Some remain ‘deaf and blind’ to Church safeguarding efforts

If Ireland starts to take Vatican relationship seriously it will bear fruit

There are many who give little thought to promoting vocations

Current events are all too typical of Nigerian disorder

Cathal Barry takes a look at the Church’s teaching on creation

A journey through nature, desire, and soul

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…