In 2011, a book by a young writer, Bieke Vandekerckhove, won the award as The Spiritual Book of the Year in her native Belgium.  Entitled The Taste of Silence, the book chronicles her own struggles after being diagnosed at age 19 with ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease, a degenerative neurological condition that always results…

“Our aim should not be the domination of the Islamic world; our aim should be friendship”, writes Fr Conor McDonough

The court ruling that the Christians bakers have breached equality legislation has set a ‘dangerous precedent’ writes Michael Kelly

“The latest announcement by the World Health Organisation…is surely an example of demanding inflated and unrealistic ‘rights’ from nature” writes Mary Kenny

What did Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s words on family mean, wonders David Quinn

Nuala O’Loan shares her vision of the truly faith-based school

Ruth Kelly shared Britain’s experience of faith schools

Dr Daire Keogh sums up the vision of a ‘Catholic’ school

“a Government Minister surely makes a major political error if she seems to have little feeling or respect for mothers who raise their children at home”, writes Mary Kenny

The presidential candidate is a symptom of a wider malaise, writes David Quinn