Michael KellyThere won’t be any change to core Church teaching, but the Pope wants a radical reform of approach, writes Michael Kelly
Category: Comment & Analysis
Parents want the best for their children
Parents know the Christian faith offers an alternative to the culture of self-absorption
Sinn Féin’s hypocrisy on abuse exposed
Mr Adams should learn a lesson from the Catholic Church about danger of protecting the institution
The cost of water to women in times gone by
Mary KennyClean water running from taps is a very great benefit
Is the Vatican a million miles away from parish life?
Most priests are just delighted to see bums on seats, regardless of people’s personal situations, writes Sarah Carey
Gay Byrne gets it badly wrong on the subject of euthanasia
David QuinnMaking suicide more acceptable is the wrong signal to send young people, writes David Quinn
The trial of Jesus
Cathal BarryThe Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that the religious authorities in Jerusalem were not unanimous about what stance to take towards Jesus.The Pharisees threatened to excommunicate his followers. To those who feared that “everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation”, the high…
The spirituality of chastity and the rich legacy of Artemis
Fr Ronald RolheiserAncient Greece expressed much of its psychological and spiritual wisdom in its myths. The Greeks didn’t intend these to be taken literally or as historical, but as metaphor and as an archetypal illustration of why life is as it is and how people engage life both generatively and destructively. Many of these myths are centred…
Our Church must find new ways to teach the Faith
Neither the Pope nor Church teaching is a battering ram to be used against those who we see as our rivals within the Church.
Synod on the Family must ally pastoral care to some good teaching
Many people don’t know or understand the Church’s moral standards, writes David Quinn