael Kelly explores potential options

A large number of people now meet their girlfriends, boyfriends, and spouses, over the Internet. Some marriage and friendship bureaux have gone out of business because Internet dating has become so popular. And it seems logical: the Internet provides a huge pool of people to choose from. And if used cannily, it can also be…

Anthropologists tell us that a frustrated desire to be blessed by our own fathers, is one of the deepest hungers in the world today

Jesus’ temptation reveals the way in which the Son of God is Messiah, writes Cathal Barry

As it stands, remarried Catholics are not permitted to participate fully in the Eucharist.

Mary Flaherty, the CEO of Children at Risk in Ireland has called on former President Mary McAleese to name, publicly, the cleric who, she said, laughed at her when asked  to reveal details of sexual abuse in the Church in Ireland. The cleric should certainly be identified  since he is now being judged guilty without…