When Archbishop Diarmuid Martin appeared on Today with Sean O’Rourke last week, O’Rourke asked him whether or not he believed in Hell. The context for the question was a recent warning by Pope Francis to the Mafia that unless they changed their ways they were in danger of going to Hell. Archbishop Martin answered: “I…

The denial of evolution seems preposterous

The Church has a responsibility to articulate what is and what is not Catholicism

In my role as General Secretary of the Joint Managerial Body and the Association of Management of Catholic Secondary Schools (JMB/AMCSS), I attended the 27th Annual Conference of the organisation in Galway last week. The JMB/AMCSS represents the boards of management and school management in the network of 380 voluntary secondary schools in Ireland. The…

‘Choice’ as a criterion will push scientific boundaries

Mr Kenny performed quite a turnaround in Rome

I’m writing this week from St Peter’s Square. It’s Sunday evening and the piazza is calmer now after the immense crowds of this morning’s canonisations. People are wandering around, pausing to photograph the giant portraits of the Church’s new saints hanging from the Basilica. Others are sitting on the steps under the colonnade gazing at…

We must perceive truth in many places